A Total, Wreck
The Swedish vessel Nordenskjold, which was sent in search of the missing discovery ship Vega, was totally wrecked near Memoda, North Japan. All hands were saved…
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Wreck of the Ketch Amy
The Board then proceeded to inquire into the circumstances attending the wreck of the ketch Amy at the Manning bar on the 10th of last month. Francis Marrins deposed that he was master of the…
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At a late hour last evening news arrived at this office of the wreck of the schooner Taufauhau, which, sailed from Newcastle on Wednesday, on the Danger Reef, near Seal Rocks. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fictrion. Afloat and Ashore. a Russo-austealian Novel. [The right of publication in Australia has been purchased by the proprietors at the Sydney Mail.] PREFACE
The work of restoration, at all times a matter af a difficulty, is too often an unthankful task; yet this is the very work which the author proposes to himself in writing the present story…
Continued on Trove, page 782 →Wreck of the Steamer John Penn. [By Electric Telegraph.] Bodalla
The pilot at Moruya Heads, at daylight this morning, discovered the steamer John Penn, in charge of Captain Holden, ashore at Burrawarra Point, five miles north of Moruya, and 13 from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WRECK of the Steamer John Penn. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Moruya
I have just returned from seeing the wreck of the John Penn, at Burrowarra Point, situated six miles from the Moruya Heads, and twelve miles from the Clyde River. There was a thick fog at the time the…
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The satisfactory trial trip of the great steamship Orient, remarks the PALL MALL GAZETTE will be of interest to all concerned with Australia. This magnificent vessel of 9000 tons displacement and…
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The wreck of the steamer John Penn on the Burra warra recks was reported in our telegraphic columns on Monday. We have since been furnished with some additional particulars. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Steamer John Penn. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Moruya
The loss by the John Penn is expected to cause considerable inconvenience to shippers, and general regret is expressed at the misfortune. The John Penn is in five and a-half fathoms water, and her…
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I have just returned from seeing the wreck of the John Penn, at Burrowarra Point, situated six miles from the Moruya Heads, and twelve miles from the Clyde River. There was a thick…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Fiction. Afloat and Ashore. a Russo-australian Novel. The right of publication in Australia has been purchased by the proprietors of the Sydney Mail. Chapter VII.—Down CHANNEL
The Squadron Spithead rapidly sinks from view; the huge two and three decked ships of the line being razed into frigates—not from above, as is the practice of the dockyard matey, but from below; the effect Produced by an…
Continued on Trove, page 831 →Arrival of the San Francisco Mail Steamer. at Auckland
AUCKLAND Tuesday.—The Pacific Mail steamer Zealandia, with the inward English and American mails, arrived at Auckland this morning from San Francisco. Her passengers for…
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NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—The schooner Lillian, from Port Stephens, loaded with produce, was caught in a gale last night, before 9 o'clock. A strong southerly swell suddenly…
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AUCKLAND, Tuesday.-The R.M.S. Zealandia from San Francisco, leaves Auckland to-night at 8 for Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Loss of the Ketch Lillian. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle
Last night a heavy squall from the southward sot in shortly after 7 o'cleok, and blew occasionally with great violence. Owing to the strength of the wind a ketch, called the Lillian, in attempting to reach this…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.-On Monday morning the wreck of the ketch Lillian, as it lies in the Fairway, was visited by the authorities, and before 2 o'clock the diver went down and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Lillian Off Newcastle. Loss of One Life. [By Electric Telegraph] Newcastle, Tuesday morning
I wired you last night that a terrific storm of wind began to rage about half-past 8, which continued to rage with much violence for a couple of hours. I did not anticipate then, however that…
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NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—The schooner Lillian, from Port Stephens, loaded with produce, was caught in a gale last night, before 9 o'clock. A strong southerly swell suddenly…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Arrival of the Steamer Aconcagua at Adelaide. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelaide
The steamship Aconcagua, of the Orient Line, arrived at the Semaphore early this morning. She left London on October 7, and on the 9th touched at Plymouth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fiction. Afloat and Ashore. a Russo-australian Novel. [The right the publication in Australia has been purchased by the Proprietors of the Sydney Mail.] Chapter Xii.—"savans and Donkeys to the Rear."
It is a bright, clear, sunny face—this; the general expression and "thorough," the eyes (dark eyes) very expressive, which look as though they could on occasion "fire-up;" and the teeth white and regular. The face,…
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