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264 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 14
SIR,—I have been waiting to see whether a movement would be inaugurated for the raising of a fund for the relief of the widows, orphans, and perhaps other relatives of those unfortunate persone whose lives have been lost in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE following full account of the terrible disaster on the Barrier Reef, was prepared by one of the survivors, Mr Fitzgerald, for the South Australian Register:â The Gothenburg sailed from Port Darwin on February…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IR,—In your paper of this morning is an account of the eck of the Gothenburg, by one of the survivers, which a graphic picture of this terrible disaster, and con[?]s with these significant remarks—"I believe that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →We (CLARENCE EXAMINER) append a statement made to us by Captain Turner, who states: "The Helen M'Gregor (s), 300 tons, under his command, left Grafton at 8 a.m. on Friday last, 12th instant,…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →By the arrival of the Tagus at Plymouth, details are to hand Of the recent dangerous accident that befel the Royal Mail Company's steamship Nile, Captain R. Bereft, on her passage from Southampton to the West ladies, with…
Continued on Trove, page 402 →By the arrival of the Tagus, at Plymouth, details are to hand of the recent dangerous accident that befel the Royal Mail Company's steamship Nile, Captain R. Revett, on her passage from…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The following fall account of the terrible disaster on the Barrier Reef, was prepared by one of the survivors, Mr. Fitzerald, for the South Australian Register:— The Gouthenburg sailed from Port Darwin on February…
Continued on Trove, page 402 →IN the sensation caused by the wreck of the Gothenburg and the loss of over a hundred of her passengers and crew, people seem to have forgotten the wrecks of several smaller…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Sir,—A letter appeared in your columns last week, from Captain Broomfield, calling attention to the poverty and suffering caused by the loss of life in the wrecks on your coast during the late severe gales, by which many families…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A PUBLIC MEETING was held yesterday afternoon in the Clumber of Commerce, to devise means to relieve those families who had suffered through the numerous shipwrecks which recently occurred on the coast, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THERE was held yesterday afternoon in the Chamber of Commerce a meeting convened by the Mayor of Sydney (Mr. B. Palmer), in answer to a requisition which had been sent to him asking "that he should call a public…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—The inquiries held by the Marine Board of this colony into the cause of the different accidents they investigate are not published in extenso; consequently, the public, and especially the nautical portion of it, to whom the information would be both…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—In reply to the letter in your issue of the 3rd instant, I would advise "Ancient Mariner" to consult Reading and Wellbank's Nautical Almanac in reference to the leading marks for clearing the rock, i.c., the end of the rock where the steamships…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The sketches of the wreck of the Blencathra (bound for Sydney from London), and Currie's Harbor, King's Island, have been furnished from the pencil of a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →In last month's issue we gave some brief particulars of the wreck of the steamship Gothenburg. We append further intelligence of the ill-fated vessel and narrative…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →THE first business of the Legislative Asserably, when it reassembled after the Ministerial elections on the 23rd ultimo, was to proceed to the election of Speaker, the vacancy having been created by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE DAILY TELEGRAPH mentions three more vessels which, it is learned, have been lost with their nothing having been heard of them since they put to sea. The barque St. Mirren off…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE following full account of the terrible disaster on the Barrier Reef, was prepared by one of the survivors, Mr. Fitzgerald, for the South Australian Register:— The Gothenburg sailed, from Port Darwin on February…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →By telegram we fearn that a portion of the above-named vessel had been picked up at Smoky Catie; among the debtis was the stems of two boats, painted similar to those on board the ill-fated brig, and with the ship's and former masters names painted on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SINCE Our March Summary, Parliament, which had been adjourned for the re-election of the new Ministers, has reassembled, and settled down to the work of the session, not, however,…
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