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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1877

276 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 14

Late English News. Per Steamer Hankow. Melbourne

Evening News · Friday 9 November 1877 · page 2

The steamship Hankow arrived from London to-day, with dates to the 24th September. She brings 292 passengers; for Sydney—Mr. M'Taggart, Rev. Mr. Gervaise, Mrs. Smith, Mr. and Mrs…

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The Late Fire on Board the Steamer Ly-ee-moon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 November 1877 · page 3

AN inquiry into the origin of the late fire on board the A. S. N. Co.'s steamer Ly-ce-Moon was commenced yesterday morning, before the City Coroner (Mr. Henry Shiell), at his office, top of King-street…

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Coroner's Court. Destructive Fire on board the steamer Ly-ee-Moon

Evening News · Friday 9 November 1877 · page 3

The City Coroner held on inquest this morning at his office Hyde Park. respecting the origin of the five on board the [?mer Ly-ee-Moon last Sunday morning, when lying at the A.S.N. Co.'s works' what at Pyrmont. Sub-Inspector…

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Late English News. Per Steamer Hankow. [By Electric Telegraph.] [From Our Speciai, Correspondent.] Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 November 1877 · page 5

THE steamship Hankow arrived from London to-day, with dates to the 24th September. She brings 292 passengers; for Sydney— Mr. M'Taggart, Rev. Mr. Gervaise, Mrs…

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New Steamer "Suva."

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 10 November 1877 · page 7

THE "Suva," now en route from the Clyde, has been built by the order of Messrs. James McEwan and Co. for the Figian trade. The "Suva" is classed A 1 at Lloyds for 19 years; and has been built by Blackwood and…

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Fire on Board the Steamer Ly-ee-moon

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 November 1877 · page 600
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

THIS splendid clipper steamer which was recently purchased by the Australasian Steam Navigation Company, and employed by them in the Fijian trade, and which has lately been lying alongside the Company's…

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Late English News Per Steamer Cuzco. Adolaide

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 November 1877 · page 15

The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's Steamship Cuzco arrived at Glenelg this morning. She left Plymouth on the afternoon of September 27. She occupied forty days seven…

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The Burning of the A.s.n. Co.'s Steamer "Ly-ee-moon."

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 10 November 1877 · page 19

THIS perfectly modelled steamer came near to destruction on Saturday morning while lying alongside the Company's works at Pyrmont. Fortunately, the fire was got under in time to save the hull and machinery,…

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Sibylle. Translated from the French of Octave Fe[?]illet, for the Sydney Freeman's Journal. By E.r.b.) Vi. the Wreck (Continued.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 November 1877 · page 4

During the short interval which divided this first appearance from the moment when the chaloupe touched the quai, the transports of the spectators knew no bounds: many…

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Dreadful Collision and Shipwreck in the Channel.—over One Hundred Lives Lost

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 November 1877 · page 40

The Avalanche, a first-class passenger ship, bound for Wellington, New Zealand, which left London on September 9, has been in collision and foundered off Portland. All the passengers and crew are reported…

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A Trip Per the Steamer Atjeh

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 November 1877 · page 5

A WELL-KNOW colonist, who recently took a trip in the steamer Atjeb, by way of the Straits Settlements, writing from Banca on "August 29, furnishes the S. A. Registtr with the following interesting particulars:—…

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The Wreck of the Avalanche. LONDON, September 14

Evening News · Monday 12 November 1877 · page 3

THE collision in the channel, whereby the outwardbound vessel Avalanche, with New Zealand colonists on board, was wrecked, was one of the most dreadful catastrophics that has occurred for a long time…

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The Mail Steamer Zealandia

Evening News · Tuesday 13 November 1877 · page 2

The Pacific mail steamer Zealandis was the flagship at the Balmain Regatta on Friday, and though she had over two housand visitors upon her spacious decks, not the smallest crush or inconvenience…

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Wreck of the Newcastle Barque Memento

Evening News · Tuesday 13 November 1877 · page 2

A private telegram has been received from Tasmania, announcing the total wreck of the barque Memento on Easy End, Foster's Island. Captain Ruwald was drowned and two seamen died; the…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 November 1877 · page 8

MELHADO AND CURTIS—Since our last issue, four weeks ago the business of the Stock and Share market has been active; numerous meetings of dividend-paying companies have been held the dividends and abundance of money, and the scarcity of…

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Shipwreck and Loss of Life. (From the Cape Standard and Mail, October 4.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 November 1877 · page 5

THE ship Liverpool, of London, put in on Monday evening for repairs and to land eight men, the only survivors of the British ship Inch Kenneth, of Glasgow, which capsized on the 23rd September, in…

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Shipwreck and Loss of Life

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 December 1877 · page 685

THE ship Liverpool, of London, put in on Monday, evening for repairs and the land eight men, the only survivors of the British ship Inch. Kenneth, of Glasgow, which capsized on the 23rd September, in…

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Shipwreck Relief Society

Evening News · Monday 3 December 1877 · page 2

At the last meeting of the National Shipwreck Relief Society of New South Wales, held at the Chamber of Commerce, the treasurer (Captain Broomfield) stated that the gross receipts to date…

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Wreck of the Swansea

Evening News · Tuesday 4 December 1877 · page 3

The coasting steamer Swansea was totally wrecked between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning on Long Reef, north of Sydney Heads. She was bound from Hawkesbury. Her insurance amounted to £1000…

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