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Sydney · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1876

248 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 13

The Wreck of the Queensland

Evening News · Thursday 21 September 1876 · page 2

Charles Ainworth, late second mate of the Barrabool, was arraigned at the Central Criminal Court, Melbourne, on Monday, on two charges of neglect of duty in connection with the collision between…

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NEWCASTLE. Wreck of the Schooner Atlantic.-A Plucky "Man in Possession." September 20

Evening News · Friday 22 September 1876 · page 3

The steaming Rapid, Captain Hunter, Delonging to this port, came to the wharf this afternoon, and reported failling in with the derelict schooner Atland[?] bottom up, about 12 miles north-east from Nobby's. Captain Hunter states that…

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Commercial Circulars. Per Mail Steamer Australia. Stock and Share Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 September 1876 · page 9

H A: CAPE.—since my last report business in our stock and share market has been limited, and beyond a cecline in the price of coal mining: shares, rates have not much altered, Banks: New South Wales realized £5½ 10s and £51 15s, closing with sellers att…

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Wreck of the M. S. S. Company's Steams Up Dandenong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 September 1876 · page 8

It was hardly to be expected that the destructive effects of the terrific gale would be confined to the land; but little was it anticipated that such a heartrending catastrophe as that which befel the…

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The Schooner Atlantic Found Keel Upper most at Sea

Evening News · Saturday 23 September 1876 · page 5

The captain of the steam-tug Rapid, Mr. T. Muster, brought information to Newcastle yesterday afternoon, 21st, instant, of having found the schooner Atlantic Coating keel uppermost, about nine miles off…

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Comparing Notes Scene : Manly Beach Steamer

Sydney Punch · Saturday 23 September 1876 · page 8

Swell, returning from picnic, comparing his watch with the stem-gauge on deck: NINETY O' CLOCK! WELL--(hic) WELL--(hic)--;PON MY SOUL--IT'S VERY EXXTRANARY--(hic)--MY WATCH(hic)--ITS EXXTRAORDINARY(hic)--IS ALL WRONG!…

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Wreck of the Barque Elmgrove. Right Lives Lost—the Master Missing

Evening News · Saturday 23 September 1876 · page 5

The following shipping telegram was posted at the Sydney station shortly before 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and was circulated in a portion of our issue of yesterday:—…

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The Wreck of the Dandenong. Captain M-dougall's Statement. (From the Newcastle Pilot.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 September 1876 · page 33

At 1.30 a.m. on the 11th (Sunday) when lying down on one of the stern sofas, I suddenly felt a shock from below, which made me conclude that something had happened to the shaft connecting the screw propeller…

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Wreck of the Elmgrove. Loss of Eight Lives. (From the Argus, September 23.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 September 1876 · page 5

WE regret to have to chronicle another maritime disaster, accompanied wi[?] considerable loss of life. A telegraphic message was received from Port Albert yesterday aftermoon, whic h rep rted the loss of the…

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NEWCASTLE. The Capsized Schooner Atlantic.-Dead Bodies on Board. September 27

Evening News · Thursday 28 September 1876 · page 3

A GREAT dell of interest has been attached lately to the efforts made to place the capsized schooner Atlantic again on her keol, as it has throughout been suspected the event would disclose that some of the unfortunate seamen would…

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Shipwreck Relief Fund. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 September 1876 · page 3

SIR,—Believing that nothing is further from the wish of those who have started the Dandenong Rilief Fund than to overlook the distress of any who through disaster at sea have lost dear relatives and friends upon whom they were almost, if not entirely,…

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The Wreck of the Elmgrove. Captain Leddra's Remarkable [?]Scape

Evening News · Friday 29 September 1876 · page 3

THE colonial steam-slcop Ph[?] which was despatched on Friday to the scene of the loss of the harque El[?]grove, on the South-Eastern coast, for the purpose of searching for, and rendering assistance to, any…

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The Wreck of the Dandenong. Official Inquiry. (From the Argus. September 26.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 September 1876 · page 3

A MEETING of the members of tthe Steam Navigation Board took place at the Custom-house yesterday, for the purpose of holding an inquiry into the cause of the loss of the steamship Dandenong on the 11th instant, off Jervis Bay…

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Heroism at the Wreck of the Dandenong

Evening News · Saturday 30 September 1876 · page 3

THERE is one feature in the history of the wreck of the Dandenong steamer, which has not, as yet, received that public recognition which is due. Many in that extreme danger…

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Intercolonial, Victoria. Wreck of the Elmgrove. Loss of Eight Lives

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 September 1876 · page 8

WE regret to have to chronicle another mari-time disaster, accompanied with considerable loss of life. We have received the following account of the…

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Wreck of the M.s.s. Company's Steamship Dandenong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 September 1876 · page 8

It was hardly to be expected that the destruetive effects of the terrifie gale would be confined to the land; but little was it anticipated that such a heartrending catastrophe as that which befel the Dandenong, and which sent such a thrill of horror through…

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Wreck of the Elmgrove. Rescue of Captain Leddra. (Abridged from the Argus of September 26.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 September 1876 · page 8

THE Government steamer Pharos returned to Hobson's Bay on the 25th September, having on board Captain J. Leddra, of the ill-fated barque Elmgrove, which was wrecked near Rabbit Island on the 8th…

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Six Months on a Wrecked Vessel

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 September 1876 · page 27

Captain Nelson, of the British barque Abbey Cowper, arrived at San Francis o, states that on July 3rd, while in lat. 37 10 N., lon. 167 35 E. he sighted a vessel S.S. E., a parently dismasted and with…

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Wreck of the Barque Elmgrove

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 September 1876 · page 13

The following shipping telegram was posted at the Sydney station shortly before 5 o'clock on Friday afternoon. "Melbourne, 22nd September…

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The Supposed Wreck of the Margaret Jane

Evening News · Monday 2 October 1876 · page 2

Perceiving in our Friday's telegram, from Brisbane, a notice that some anxiety was felt about the saftcty of the schooner Margaret Jane, which left the Daintree for Sydney in June last, and has not since…

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