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171 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 9
THE Metis was lately filtered from a freight to a passenger boat, and cost 175,000 dollars. The cargo was, principally fruit. Most of the passengers obtained tickets on board, and no list of names is available…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →HAVANA August 31st—The following is the report of Captain Maury of the loss of the steamship Bisnville:— "We left New York on August 10th for Aspin all When in lat 2512. long. 7415, at 3.45 a.m on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The steamer Metis was wrecked off the coast of Connecticut on the 30th August, when six miles from shore. A dreadful storm prevailed during the latter part of the night, and about 4 o'clock the propeller was struck by a schooner…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →By a private letter to Mr. H. Peat, of this city, per Southern Belle, from Mauritius, we have some news concerning the ill-fated ship Joshua Bates, T. Bicknell, captain, from Port Adelaide to London, from…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Mr. M'Naughton, the chief engineer, of the steamship Jesmond, furnishes a thrilling narrative of the sinking of an English steamer by Spaniards at sea. The steamer was on her voyage home, freighted from…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →THE Metis was lately altered from a freight to a passenger boat, and cost 175,000 dollars. The cargo was principally fruit. Most of the passengers obtained tickets on board, and no list of names is available…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →DURING the past month there has been a lull in politics. There will, however, be a change to-morrow, when Parliament is to be opened for the dispatch of business. It will then,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LINNON AND CAPE.—The characteristic features of the month have been a general advance in all bank stocks, considerable speculation in gold and coal mining shares, comparative dulness in tin and copper, and an increased demand for all debenture…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The schooner Caledonian, from Sydney to Port Stephens, being caught in a southerly gale, took shelter in Broken Bay, but got capsized in a violent squall, and the master was drowned. The cutter Bella Coulter was capsized near the same locality…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A severe thunderstorm occurred this morn-ing, during which a woman named Gatly was struck dead by the lightning, while engaged cooking at the fire-place…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A private telegram from Ireland announces the death of Mr. John Francis Maguire, M.P. of Cork. HILL END…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The post from Wentworth has brought an account of a fatal explosion of the boiler of a steamer, by which the lives of the captain, engineer, fireman, and cook were sacrificed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE post from Wentworth has brought an account of a fatal explosion of the boiler of a steamer, by which the lives of the captain, engineer, fireman, and cook were sacrificed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE following; particulars respecting the loss of the City of Newcastle appear in the Auckland papers, having been telegraphed from Wellington and Nelson:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cable News from England to November 28. THE ERIE RAILWAY DEFALCATIONS. M. THIERS AND THE MONARCHISTS. A leading mercantile house in town has received the following important commercial telegram by cable, and which has been kindly handed to us for publication…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE second session of the seventh Parliament of New South Wales was opened on the 5th November by his Excellency Sir Hercules Robinson, with more than ordinary eclat. In the Speech,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LENNON AND CAPE.—With the exception of large investments in gold mining shares, business has been comparatively quiet this month. Transactions in Bank, Steam, and Insurance stock have been limited, and mining shares, particularly gold, continue to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →WRECK OF THE BARQUE CITY OF NEWCASTLE.—The barque John Knox arrived on 22nd ult., bringing five passengers and three seamen belonging to the City of Newcastle, who were picked up at sea, and Captain Jenkins furnished the following particulars…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →At the tin sales held this day, best Ovens realized £130 per ton. A woman has been sentenced to three months' imprisonment, for severely beating her…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →By the arrival of the. Rojamond yesterday, from Taviuni, we learn the sad intelligence of the murder of Mr. Ross, builder, of Levuka; on board the schooner. Kate Grant, when at Drummonds Island. The…
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