The Late Rowing Matches and the Prince of Wales Steamer
The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 September 1879 · page 3
An investigation was held yesterday by the Marine Board, under the Act, Vic. 35, section 87 into the conduct of Mr. Wm. Waterhouse, master of the Prince of Wales steamer, who followed…
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Evening News · Tuesday 7 October 1879 · page 3
THIS morning, about half-past 10 o'clock, the nightbourhood of the Parrmatta steamers' wharf, King-street, was thrown into a state of wild alarm by a sudden explosion, as if a park of artillery were firing…
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Evening News · Tuesday 7 October 1879 · page 2
BRISBANE, Tuesday.-The Charlotte Andrews, barque, of Sydney, has been totally wrecked at Ramsay Bay, while engaged ia loading cedar. She was driven from her anchorage…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 October 1879 · page 5
A telegram received by the Government from the Customs Officer at Cardwell, states that the chief officer of the barque Charlotte Andrews, of Sydney, reports that the vessel, while loading cedar at Ramsay…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 October 1879 · page 6
About half-past 10 o'clock yesterday morning, the boiler on board the steamship Bee, then lying at the Parramatta Wharf, at the foot of King-street, burst, and the deck and bulwarks near it were blown to pieces. The vessel had shortly…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 October 1879 · page 32
LAST Tuesday, about half-past 10 o'clock, the neighbourhood of the Parramatta steamers' wharf, Kingstroot, was thrown into a state of wild alarm by a sudden explosion, as if a park of artillery were firing…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Marine Board. Monday, October 13. (Present: Captains HIXSON (President), J. B. WATT (Fice-president), Bloomfield, Fox, M'lean, and Jenkins.) the Prosper Colon Wreck
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 October 1879 · page 6
John Loutit, master of the Prosper Colon, recently wrecked, stated that the vessel belonged to him; she was a 74-ton schooner, and was insured for £1100; he was bound to Moruya, and had to abandon the vessel as a wreck; he…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 October 1879 · page 3
By H.M.S. Danae we have late news from New Britain, from which it appears that the native chief, Tarlilly, who was one of the leaders in the massacre of the Rev. George Brown's teachers, has again become hostile to British…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Marine Board. Monday, October 13. (Present: Captains HIXSON (President), J. B. WATT (Vice-president), Bloomfield, Fox, M'lean, and Jenkins.) the Prosper Colon Wreck
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 October 1879 · page 647
John Loutit, master of the Prosper Colon, recently wrecked, stated that the vessel belonged to him; she was a 74-ton schooner, and was insured for £1100; he was bound to Moruya, and had to abandon the vessel as a wreck; he…
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 October 1879 · page 3
The Orient Company's chartered steamer Afghan, Captain Augustus Hurst, arrived this evening She left London on August 22. Plymouth 28th, St. Vincent September 7, Cape on 26th, and arrived…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 October 1879 · page 5
The steamship Afghan arrived yesterday from London, with dates to August 22. She called at St. Vincent, and stayed there one day. The Afghan encountered strong head…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The VOYAGE of the Schooner Noorburg, from Foochow. [By Telegramp.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 October 1879 · page 5
The particulars of the voyage of the schooner Noorburg, which put into this port last week in consequence of sickness on board, show that she left Foochow on the 11th July, with the captain, his wife and child, four…
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Evening News · Wednesday 22 October 1879 · page 2
LONDON, October 20.—The steamship Australia, one of the new boats of the P. and O. line, has met with an accident in her first outward trip to Sydney. She…
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 October 1879 · page 3
In consequence of the breakdown of the Suez mail steamer Australia, the Southampton mails will be forwarded by the Pekin, which has been ordered to replace the Australia with…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 October 1879 · page 4
Yesterday afternoon, in response to invitations issued by Mr. James Mills, the managing director of the Union S. S. Company of New Zealand, and Mr. F. W. Jackson, the Sydney agent of the company, more than one thousand ladies and gentlemen assembled…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 October 1879 · page 9
LONDON, October 20.—The steamship Australia, one of the new boats of the P. and O. line, has met with an accident in her first outward trip to Sydney. She…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Later Cape News. By the steamer Affghan from London we have later Cape files to September 26. the Capture of Cetewayo.--major Marter's Account of the Capture
The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 October 1879 · page 6
The special correspondent of the Standard and Mail of September 23 writes as follows:--"I am glad to be able to give a detailed account of his capture as given me by Major Starter himself. He…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] [Reuter's Telegram.] Wreck of the Steamship Hindostan. Bombay, Oct. 26
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 October 1879 · page 5
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's steamship Hindostan, 3186 tons, has been totally wrecked near Madras, it is supposed during a heavy cyclone. It is…
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 October 1879 · page 3
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's steamship Hindostan, 3186 tons, has been totally wrecked near Madras, it is supposed during a heavy cyclone. It is not…
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 October 1879 · page 8
This noted fast steamer, of the Orient Line, whose passages have not been surpassed (the last one home having been done in 37 days 10 hours from Adelaide), has again arrived from London, bringing English papers to the 11th of last month,…
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