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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1876

248 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 13

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 August 1876 · page 9

MELHADO AND CURTIS.—Banks: New South Wales have been dealt in at £1 10s to £51 1[?]s. Commercial sold at £91, £90, and £89 10s ex[?]div., out are now firmer, with buyers at £90. City show a fall of 15s per share; sales at £9 and £8 15s. Joint Stock…

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Wrecks and Casualties. Wreck of the Steamship Queensland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 August 1876 · page 10

On the morning of the 3rd August, a serious co[?]sion took place between the E. and A. [?]ompany's steamer Queensland an[?] the steamer Barrabool, off Wilson's Promontory, by which the former vessel was sunk. The following are the par iculars:—…

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Our Illustrations. the Steamer Barrabool

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 August 1876 · page 7

ON the first page of our supplement we give a sketch of the steamship Barrabool, in dock at Melbourne for the repair of damages she sustained by her collision with the steamship Queensland on the 3rd instant. The rent in her bow, as it…

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Loss of the Schooner Sattelite

Evening News · Wednesday 30 August 1876 · page 2

By our telegraphic news it will be seen that there is great reason to believe that the schooner Sattelite, for so many years a regular trader between this port and Table Cape, has been lost with all on…

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Wrecks and Casualties. Wreck of the Steamship Queensland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 September 1876 · page 8

On the morning of the 3rd August, a serious comsion took place betweeen the E. and A. Company's steamer Queensland and the steamer Barrabool, off Wilson's Promontory, by which the former vessel was sunk. The following are the particulars:—…

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BRISBANE. 11.47 p.m. Awful Suicide on Board the Lord Ashley, Steamer

Evening News · Saturday 9 September 1876 · page 4

Charles Neames Orneils, second steward of the steamer Lord Ashley, committed suicide in a most awful and determined manner early this morning. The unhappy deceased first cut himself fearfully…

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Dreadful Calamity. the Steamer Dandenong and Upwards of Forty Lives Lost!

Evening News · Wednesday 13 September 1876 · page 2

The unfortunate mishap to the City of Melbourne and the less of her valuable freight, has been followed by a far more disastrous calamity-the wreck of the Dandenong, and it is feared the loss of upwards of forty…

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Wrecks and Wreckage

Evening News · Thursday 14 September 1876 · page 2

The steamer Boomerang, which arrived to-day, reports that at 1.30 p.m., on Wednesday, when off Crowdy Head, saw a quantity of wreckage; steamed towards the spot, and lowered a boat in charge of the…

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News of the Day. Wreck of the Emily Ann

Evening News · Thursday 14 September 1876 · page 2

The following is a copy of a telegram from Sub-Inspector of Police, Port Macquarie, to the Inspector-General of Police, dated 13th September, 1876:— "Emily Ann, laden with timber from Sydney, was…

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The Wreck of the Dandenong. September 13

Evening News · Thursday 14 September 1876 · page 3

THE barque, Albert William, Captain Walker, from Wallaroo, South Australia, arrived in port this morning at 9.30 in tow of the steam tug Challenge, bringing intelligence of the foundering of the steamship…

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The Late Shipwrecks. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 September 1876 · page 3

SIR,—Now that science is able to render such signal service by foretelling, with considerable accuracy, and for a long period previously, the approach of storms, is there no way by which the masters of vessels could be compelled to…

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The Steamer Bulli's Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 September 1876 · page 5

Captain Rendell reports: The steamship Bulli left Bulli shortly after noon on Wednesday, 13th instant, in search of missing steamer Dandenong; steered for the Five Islands, then E. twenty-five miles: burned…

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The Steamer Dandenong and Upwards of Forty Lives Lost!

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 September 1876 · page 8

THE unfortunate mishap to the City of Melbourne and the loss of her valuable freight, has been followed by a far more disastrous calamity-the wreck of the Dandenong, and it is feared the loss of upwards of forty…

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Foundering of the Steamer Dandenong —Great Loss of Life

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 16 September 1876 · page 5

THIS fine steamer, on her voyage from Melbourne to Sydney, left the former port at 5 p.m., the 8th instant. On the 9th, bad weather set in, and on Sunday,…

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The Wreck of the Dandenong

Evening News · Saturday 16 September 1876 · page 5

THE Dandenong was well-known as a regular trader between Melbourne and Sydney, and purchased at home by the owner, Captain W. Howard South, who brought her out here. She was a staunch and…

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Wreck. Loss of the Steamship Dandenong

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 September 1876 · page 369

IT was hardly to be expected that the destructive effects of the late terrific gale would be confined to the land; but little was it anticipated that such a heartrending…

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The Barque Albert William and the Steamer Dandenong. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 September 1876 · page 5

SIR,—Having seen several remarks about the barque Albert William passing Sydney Heads without going in and landing the passengers, crew, and reporting the accident of the s.s. Dandenong. In the first place, I lay by…

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Missing Schooner

Evening News · Tuesday 19 September 1876 · page 2

The schooner Topsy, Captain Parr, from Jervis Bay to Sydney, is supposed to have foundered in the late gale, as the Venus, which left at a subsequent date, has arrived in Port Jackson…

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Six Months on a Wrecked Vessel

Evening News · Tuesday 19 September 1876 · page 3

Captain Nelson, of the British barque Abbey Cowper, arrived at San Francisco, states that on July 3rd, while in 1st. 37 10 N., lon. 167 35 E. he sighted a vessel S.S.E., apparently dismasted and with…

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Wreck of the Steamer Dandenong. To the Editor

Evening News · Thursday 21 September 1876 · page 3

SIR.-Having read in your journal the whole of the particulars of the wreck of the above unfortunate vessel, together with the loss of life that thereby occurred, and also the gallant conduct of the master of the Albert William who is a perfect…

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