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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1872

171 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 9

Drowning Through Drunkenness. Arrest of the Steward of the Steamer Susannah Cuthbert. (From the Richmond River Express.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 May 1872 · page 5

A MAGISTERIAL inquiry was held in the Court-house, Ballina, on the 22nd ultimo, before Mr. H. M. Croft, J. P., on view of the body of Archibald Henry Haywood Morgan Davis, now lying at the Sawyers' Arms Hotel, found…

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Central Criminal Court.-friday. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Hargrave.) Leaving a Seaman Ashore

Evening News · Saturday 18 May 1872 · page 4

Joseph Tucker was charged that he, on the 12th August, 1871, being at the time master of the schooner Margaret and Jane, did unlawfully, wilfully, and wrongfully leave John Rider Tucker ashore at…

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The Sydney Monthly Overland Mail. Per Mail Steamer Baroda. Political

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 May 1872 · page 5

WE are once more experiencing a Parliamentary interregnum. According to the official notification published in our last Summary, both Houses of the Legislature met on the 30th April,…

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Commercial Circulars. [Per Mail Steamer Baroda.] Stock and Share Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 May 1872 · page 8

W. BARTON.—The month's transactions show no decrease of the extraordinary activity which has prevailes since the y[?]r's commenecment, and especially within the last eight weeks. Dealings in mining stock have far surpassed, both in number and extent,…

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The Wrecked Ship Queen of the East on Middleton Shoal

Evening News · Saturday 18 May 1872 · page 5

THE steamship Paterson, under command of C. S. Chatfield, having on board Captain Knight and a party of men employed by the purchaser of the wreck of the American ship Queen of the East, left Port Jackson at…

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Central Criminal Court.—friday. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Hargravo.) Leaving a Seaman Ashore

Empire · Monday 20 May 1872 · page 4

Joseph Tucker was charged that he, on the 12th August, 1871, being at the time master of the schooner Margaret and Jane, did unlawfully, wilfully, and wrongfully leave John Rider Tucker ashore at…

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Wreck of the Queen of the East

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 May 1872 · page 4

THE steamer Paterson returned from the wreek of the abovenamed ship on Saturday without having succeeded in saving anything of importance. She reached Middleton Shoal on the 14th instant, after a rather boisterous passage. On making the reef,…

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The Wrecked Ship Queen of the East on Middleton Shoal

Empire · Monday 20 May 1872 · page 2

THE steamship Paterson, under command of C. S. Chatfield, having on board Captain Knight and a party of men employed by the purchaser of the wreek of the American ship Queen of the East, left Port Jackson at…

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Wreck of the Clara Sayers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 May 1872 · page 4

THE follwoing particulars respecting the loss of tha Clara Sayers, barque, bound to Mauritius from this port, appear in the Mauritius Commercial Gazette of the 4th April:—Captain J. Robb of the ship Pandora, from Calcutta to the Mauritius, reports that…

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Wreck Of,the Barque Clara Sayers

Empire · Wednesday 22 May 1872 · page 2

The arrival of the barque Athena, from Mauritius, brings the news of the loss of the barque Clara Sayers, on, the passage from Sydney to Mauritius. The wreck was reported at Mauritius by the captain of the ship…

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Terrible Wreck—the Only Survivor [?]Saved by a Newfoundland Dog. (From the New York Times, February 29.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 May 1872 · page 3

A SEAMAN of the barque Fils d'Orson, which touched at Sable Island, off the Nova Scotia coast, February 14, for water, brings a painful story of the wreck of the Lily Parker, Captain Fletcher, of Swansea, England, on the…

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Wreck of the Barque Clara Sayers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 May 1872 · page 27

The arrival of the barque Athena, from Mauritius, brings the news of the loss of the barque Clara Sayers, on the passage from Sydney to Mauritius. The wreck was reported at Mauritius by the captain of the ship…

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Wreck of the Barque Mary and Edite, of Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 May 1872 · page 4

CAPTAIN C. H. Linklater and the crew of the barque Mary and Edith arrived in Sydney last night by the steamer Havilah, from New Caledonia. They report the total loss of the vessel on a reef near Noumea. Captain Linklate states that he left…

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Total Loss of an Anchor Line Steamer

Empire · Thursday 30 May 1872 · page 3

HALIFAX, April 10th.—The Anchor Line steamship Darien, the cargo of which was valued at over half a million of dollars, from London for Halifax and St. John's went ashore yesterday morning on Flint Rock…

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Total Loss of an Anchor Line Steamer

Evening News · Friday 31 May 1872 · page 3

HALIFAX, April 10th.-The Anchor Line steamship Darien, the cargo of which was valued at over half a million of dollars, from London for Halifax and St. John's went ashore yesterday morning on Flint Rock…

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Wreck of the Fanny Campbell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 May 1872 · page 4

THE scho[?]ner Fanny Campbell left Mackay on January 4 with 70 Polynesian return labourers, and Mr. Roberts as passenger; had a long passage to Isle of Pines, arriving there on February 4; the return labourers were landed at their islands on the way north…

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Wreck of the Young Australia. (From the Brisbane Courier.)

Evening News · Friday 7 June 1872 · page 3
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THE telegram that was received in Brisbane about 1 o'clock on Friday afternoon from Cape Moreton, to the effect that the Young Australia was on shore at the Cape, induced her agents, Messrs. J. and G. Harris, to…

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Our Brisbane Letter. Tuesday, June 4Th. Wreck of Young Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 June 1872 · page 5

THE old and favourite trader Young Australia lias been wrecked at Moreton Island. Your readers will have already been apprised of the event by means of the telegraphic Wire, but a few…

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Total Wreck of the Clarence, Steamer

Evening News · Friday 14 June 1872 · page 3

WE are still without particulars as to the loss of the Clarence, as owing to Captain Carphey being absent at the scene of the wreck, there has been no communication received from him beyond the vogue intelligence…

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