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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1877

276 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 14

The Wreck of the William Ackers. Attempted Suicide at Bathurst

Evening News · Thursday 4 January 1877 · page 2

The body of Captain Lindsay, of the barque William Ackers, which was recently wrecked near Dunedin, has been washed ashore near the wreck. At the official inquiry it was found that the loss of the The Bathurst Independent reports that a man, named Thomas Grady, a labourer, has been staying for some time at Campbell's public-house, Milltown, and drinking heavily. For some days pant it has been…

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Wreck Oe the Otago

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 6 January 1877 · page 11

THE steamer Otago, of the wreck of which a sketch appears in the present issue, was one of the magnificent fleet owned by Messrs. M'Meckan and Blackwood, trading between Melbourne and New Zealand. Her wreck off the Bluff, New…

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Wreck of the Windsor Castle. Maderia November 22

Evening News · Tuesday 9 January 1877 · page 3

The Union Company's Royal Mail steamer, Teuton, with the Cape mails of October 31, arrived here yesterday. The colonial mail steamer Windsor Castle, which…

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MELBOURNE. Thursday, 12.35 p.m. The Wreck of the General Grant

Evening News · Thursday 11 January 1877 · page 2

The Gazelle, which left Christchurch with a party intending to recover the treasure lost in the General Grant, At the Auckland Islands, has returned in consequence of the engineer being…

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Wreck of a Large Steamer

Evening News · Friday 12 January 1877 · page 3

News comes from calcutta of the wreck of the City of Manchester, a large vessel of nearly 200 tons burden, and probably the loss of the whole of the crew, with the exception of the captain and…

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The Steamer Australia. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1877 · page 5

SIR,—As an erroneous impression of the condition of the steamer Australia and those on board seems to obtain in the minds of the Sydney public, permit me, as one of her passengers, through the medium of your journal, to state…

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Commercial Circulars. Per Mail Steamer [?]Ty of Sidney. Stock and Share Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1877 · page 9

J. MULLENS—The share market has been quiet since my last report, as is usual at the close of the year, but though the amount of business, done has been moderate, prices, with but one or two exceptions, have remained unchanged, or have advanced on those…

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" Memo. in reference to cases of small_ pox in conne[?] tion with the steamer Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1877 · page 3

"On the 12th December it was discovered th[?] there was a case of small-pox on board the steame[?] Brisbane, and within a few mi[?]utes afterwards the vessel was taken charge of by the police, and aa soon…

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Wreck of a South-Sea Trader

Evening News · Saturday 13 January 1877 · page 4

The [?] arrived at Auckland on the 30th ult., bringing the mats and cook of the brigantine Airola, of Liverpool, which was wrecked at Savage Island on the 10th October. The mate, Mr. Whitton,…

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The Wreck of the Dandenong

Evening News · Tuesday 16 January 1877 · page 2

We learn from the Newcastle Chronicle that is response to a repre[?] leading residents of [?] Management of the Shipwrecked [?]…

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The Wreck of the Dandenong. (From the Newcastle Pilot of Monday.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1877 · page 7

SHORTLY after the publication of the particulars concer[?]ing the loss of the ill-fated Dandenong and the saving of a portion of the passengers and crew owing to the timely presence of the barque Albert William,…

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Wreck of a Large Steamer

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 January 1877 · page 26

News comes from Calcutta of the wreck of the City of Manchester, a large vessel of nearly 2000 tons burden, and probably the loss of the whole of the crew, with the exception of the captain and…

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The Wreck of the Dandenong

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1877 · page 80

IT is satisfactory to see that the meritorious conduct of Captain WALKER, of the barque Albert William, and of the boatswain and three men of the Dandenong who so bravely…

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Additional News by the E. AND A. CO.'s Steamer Bowen. China and the East. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1877 · page 5

THE following additional news is brought by the E. and A. Company's steamship Bowen:- Chinese steamers are monopolising the trade…

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Wreck of the Windsor Castle. Madeira, November 22

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 January 1877 · page 27

The Union Company's Royal Mail steamer, Teuton, with the Cape mails of October 31, arrived here yesterday. The colonial mail steamer Windsor-Castle, which…

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Rescuing the Crew of the Steamer Georgette

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 3 February 1877 · page 9

AMONGST the still recent maritime disasters, the loss of the steamer Georgette is one of the most prominent. The Georgette was a small steamer of 210 tons, which had been employed for years in the mail service at King George's…

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Wreck of the S.S. Singapore

Evening News · Saturday 3 February 1877 · page 4

IN our "second edition" of yesterday, we notified the receipt of intelligence to the effect that the Eastern and Australian Steam Navigation Company's s.s. Singapore had been wrecked on L…

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Wreck of the E. and A. Company's Steamship Singapore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1877 · page 5

The Eastern and Australian Conpany's steamer Singapore, whilst en route for Sydney, from Hongkong, struck on a sunken shoal off No. 1 Island, near Mackay, Queensland, yesterday, and fears are…

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The Wreck of the E. and A. S. Company's Steamer Singapore. [By Telegram.] Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1877 · page 5

The latest intelligence from Mackay states that the Singapore is nearly submerged and is a perfect wreck, She has been abandoned, and there is little or no cargo to be saved. It appears that Captain Peake…

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The Wreck of the Circassian on Long Island Sound

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1877 · page 8

New York, December 31.—The wreck of the ship Circassian is the most disastrous that has occurred on the Long Island coast since the wreck of the John Milton fifteen years ago. The Milton ran ashore in a…

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