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Sydney · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1876

248 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 13

Wreck of the Panshee. and Loss of Life

Evening News · Tuesday 4 April 1876 · page 3

MR. Eliot Mullens gives the following graphic account of the late lamentable wreck of the steamer Banchee, on Hinchinbrook Island:— All went well till noon, when the wind increased, and…

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Wreck of the Banshee. (From the Cleveland Bay Express, March 29.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 April 1876 · page 4

MR. Eliot Mullens gives the following graphic account of the late lamentable wreck of the steamer Banshee, on Hinchinbrook Island:— All went well till noon, when the wind increased, and by 3 p m…

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Loss of the Steamer Colima. [By Cable.] Wellington, N.z

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 April 1876 · page 9

THE P.M.S. Co.'s steamer Colima, which left Sydney on the 12th March, with the mails and passengers for San Francisco, to be transhipped to the Granada at Kandavau, and then to take the incoming mails to…

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Wreck of the Banshee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 April 1876 · page 4

We have received from one of the survivors, (Mr. Eliot Mullens, accountant of the Australian Joint Stock Bank), the following account of the wreck of the Banshee (s), on Hinchinbrook Island:—The Banshee, a steamer of 58 tons register, belonging to…

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Commercial Circulars. [Per Mail Steamer Zealandia.] Stock and Station Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 April 1876 · page 7

MELHADO AND CURTIS.—Since our last monthly report there has been a great chance in the position of the Stock and Share market. When the last mail left buyers preponderated, and shares in most of our dividend securities were sought after at advanced rates;…

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Wrecks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 April 1876 · page 7

BANSHEE (s).—Mr. Elliott Mullens gives the following graphic account of the late lamentable wreck of the steamer Banshee, on Hinchinbrook Island:—"All went well till noon, when the wind increased, and by 8 p. m. it was blowing a furious S. E.gale. At about…

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Wrecks During 1875

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 April 1876 · page 7

SUBJOINED is an official register of wrecks which have occured on the coast of New South Wales during the year 1875:— Centurion, schooner, 48 tons, W. Owen, master; losses—no lives—in ballast, value, £900, insured, £800. This vessel was…

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Arrival of the Mail at Adelaide. The P. and O. Company's steamer, China, arrived at Adelaide this morning. PASSENGERS

Evening News · Saturday 8 April 1876 · page 4

Passengers for Melbourne—Mesdames Cargill and Hector, Mr. and Mrs. Bow and son, and Messrs. H. Pittman and E. and W. M'lver. Mr. and Mrs. Porter, Porter, jun., Miss Porter…

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Queensland. Wreck of the Banshee, and Loss of Life

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 April 1876 · page 9

Mr. Elliott Mullens gives the following graphic account of the lato laauentablo wreck of the steamer Banshee on Hinchinbrook Island :—All went well till noon, when the wind…

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Wreck of the Banshee, and Loss of Life. (From the Cleveland Bay Express,March 29.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 April 1876 · page 13

MR. Eliot Mullens gives the following graphic account of the late lamentable wreck of the steamer Banshee, on Hinchinbrook Island:— All went well till noon, when the wind increased, and…

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The Wreck of the Strathmore. Gelle, February 24

Evening News · Monday 10 April 1876 · page 3

The following are additional particulars of the wreck of this vessel:— The arrival at Galle of the survivors from the ship Strathmore, lost on Crozet Island in July…

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Another Wreck—390 Pilgrims Drowned. Bombay, March 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1876 · page 3

The steamer Jowerd has been wrecked. She left Jeddah on the 16th January with upwards of 400 pilgrims. On the same night she struck on a reef…

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Wreck of the Orestes (S.). Galle, March 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1876 · page 3

Yesterday evening the Orestes (s.), of Holt's line, bound for China, whilst making this port with the intention of coaling, struck on the Geindura Reef, five miles distant, but…

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The Wreck of the Strathmore. Galle, February 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1876 · page 3

The arrival at Galle of the survivors from the ship Strathmore, lost on Crozet Island in July last, created sensation. A relief fund and assistance in clothing were at once…

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The Reported Wreck on Hummock Island

Evening News · Tuesday 11 April 1876 · page 2

With respect to the reported shipwreck at Hummock Island the George Town correspondent of the Launceston Examiner writes:—"H.M.CS. Victoria visited Hummock Island, according to instructions…

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Wreck

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 April 1876 · page 8

BASHEE (s.)—Mr. Elliott Mullens gives the following graphic account of the late lamentuble wreckof the steamer Banshee, on Hinchinbrook Island:—"All went well till noon, when the wind increased, and by 3 p.m. it was blowing a furious S.E. gale. At about…

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Wreck of the Orestes (S.). Galle, March 6

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 April 1876 · page 505

Yesterday evening the Orestes (s.), of Holt's line, bound for China, whilst making this port with the intention of coaling, struck on the Geindura Reef, five miles distant, but…

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Another Wreck—390 Pilgrims Drowned. Bombay, March 8

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 April 1876 · page 505

The steamer Jowerd has been wrecked. She left Jeddah on the 16th January with upwards of 400 pilgrims. On the same night she struck on a reef…

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The Wreck of the Strathmore. Galle, February 24

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 April 1876 · page 505
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

The arrival at Galle of the survivors from the ship Strathmore, lost on Crozet Island in July last, created sensation. A relief fund and assistance in clothing were at once…

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