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209 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 11
The following particulars have been received from Mr. Mogg, chief officer of the schooner Gem, of Melbourne, employed in the pearl fishing on the New Guinea coast. Mr. Mogg's statement is to the following effect:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The local Marine Board commenced an inquiry on Monday, the 16th instant, into the circumstances attending the wreck of the steamship City of Newcastle, belonging to the H.R.N.S.N. Company, and commanded by Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 469 →The Queensland Colonial Treasurer on Tuesday last received from Sub-collector Giffin, the Customs officer stationed at Cardwell, the following telegram:— "I have just returned in the cutter from the search for…
Continued on Trove, page 469 →In view of the fact that a vessel of our own royal navy and one belonging to the German Imperial Navy still lie submerged on our coast, it will not be inopportune if we place before our readers a description of plant and apparatus which have been designed with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The barque Hawthorn, which arrived at Capetown on Thursday, 22nd August, from Montevideo, brought to this port (says the Capetown Mail) Henry F. Williams, the steward of the American ship Mubel Clarke, which was wrecked at Tristan D'Acuna[?]a on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—The City of Newcastle broke in two last night, and the after part was nearly washed to pieces. Very little machinery is yet landed.—A heavy westerly gale, with hot…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—The brig Mary Grant left the port this morning, coal laden for Melbourne, and she has apparently gone ashore ten miles down the coast. It is thought she has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEWCASTLE, Wednesday afternoon.—Captain Allen has returned from the wreck of the brig Mary Grant and reports that the vessel was bound to Townsville; and Port Douglas, with 331 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The brig Mary Grant, Captain Dugald M'Loughlin, which left here at 8 o'clock this morning, with coal, bound for the North, is ashore about sixteen miles northward of Nobby's, near Port Stephens. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The local Marine Board met to-day at the Marine Board office, Custom House-buildings, for the purpose of hearing and determining the charges of default preferred against the master of the wrecked steamer City of Newcastle, Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Loud and frequent are the complaints that are continually being made about the means of communication between the city of Sydney and its suburbs; and although the American omnibuses now running are a long way ahead of the old…
Continued on Trove, page 489 →NEWCASTLE, Monday.—A strong south-west gale is blowing, and it is raining steadily. The sea on the bar is very heavy. The barque Sea Nymph and the schooner Rebecca made for the port and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CITY OF NEWCASTLE (s.).—This steamer, belonging to the H. R. N. S. Co., went ashore during a fog on the morning of the 12th instant, while on her passage from Sydney to Newcastle, and has since become a total wreek. The accident occurred about three…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The schooner Agnes, the property of Messrs. Brodziak and Bogers, bound from Sydney to Townsville, struck on a reef last night nine miles south-west of North Beef, where a lighthouse is being built. Her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Thursday.—The schooner Agnes, the property of Messrs. Brodziak and Rogers, bound from Sydney to Townsville, struck on a reef last night, nine miles south-west of North Reef, where…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—Will you please correct your correspondent's report of the wreck of the above vessel? Our firm—Brodziak and Rodgers—were not the owners of the schooner, nor had they any interest in her otherwise…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A new steamer, built by the firm of Caird and Co., Greenock, to the order of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, London, was out on her trial trip on the Clyde measured knot on Thursday. The steamer is named the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The schooner Agnes, the property of Messrs. Brodziak and Rogers, bound from Sydney to Townsville, struck on a reef last night nine miles south-west of North Reef, where a lighthouse is being built. Her bottom is broken beyond…
Continued on Trove, page 551 →OUR Newcastle correspondent writes:— The Marine Board held an inquiry on Friday as to the circumstances connected with the stranding of the brig Mary Grant. There were present:—Captain Allan…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—Mr. H. M. Collins Arrived by the Tanjore to manage Reuter's telegraph business in tie colonies.——The weather is fine, cool, and refreshing. Light rains fell on Sunday and Monday…
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