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224 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 12
Several boats and a portion of a vessel's deck rigging have been found off the South Passage, and it is supposed that a vessel has been wrecked in the vicinity. A patty have gone to make a search…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News of a wreck having occurred on the West Coast has been received. It is supposed to be the brig Cock of the North. The beach is strewn with coconuts, ropes, and quantities of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The cold, changeable weather that has prevailed here for some time past culminated at length, on Saturday last, in one of those sudden and severe, gales from the southward which are so prevalent at certain seasons on this…
Continued on Trove, page 749 →A HEAVY gale was experienced at this place on Saturday evening, and continued through the night. Signs of a coming storm were first observed early in the afternoon, when the thunder was loud and the…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →The Orient steamship Cuzco arrived at the Semaphore at 11.55 p.m. last night, after a very fine weather passage of 43 days 8 hours. Two deaths occurred on the voyage: James…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The schooner Moonts went ashore on Schoapper Point, and Captain Dent, the master, shot himself dead when the accident happened to his vessel. He formerly commanded the brig Phillis…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Very many of the ladies and gentlemen who Went to enjoy a frolic at the Fancy Dress Ball will be surprised to find themselves well sketched with pen and pencil in to-morrow's TOWN AND COUNTRY JOURNAL…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Advices from Port Stephens this morning, state that two vessels have gone on shore in the Bay. No particulars are vet given…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thirteen persons were fined at the police court, this morning, for allowing goats to stray in the Streets. The ketch Turtle, from Lake Macquarie, with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lady Jervois opened a bazaar in the Town Hall to-day in aid of the fonds for the Children's Hospital. It is the best bazaar ever held in Adelaide. An Adelaide telegram from the Mauritius says…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was one of the fine ships carrying troops and supplies to the scene of war in South Africa. She had reached Cape Town, and was proceeding to the Natal Coast, having on board forces consisting of 15 officers and 534 volunteers,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The schooner Edith, which arrived last night from Rarotonga, brought news of the wreck of the American schooner Concordia, at Scilly Island, one of the Society Group. Mr. Harvey, who was a passenger by the Concordia at the time of the catastrophe,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Illawarra Steam Navigation Company have sustained a severe loss by the wreck of the Monaro, at Moruya Heads: bat happily no loss of life has taken place, The Monaro was in command of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another of our coasting steamers, the Monaro, has succumbed to the fate that has befallen too many others, notwithstanding that the coast of New South Wales is, from a navigator's point of view, regarded as one of the safest in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE steamer Monaro ran on shore, on Thursday morning, on a reef, 10 miles soath of Moruya, near Bongie Bengie Point. The passengers were all safely landed. The ship is filling fast with water, and likely…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →From a cablegram placed at our disposal by Messrs. Gilchrist, Watt, and Co., we learn that the Orient steamer John Elder arrived at Plymouth on the morning of Wednesday the 28th instant, having thus made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The sad intelligence respecting the accident to this steamer was recorded in the Echo of Thursday evening; but we subsequently received fuller particulars. The Monaro was a full-powered steamer of 300 tons, commanded…
Continued on Trove, page 868 →The Exhibition Buildings, Carlton Gardens, are progressing rapidly. The main building will be finished before Christmas, and in many places the wails are already the full height. The roofing will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →I have just returned from the scene of the disaster, a bleak looking point about six miles south from Moruya Heads, called Bingie Point. The vessel was fast breaking up (4 p.m., Friday), half of her, the stern having…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Orient Company's steamship Aconcagua arrived here to-day from Plymouth. She brings the following passengers:—Mr. and Mrs. Oates and child, Mr. and Mrs Gardner and child, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon,…
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