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276 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 14
WE arrived off the wreck of the R.M.S. Normaubyat 5.30 p.m. Monday, 20th. She is lying on a white sandy bottom of Lagoon No. 2 Percy, and to all…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The schooner Vine, bound from Sydney to the Macleay River, foundered and sank off Seal Socks, at 5 o'clock, this morning: All hands were fortunately eared, notwithstanding that the vessel went…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the usual weekly meeting of the National Shipwreck Relief Society of New South Wales, held yesterday, additional subscriptions amounting to about £100 were reported as having been collected or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEWS was brought to Melbourne last night of the total loss of the barque Abeona onKing's Island, on Sunday, 25th August. The vessel was on her way to Adelaide from Newcastle, which port she left about six weeks ago. Adverse winds prolonged the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mackay Mercury of July 25 says:—Mr. H. Scott, the superintendent of the works in connection with the operations of the Singapore Wreck Company, has obligingly favoured us with the following…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DUNCAN Dunbar, from London to Sydney, wrecked on Brazils. Runnymede, from Adelaide to London, foundered at sea. Fiery Star, from Brisbane to London, burned at sea…
Continued on Trove, page 309 →THE steamer Lord Ashley, well known in the intercolonial trade, and for some time past employed as a steam collier, has been lost on the coast, but fortunately no loss of life has taken place. Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The inquiry as to the grounding of the Normanby has been closed. The Board found that the steamer had struck on an unknown rock, and no blame was attributable to the master; but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The charge against[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New York, August 11.—The Panama Star and Herald, just received, announces the total lots of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer, Eleni, Captain Coathope, on the morning of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →REPORT and decision of the Marino Board, Brisbane, upon the circumstances attanding the recent stranding of the Normanby on a sunken rock of the [?]ne Islots. The board having heard the evidence of the master, third mate,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE steamer Lord Ashley, well known in the intercolonial trade, and for some time past employed as a steam collier, has been lost on the coast, but fortunately no loss of life han taken place. Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →The schooner, Welcome Home, owned by On Chong and co., of this city, and which has for some time past been employed in the Island trade, has become a total wreck on the Line Islands, during a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Tuesday might the ship Avalanche bound to Wellington, when off Portland Heads, was struck amidships by the American ship Forest, and sank in three minutes. Sixty-three passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →J. MULLENS.—The weakness in our market noticed my last circular restricted sales and further lowered prices until a few days since, when welcome and universal rains came to give hope of a better season than that of last year. As a consequence, there…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A man named Cawood and his son, while on their way from Apollo Bay to Loutit Bay yesterday evening, saw what appeared to he a piece of wreckage, apparently 40 feet long, floating about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE NORMANRY (s.),—This vessel having been docked at Waterview Bay, and the temporary plates removed, the extent of damage has been exposed to view. The steamer must have struck the rock under the fore-rigging on the garboard strake on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New York, August 11.—The Panama Star and Herald, just received, announces the total loss of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer, Eteni, Captain Coathupe, on the morning of the…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The Government steamer Pharos has returned after an unsuccessful search for the wreck, which was supposed to be floating with men aboard, off Cape Otway. The officers of the steamer say they…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AN inquiry into the cause of the wreck of the Lord Ashley was commenced by the Marine Board, on Monday, September 17. The vessel was insured in the office of the New Zealand Company for £7000, of which £6500 was…
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