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Sydney · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1872

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Wreck of the New-guinea Expendition. Cardwell, Rockingham Bay. March 4, 9 p.m

Evening News · Tuesday 5 March 1872 · page 2

The brig Maria, with the New Ginea expedition, has been wrecked. The following are the names of the survivors, who have arrived here:— Dr. Tate Messrs. Koenig…

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Wreck of the Brig Maria. [By Electric Telegraph.] From Cardwell and From Brisbane. Cardwell, 4Th

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1872 · page 7

THE brig Maria, bound for New Guinea from Sydney, is a total wreck on the Bramble Reef, about thirty miles from here. Twenty-eight of the passengers have arrived in two boats. Forty-seven in another…

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The Wreck of the New Guinea Expedition. Further Particulars. Cardwell, Wednesday, 7.46

Evening News · Thursday 7 March 1872 · page 2

I send you farther particulars concerning the wreck of the brig Maria, with the New Guinea Expedition on board. Two men, named Ocar Walline and Hugh Finney, both badly wounded, have arrived…

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Wreck of the Maria. Brisbane, 5Th

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 March 1872 · page 5

A TELEGRAM has been received to-day by the Colonial Secretary of Queensland from the Police Magistrate at Cardwell. It states that the Tinonce came to anchor last night, and that the pilot reports having been to the wreck…

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The Wreck of the New Guinea Expedition. [From Our Cardwell Correspondent.] Further Particulars. Cardwell, Wednesday, 7.46

Empire · Thursday 7 March 1872 · page 2

I send you, further particulars concerning the wreck of the brig Maria, with the New Guinea Expedition on board—Two men, named Ocar Walline and Hugh Finney, both badly wounded, have arrived…

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Cardwell. Thursday. Wreck of the Maria

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1872 · page 5

At 10 o'clock this morning, two men—Wilson and Sullivan forming part of the captain's crew—arrived here. They were in a state of nudity, and say they had been so five days. When the blacks attacked…

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CARDWELL. Friday. Wreck of the Maria

Evening News · Saturday 9 March 1872 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

In the list of saved the name 'Hooker' should be 'Wallan.' Forty-three are still missing, and it is feared that they will not be found. It is beyond doubt that the captain and two of the crew were…

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Wreck of the Brig Maria

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 March 1872 · page 10

The following telegrams, from the daily papers, of the wreck of this ill-fated vessel were received on the dates underwritten:—Cardwell, 4th…

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Wreck of Brig Maria. Cardwell, 4Th

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1872 · page 305

THE brig Maria, bound for New Guinea from Sydney, is a total wreck on the Bramble Reef, about thirty miles from here. Twenty-eight of the passengers have arrived in two boats. Forty-seven in another…

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Wreck of the Maria. Brisbane, 5th

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 9 March 1872 · page 6

A TELEGRAM has been received to-day by the Colonial Secretary of Queensland from the Police Magistrate at Cardwell, It states that the Tinonee came to an anchor last night, and…

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The Wreck of the New Guinea Expedition. [Bt Electric Telegraph.] (From Our 0Ardwell Correspondent) Cardwell, Rockingham Bat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 March 1872 · page 4

The brig Maria, bound for New Guinea from Sydne, is a total wreck on the Bramble [?]ef, about thirty miles from here Twenty-eight of the passengers have arrived in two boats. Forty-seven in…

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The Wreck Register and Chart for 1870. (From the Times.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1872 · page 6

THE Wreck Register and Chart for 1870, reduce to figures and something like form the most precarious and uncertain part of our national heritage. We are a nation of sailors, living on dangerous shores,…

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Arrival of the Mail Steamer. Telegraphic News From England to the 17th February. Wednesday, 9 A. M.

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1872 · page 342

THE branch steamer Alexandra, Captain Grainger, arrived at Glenelg at 2 a.m. on 13th March. The outward passage occupied 99 hours, and the inward 121 hours…

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Wrecks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 March 1872 · page 8

LOSS OF THE BARQUE INDUS.—The barque Indus, with a cargo of coals, &c., commanded by Captain M'Call, left Newcastle on 10th February, bound for Port Chaimers (N.Z.). Sh[?]rtly after leaving, a violent gale set in from S.E., and the vessel commenced…

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The Wreck of the Maria

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 March 1872 · page 7

FROM the Cleveland Bay Express of the 9th instant, we take the following particulars of the wreck of the Maria. Mr. Hargrave arrived in Sydney yesterday by the steamer Boomerang…

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H.m.s. Basilisk and the Schooner Peri

Illustrated Sydney News · Tuesday 19 March 1872 · page 6

On the 7th of February, H.M.S. Basilisk boarded a schooner of about forty tons off Rockingham Bay. She was completely water logged, having five feet of water in her hold…

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Wreck of the Maria. Cardwell

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1872 · page 369

THE Basilisk returned on Friday evening; all on board well. On the 12th instant picked up eight survivors of the Maria, named—Charles L. Coyle, Edward Siddall, Thomas Ingham, Peter Haydon,…

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The Sydney Monthly Overlands Mail. Per Mail Steamer Nubia. Political

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 March 1872 · page 5

THE New Legislative Assembly (excepting the three seats for the Gold-fields) is now elected. The appeal to the people has been very disastrous to the Government. Sir James Martin (the…

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Commercial Circulars. Per Mail Steamer Nuria. Stock and Shake Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 March 1872 · page 7

BARTON AND MELHADO.—We have to notice a much greater activity in the Steck and Share market than any yet recorded. Bank stock has advanced considerably in price, and this has caused somo sellers to come…

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