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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1874

204 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 11

Cruise of H. M. Schooner Sandfly

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 May 1874 · page 34

H. M. cruiser Sandfly returned from her second voyage on Monday evcning, and we glve below a brief outline of her proceedings. The Sandfly sailed henee on the 31st January; put into Brisbane on the 11th, and resumed the voyage on…

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Wreck of the Corsair. (From the Bega Gazette, May 14.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 May 1874 · page 4

ON Tuesday morning a telegram from Mr. P[?]ge announced the wreck of a vessel on the previous evening between Me[?]mbuis and Tathra. We started on Tuesday for the scene of the reported wreck, and meeting the captain of the strauded vessel, gained…

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Wreck of the Queen Elizabeth— [?]oss of 23 Lives

Empire · Thursday 28 May 1874 · page 2

By the arrival of the Peninsular and Oriental steamship Venetia, which left Gibraltar on March 18, we have received particulars of the wreck of the British steamship Queen Elizabeth and the loss of twenty-three…

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Wreck of the Queen Elizabeth—loss of 23 Lives

Evening News · Friday 29 May 1874 · page 3

By the arrival of the Peninsular and Oriental steamship Venetia, which left Gibraltar on March 18, we have received particulars of the week of the British steamship Queen Elizabeth and the loss of twenty-three…

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Wreck of the Queen Elizabeth—loss of 23 Live

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 May 1874 · page 24

By the arrival of the Peninsular and Oriental steamship Venetia, which left Gibraltar on March 18, we have received 'particulars of the wreck of the British steamship Queen Elizabeth and the loss of twenty-three…

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Wreck of the Steamer Boombrang

Empire · Monday 1 June 1874 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon adviene by telegram from Qneeneland announced the wreck of the A.S.N. Co.'s steamer Boomerang, while on her passage from Brisbane onn route to the Endeavour River. The notice recived states that "the…

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Wreck of the ship British Admiral Eighty Lives Lost. Melbourne, Sunday, May 31

Evening News · Monday 1 June 1874 · page 2

The Kangaroo, ketch, from King's Island, arrived to-day, with four of the crew, and four passengers, and one officer, the sole survivors of the ship British Admiral, wrecked on King's Island on…

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Wreck of the British Admiral, on King's Island. Seventy-nine Lives Lost. [By Electric Telegraph.] Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 June 1874 · page 7

A TERRIBLE shipwreck has occurred at King's Island. The ketch Kangaroo arrived at Queenscliff this forenoon, and reports that the ship British Admiral, 1700 tons, Captain…

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(From Our Correspondents.) Melbourene. Sunday, May 31. Wreck at Kings Island.—eighty Lives Lost

Empire · Monday 1 June 1874 · page 2

The Kangaroo, ketch, from King's Island, arrived to-day, with four of the crow, and four passengers, and one officer, the sole survivors of the ship British Admiral, Wrecked on King's Island on…

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Wreck of the British Admiral. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 June 1874 · page 5

WHEN the British Admiral struck the scene on board was of the must heartrending description. The screams of the women and the children were agonizing. Numbers of bodies have been washed ashore…

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Wreck of the ship British Admiral Appaling Disaster—79 Lives Lost

Evening News · Thursday 4 June 1874 · page 2

THE recent disasters that hare occurred to ships during their passages to Australia and especially Melbourne, culmunated last in the total loss of the ship British Admiral, and the whole of the crew and passengers, except nine. On Sunday…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 June 1874 · page 9

MELHADO AND [?].—Since our last monthly report the share market has been very quiet, and transactions nave been principally in bank shares which continue to have an upward tendency. New South Wales Government Debentures are hardly so firm—several…

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The Wreck of the British Admiral. Loss of Secenty-nine Lives. (From the Argus.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 June 1874 · page 4

Another tale of disaster comet to us from over the sea. We have intelligence that the iron-bound western coast of Kiss's Island proved fatal, on Saturday, the 23rd ultime, to one of the fine iron clipper ships coming to this harbour from a British…

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Wreck of the Ship British Admiral

Empire · Friday 5 June 1874 · page 3

The recent disasters that have occurred to ships during their passages to Australia and especially Melbourne, [?]nated last week in the total ship loss of the British Admiral, and the whole of the crew [?] passengers, except nine. On Sunday…

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The Wreck of the British Admiral

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 June 1874 · page 15

THE Melbourne Argus of Monday, besides giving a full report of the wreck of this ill-fated ship (which is summarised in our telegraphic columns), has the following remarks on her…

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Wreck of the British Admiral on King's Island. Seventy-nine Lives Lost. Melbourne

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 June 1874 · page 2

A terrible shipwreck has occurred at King's Island. The ketch Kangaroo arrived at Queensland this forenoon, and reports that the ship British Admiral, 1700 tons, Captain Taylor…

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Wreck of the ship British Admiral on King's Island. Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 June 1874 · page 730

A TERRIBLE shipwreck has occurred at King's Island, The ketch Kangaroo arrived at Queenscliff this forenoon, and reports that the ship British. Admiral. 1700 tons. Captain Taylor, which left LiverpooL…

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Wreck of the Ship British Admiral

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 June 1874 · page 34

The recent disasters that have occurred to ships during their passages to Australia and cspeoially Melbourne, culminated last week in the total ship loss of the British Admiral, and the whole of the crew and passengers, except nine. On Sunday…

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Wreck of the British Admiral

Evening News · Monday 8 June 1874 · page 3

THE Victorian Steam Navigation Board resumed the inquiry relative to the loss of the Liverpool ship British Admiral at the office, Queen street, Melbourne, on Wednesday. The first witness examined was a…

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The Wreck of the British Admiral. (From the Argus.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 June 1874 · page 3

ON Tuesday the Steam Navigation Board instituted an investigation into the circumstances attending the wreck of the ship British Admiral, which took place at King's Island on May 23. The members present were—Captains Payne…

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