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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1876

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A Ship Wreck Relief Society

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 November 1876 · page 656

THE committee of the Dandenong Relief Fund in Sydney held a winding-up meeting on Monday, at which it appeared that the contributions had amounted to £1040, and explanations were given as to the scheme…

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Drowned at Sea. Dedicated to the Committee Op the Permanent Shipwreck Fund

Sydney Punch · Saturday 18 November 1876 · page 9

[At a meeting of the Dandenong Committee, held this week at the Town Hall, Dr. Carroll drew attention to the great number of wrecks that had taken place on our coast during the last season attended, with severe loss of lives, leaving families entirely unprovided for;…

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Supposed Foundering of the Ketch, Peterborough Lass

Evening News · Thursday 30 November 1876 · page 2

For some time past grave doubts have been entertained concerning the safety of the ketch Peter-borough Lass, owned and commanded by Captain John Lindsay, of this city. The ketch sailed hence about a…

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The New Steamer "Elamang."

Evening News · Saturday 2 December 1876 · page 5

By a telegram just to band from, their London Agents, the Australasian Steam Navigation Company are advised of the departure, from Glasgow, on the 26th November, of their new twin-screw steamer "Elamang."…

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The Wreck of the S. Otago

Evening News · Wednesday 6 December 1876 · page 2

With reference to the loss of this splendid steamship, we learn that the run on to the rosks off Chasland a Mistake at 2 o'clock on Monday morning, in a dense fog, and the wreck was a total one. The…

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Total Wreck of the S.s. Otago

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 December 1876 · page 4

By telegram received yesterday morning we learn that the well-known steamship Otago has become a total wreck at Chasland's Mistake, Fovcaux Straits (N.Z.). The steamer was from this port bound to the various ports in New Zealand, commencing at…

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Wreck of the Steamer Otago. (By Electrio Telegraph); (From Our Melbourne Correspondent.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 December 1876 · page 7

The steamship Utago has been wrecked about 40 miles from the Bluff (New Zealand). She was bound to Melbourne. Passengers and crew saved. So far as is known, the steamer went down…

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Home and Foreign. England. Terrible SHiPWRECK in the Mersey. London

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 December 1876 · page 5

From particulars received of the wreck of the schooner Mary Olivitt, at the mouth of the Mersey, yesterday morning, it appears that besides the master and a crew of three…

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The Schooner that a Farmer Built for a Voyage to Australia

Evening News · Friday 15 December 1876 · page 2

The New York Forest and Stream says:—"We have examined a queer craft now lying at the foot of Beekman-street, in this city, built and owned by James Draper, who lives at St.John, N.R, He formed a desire…

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Commercial Circulars. [Per Mail Steamer City of Sydney.] Stock and Share Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 December 1876 · page 9

[?] AND CURTIS.—We have to report a very dull business during the past month. Shares generally have maintained their price except coal chares, which are a shade lower than in our last circular. Debentures of the New South Wales Government…

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A South Australian Squatter Committed for Wrecking

Evening News · Saturday 16 December 1876 · page 4

The plundering of the [?] wreck was further investigated at Mount [?] Police Court on Saturday week, when the charge against Mr. T. C. Ellis, the proprietor of the [?] Station, was…

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A South Australian Squatter Committed for Wrecking

Evening News · Monday 18 December 1876 · page 4

The plundering of the Geltwood wreck was further investigated at the Mount Gambier Police [?] on Saturday week, when the charge against Mr. T. C.Ellis, the proprietor of the Benairs Station, was…

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News of the Day. Supposed Wreck of the Barque Phoebe

Evening News · Wednesday 20 December 1876 · page 2

In reference to the message from Wollongong in our telegraphic columns of this day, we have not been enabled to discover, after a patient search, any record of the arrival of the barque Phœbe at Newcastle from…

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Wreck of the Schooner [?]Boy. Six Lives Lost. (From the South Australian Register, December 1[?].)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 December 1876 · page 4

The Postboy was a 60-ton schooner, owned by Messrs. Weman and Morgan, of Port Adelaide. She left Port M'Donnell on the 12th instant with a short cargo of 12 tons of bark. Those on board at the time she was lost were Captain Thomas, John…

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The Wreck of the Otago

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 December 1876 · page 4

From the Otago Daily Times we obtain particulars of the loss of the steamship Otago:— The circumstances of her loss, as related by Captain Calder, are as follows:—Captain Calder was on deck until…

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Wreck of the Schooner Postboy. Six Lives Lost

Evening News · Tuesday 26 December 1876 · page 3

THE Postboy was a 60 ton schooner, owned by Messrs. Woman and Morgan, of Port Adelaide. She left Port MacDonnell on the 12th instant, with a short cargo of 12 tons of bark. Those on board…

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The Steamer Mecca in a Typhoon. Hongkong, December 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 December 1876 · page 5

The Mecca, steamer, bound to Cooktown, was nearly lost on the 27th November, in a fearful typhoon. There was a tremendous panic amongst the Chinese passengers aboard…

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The Steamer Mecca in a Typhoon. Hong Kong December 4

Evening News · Wednesday 27 December 1876 · page 2

The Mecca, steaumer bound to Cooktown, was nearly lost, on the 27th November, in a fearful typhoon. There was a tremendous panic amongst the chinese passengers aboard the [?]…

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News of the Day Small Pox on Board the steamer Brisbane

Evening News · Wednesday 27 December 1876 · page 2

We learn that another case of small pox has broken out of the Brisbane steamer, [?] lying on the [?] Station. The case is [?] of a coloured man, one of the crew, and has proved to be one of a…

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Telegrams This Day. Cable Messages. Prosperous State of the London Money Market. the Wheat and Metal Markets. Wreck of the City of [?] the New Constitution of Turkey, &c., &c., &c. London, December 23

Evening News · Wednesday 27 December 1876 · page 2

Money is abundant. The rate of discount is unaltered. The Bank reserve is over £16,000,000. Consols are at 94…

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