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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1877

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 February 1877 · page 11

MELHADO AND CURTIS.—We have very little improvement to notice in the share market since last report, and, although the half-yearly reports of all our dividend-paying companies have been very satisfactory the amount of business transacted in bank…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 February 1877 · page 11

THE Eastorn and Australian Company's steamer Singapore, whilst en route for Sydney from Hongkong, struck on a sunken shoal off No. 1 Island, near Mackay, Queensland, on the 2nd instant, and she has become a total wreck…

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

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

THE Eastern and Australian Company's steamer Singapore, whilst on route for Sydney from Hongkong, struck on a sunken shoal off No. [?]Isand, near Mackay, Queensland, on Friday, and fears…

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Wreck of the Circassian on Long Island Sound

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1877 · page 184

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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Wreck of the S. S. Singapore

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 February 1877 · page 8

ON Friday last we received intelligence" to the effect that the Eastern and Australian Steam Navigation Company's s. s Singapore had been wrecked on L. Island, off Mackay…

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Arrival of the Steamer Dawn at Melbourne

Evening News · Monday 12 February 1877 · page 2

The Dawn, a new steamer which arrived at Melbourne on Friday on her way to Sydney is (according to the Argus) from England via St. Vincent's, St. Helena, and Cape Town. She brings Cape papers to her…

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MELBOURNE. Wednesday, 11.26 a.m. Perilous Passage of a Steamer. "Captain Moonlight" in Pentridge. Bushranging in Victoria

Evening News · Wednesday 14 February 1877 · page 2

The steamer Lord of the teles, which hue arrived from London, met with come startling incidents. After leaving Plymouth she fell ia with exceptionally bad weather. S.W. gales with tempestuous…

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The Wreck of the Mail Steamer Singapore

Evening News · Friday 16 February 1877 · page 3

The Mackay correspondent of the Brisbane Courier of the 14th instant, writes as follows:- he low of the five mail packet Singapore bo near oar port has canted ; a most unusual excitement, mid topics of lesser note…

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The Wreck of the Singapore. (From the Mackay Correspondent of the Brisbane Telegraph.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1877 · page 4

INTELLIGENCE reached here of the wreek of the steamer Singapore. From the statement of some of the crew who arrived here it appears that the steamer was going over the course which she had travelled before, the captain and chief officer keeping a good…

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Inquiry Into the Cause of the Wreck of the Steamer Singapore. (From the Port Denison Times, February 10.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 February 1877 · page 4

An inquiry respecting the loss of the E. and A. steamer Singapore was held by the Harbour-master, Mr. G. F. Sandrock, at the shipping office, on Tuesday, the 6th instant. Hugh Craig deposed: I wwas chief officer of the E. and A. Co.'s…

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Arrival of the Mail Steamer Via Torres Straits. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 February 1877 · page 5

THE E. and A. Mailship Company's steamer Somerset arrived at Cooktown at 8 o'clock tonight, but too late for inspection by the health officer. She is therefore not yet admitted to…

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The of the Mail Steamer Singapore

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 February 1877 · page 23

THE Mackay correspondent of the Brisbane Courier of the 14th instant, writes as follows:—The loss of the fine mail packet Singapore so near our port has caused a most unusual excitement, and topics of lesser note…

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Arrival of the Mail Steamer Via Torres Straits. Brisbane

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 February 1877 · page 10

The E. and A. Mailship Company's steamer Somerset arrived at Cooktown at 8 o'clock tonight, but too late for inspection by the health officer. She is therefore not yet admitted to…

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Wreck of the Steamship Singapore

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 February 1877 · page 7

The fine steamship Singapore, belonging to the Eastern and Australian Royal Mail line, was wrecked on the 2nd instant, on a reef about twenty-four miles from the Queensland port of Mackay. No lives were lost, but little or none…

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Accident to the Steamer Illalong

Evening News · Wednesday 7 March 1877 · page 2

The I.S.N. Company's steamer Illalong, trading to the southern ports, put into Botany Bay last night disabled, the feed pump having broken. The steamer got under way aud left for Sydney this morning…

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Wreck on the Coast

Evening News · Wednesday 7 March 1877 · page 2

Telegraphic advices from Richmond River state that a large barque has been driven on above, four miles south of Richmond River, an posed to be the Julian. A large party have gone out to render assistance…

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Wreck of the Barque Peony

Evening News · Thursday 8 March 1877 · page 2

The telegraph officer at Ballina telegraphed last night as follows:-The barque Paony, from Hew-castle, bound north with cult, sprung a leak when two days out, and ran ashore four miles south of Richmond…

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Wreck of the E. AND A. Mail Steamer Singapore. (From the Port Denison Times, February 10.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 March 1877 · page 10

An inquiry respecting the loss of the E. and A. steamer Singapore was held by the Harbour-master, Mr. G. F. Sandrock, at the shipping office, on Tuesday, the 6th instant, and the following evidence was taken. Hugh Craig deposed: I was chief officer of…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 March 1877 · page 10

CRATFIELD AND MACKENZIE.—Business in the Share market has been quiet since our last report, investors offering lower prices than holders are willing to accept. Banks: Joint Stock Banl, Mercantile, and Bank of New South Wales are unaltered;…

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The A. S. N. Co.'s New Steamer Elamang

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 March 1877 · page 5

ON Monday last, on the invitation of Captain Trouton and Mr. W. Williams, the local manager of the company at Brisbane, about eighty gentlemen proceeded on a trip to the Bay in then A. S. N. Co.'s new steamer Elamang,…

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