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248 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 13
OUR nautical readers, at least, will recollect the wreck of the Isabella, a vessel which left Newcastle with a cargo of coal in June last, and was lost att sea, off the Queensland coast, on July 4…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →SIR,—In answer to "Humanity" in this morning's issue, I beg to say that a quant[?] of stores, &c, are placed on the Auckland [?] by the New Zealand Government ever since the w[?] of the General Grant, for the use if s[?]wrecked people. Those islands…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—May I beg space for the following fact, with the object of finding out who is to [?] for the sad result[?] In August last I was a passenger to Cape York by the Singapore (s.). One of the passengers was Captain Smith of the wre[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THERE was considerable sensation throughout the town on Friday week, especially amongst the seafaring portion of the community, when it became known that the Mary Mildred, barque, from Noumes, had arrived, having on…
Continued on Trove, page 584 →THE barque Mary Mildred, Captain Brown, which arrived in this port on Friday, has brought on from Noumea, New Caledonia, three Europeans and four Chinese, portion of the crew and passengers of the ship…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →The chief officer of the coast-guard station at St. Catherine Point received information of the week of this vessel on March 1, at 12.15 p.m. The wreck occurred attwelve o'clock. A dense fog prevailed…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →THE official investigation into the circumstances connected with the collision between the steamer New England and the steam-tug Challenge, the master of which was present to answer the charge made against him of default, it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gleanray, a ship bound from Adelaide to London with a cargo of wool, went ashore at Blackgang, Isle of Wight, on the morning of March 1, and became a total wreck, The chief…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →THE Times of India gleans the following particulars of this calamity from one of the survivors. Peter Augustino, the gunner. The Javad, he states, left Jeddah in charge of a pilot—an Arab— at half-past [?]on the afternoon of a Friday (probably the 14th of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The ship Caitloch, which arrived at Port Chalmers from Greenock on the 9th April, reports the rescue of a shipwrecked crew. The following is an abstract from her log:—Left Gravesend on the 4th February, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Saturday sight, during a furious N.N.W. gale, a large steamer was driven ashore on the coast of Cornwall, between St. Ives and the Land's End. She was seen just before dusk hoisting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—In order to allay any uncasiness that may have been caused by the advertisement in your issue of 8th instant respecting the Colima, we hand you herewith extract received from the company's agent at Dunedin, to which we beg you will give…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following (from the S. A. Advertiser, May 11) is a translation of a letter, written in French, which we have received from Capt. Foyaux, of the barque St. Mare, recently arrived from Mauritius. It contains…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE annual meeting of this institution was held the 21st March, at the London Tavern. In the absence of the President, the Duke of Northumberland, in consequence of indisposition, the chair was taken by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shortly after daybreak on the morning of the 30th, a small gig, with six of the crew of the Annie Mabel, Captain Footing, 270 tons, belonging to Messrs Morris and Co., of this port, entered the river, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →OUR readers may perhaps recollect that, in the month of December last, a schooner called the Caledonia, belonging to Messrs. Mackay and Folkard, of Sydney, was taken posession of by a…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The schooner Mary Ann Christiana became a total wreck on the north beach of the Clarence River. She was driven on shore while entering the river this morning. Crew saved. The vessel was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Saturday night, during a furious N.N.W. gale, a large steamer was driven ashore on the coast of Cornwall, between St. Ives and the Land's End. She was seen just before dusk hoisting…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Shortly after daybreak on the morning of the 30th, a small gig, with six of the crow of the Annie Mabel, Captain Ponting, 270 tons, belonging to Messrs Morris and Co., of this port, entered the river, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →The schooner Mary Ann Christiana was totally wrecked on the North Beach, Clarence Heads, on Saturday. She was from Sydney, and went ashore when coming in; the crew were saved The Mary Ann Christiana is insured for £300 in the Victoria,…
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