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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1877

276 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 14

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 June 1877 · page 9

MEL[?]DEO AND CURTIS.— BitsinesS has continued pretty Brisk in the Stock, and Share market, and we, have to notice that bank sllares have recovered in prices the full noticed last month having brought travers in the'market,…

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Wreck of the Edith Haviland

Evening News · Friday 29 June 1877 · page 2

The following telepraphic intelligence appears in the ADELAIDE EVENING JOURNAL of the 20th instant:—M'Donnell Bay, June 20. At 12 o'clock on Wednesday, Joseph Currie, servant to Captain…

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Wreck of the Edith Haviland. [From the South Australian Register, June 21.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 June 1877 · page 4

THE trig Edith Haviland went ashore about 2 o'clock yesterday morning, about ten miles west of Carpenter's Rocks, some four or five miles from the spot where the wreck of the Geltwood occurred some months since, and not many miles from the scene…

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Wreck of the Planter. An Exciting Chase

Evening News · Monday 2 July 1877 · page 2

The barque Planter, bound from Newcastle to Adelaide with 320 tons of coal on board [?] under Babel Island for shelter on Friday morning, the 15th instant, and grounded in 12½ feet of water. Topsails A correspondent of the BORDER POST writes:—The somewhat novel and exciting sport [?]unting a stag was been to advantage by the passengers of the Echuca down train on Saturday last. Two…

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Wreck of the Barque Planter. (From the Argus of [?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 July 1877 · page 4

INTIMATION of loss of the above vessel was received here yesterday, the [?] Captain [?] having been brought on by the [?]chooner F. W. Tucker, from [?] Island, where she was abandoned. Captain Storey reports that the Planter had on…

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Total Loss of the Steamer Bulli

Evening News · Wednesday 4 July 1877 · page 2

The steamer Tararua, which arrived at Melbourne on Sunday (says the AGE)from her usual round of New Zealand ports, brought up Captain W.J. Randell and crew of the steamer Bulli, which had…

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Telegrams This Day. Cable Messages. Alleged Russian Athocities. the Turks Unable to Offer Effective Resistance to the Russian Advance. the Russian Loss in Crossing the Danube. the Suez Mail Steamer. the Alleged Russian Atrocities. London. Tuesday, July 3

Evening News · Wednesday 4 July 1877 · page 2

Turkey has complained that the Russians have been guilty of many great atrocities at Austrian, and that they have wantonly demolished Rustchuk, on the Danube…

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The Wreck of the Barque Planter and the Steamer Bull. MELBOURNE, Wednesday, 6.24 p.m

Evening News · Thursday 5 July 1877 · page 2

The Navigation Board to-day opened an inquiry us to the wreck of the Balti, steamer, but Mr. Stewart, the solicitor for the on, questioned the jurisdiction of the Board, on the ground that…

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Wreck of the Edith Haviland. Account of the Survivors

Evening News · Thursday 5 July 1877 · page 3

On Thursday morning, Jane 28, the steamer, Cooro[?]g, arrived from MacDonnell Bay. having on board the survivors of the illfated brig, Edith Haviland, wrecked on June 20, near Carp[?] Ro[?] captain…

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The Steamer Lubra

Evening News · Friday 6 July 1877 · page 2

By dint of energetic measures and perseverance on the part of Captain Currie, the agent ton for the South Australian Marine Insurance Company in whose office the steamer Luba was insured for £11,500…

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The Liberal Shipwreck. (From the World.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 July 1877 · page 6

MONDAY, the 7th of May, 1877, will he remarkable in Parliamentary annals. Never before has the deathknell of what was once a great political party been sounded in such decisive notes by its erewhile leader…

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The Wreck of the Steamer Bulli

Evening News · Saturday 7 July 1877 · page 5

The inquiry into the loss of the steamer Bulli, wrecked on a sunken rock in Kent's Group on the, 26th June, while on the voyage from Bulli, New South Wales, to port Lempriere, Tasmania, was…

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The Wreck of the Barque Planter and the Steamer Bulli. [By Electric Telegraph.] Melbourne

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 July 1877 · page 7

The Tararua, steamer, from New Zealand, arrived to-day. She brings Captain Rendall and the crew of the steamer Bulli, which has been wrecked at Murray's Pass, Kent's Group. The Bulli…

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Wreck of the Edith Haviland. Account of the Survivors

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 July 1877 · page 9

ON Thursday morning, June 28, the steamer Coorong, arrived from MacDonnell Bay, having on board the survivors of the illfated brig, Edith Haviland, wrecked on June 20, near Carpenter Bocks. Captain…

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English and Foreign Extracts. Wreck of an American Passenger Steamer

Evening News · Monday 9 July 1877 · page 3

The Dakota, a passenger steamer belonging to the Gnion Line, was wrecked off Anglesey coast on May 9. She left Liverpool for New York on Wednesday afternoon under the command of…

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The Wreck of the Edith Haviland

Evening News · Monday 9 July 1877 · page 3

The Adelaide Marine Board inquiry into the wreck of the Edith Haviland was begun on Friday morning, June 29, when the first and second mates were examined. The evidence disclosed that the…

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The Wrecked Steamer Bulli. MELBOURNE, Tuesday. 2 p.m

Evening News · Wednesday 11 July 1877 · page 2

The steamer Williams has returned from the wreck of the steamer Bulli, and reports the wreck is in the west cove of Edith's Island, opposite to a sandy beach: funnel four feet out of water…

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Wreck of the Edith Haviland

Evening News · Wednesday 11 July 1877 · page 2

The Adelaide Marine Board continued the inquiry into the wreck of the Edith Haviland on Monday, July 2. The chief officer was recalled, and said the course between 4 a.m. and 8 p.m. on the day…

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Watch Robbery on Board a Steamer

Evening News · Thursday 12 July 1877 · page 2

At the Water Police Court this morning a young man, named George Graham, was charged before Mr. Marsh, W.P.M., and Messrs. It. A. Hunt and Solomon with having stolen a watch of the value of £12…

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Asiatic Cholera on the Torres Straits Mail Steamer. Four Cases Reported.—two Deaths. Brisbane, Wednesday, 6.15 p.m

Evening News · Thursday 12 July 1877 · page 2

Four cases of Asiatic cholera, the type that is now devastating India, have occurred on board the Torres Straits mail steamer Normanby. Two deaths have taken place, the last being on…

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