A New Atlantic Steamer
Mr. John Burns, of the Cunard Company, writes to the Times that he and his partners have just concluded a contract with Messrs. James and George Thompson by which that firm is to build…
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Wreck of the Agnes Irving
I WAS a passenger by the above vessel when she came to the end of her career in a manner unexpected as it was sudden. After a quick and enjoyable voyage of 34 hours exactly, she took the bar at 1 p.m., Sunday. The weather was…
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The ketch Margaret, Captain Peterson, bound from Shoalhaven to Sydney, with 12,000 feet of timber, became a total wreck near Black Head yesterday afternoon, in a squall which sprang up…
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Mr. Editor,—The enclosed was found in a bottle drifting to the shore, by the natives of this island, and they, finding the bottle corked securely, looged into it, and found a paper inside of it, and seeing it was written in English,…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →Afloat and Ashore. a Russo-australian Novel. [The right of publication in Australia has been purchased by the proprietors of the Sydney Mail.] Chapter Liii.—the Vladimir
"Oginski, I am glad to see you. Pray be seated." These were the first salutations of the admiral. "How do you think the squadron looks? Hubner has been keeping the ships pretty well up to the old mark, I think, in our…
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PERTH, Saturday.—The captain of the ship Ben Ledi, which was wrecked on tho Abrolbos, states that the vessel is set out of the force of the current. He did not observe the wreck of the…
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WE regret to have to record the total wreck of the Clarence and Richmond River Company's paddle steamer Agnes Irving, but fortunately no lives have been lost. The ship took her…
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We regret to have to record the total wreck of the Clarence and Richmond River Company's paddle steamer Agnes Irving, but fortunately no lives have been lost. The ship took her departure from Sydney…
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ADELAIDE, Friday.—The barque Southern Cross, brand from A[?] to Newcastle with a cargo of flour, was wrecked yesterday near Macdonell Bay. The correspondent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Barque Southern Cross. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelaide
The Southern Cross, a three-masted vessel, which left Port Adelaide for Newcastle December 29, ran ashore about 4 o'clock this morning, three miles to westward of Capo Douglas. No lives were lost. The crew are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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 Lxil—oginski's Calling-card)
It is a singular thing, but the fact which led up to this conversation was the mention that happened to be made by a lady who was present about a peculiar card which had been left by a strange gentleman that morning…
Continued on Trove, page 55 →Wreck of the Agnes Irving. (COMMUNICATED.)
1 WAS a passenger by the above vassel when she came to the end of her career in a manner unexpected ns it was sudden After a quick and enjoyable voyage of 24 hours exaotly, she look the bar at 1 p.m., Sunday. The weather was…
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BRISBANE, Monday.—Telegrams were received here last night, from Gladstone, stating that signal guns were heard firing off Bustard Head during Saturday night and at daylight…
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The barque Scottish Knight sailed from Keppel Buy for London on Friday last with a large cargo and a number of passengers. The same night she struck on a shoal at Sandy Cape, and sprung a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ARRIVAL of the Steamer Kent
This steamer, the third of the line of Messrs Money Wigram and Co., arrived yesterday morning from London, via Melbourne ; and she will, in conjunction with the Norfolk, Northumberland, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arrival of Mail Steamer at Galle. Galle, Jan. 13
The P. and O. Company's Royal mail steamer Tanjore arrived here to-day…
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The P. and O. Company's Royal Mail steamer Tanjore arrived here to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arrival of the Steamer Indus at Adelaide. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelaide
The P. and O. Company's steamship Indus arrived at 10 o'clock this morning. She had a stormy passage, and when about three thousand miles from Glenelg lost two of the blades of her screw, and con…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—A telegram received from Gladstone states that the Scottish Knight is now lying in 7ft of mud, having been towed up at high water by the steamer Polly. The cargo is…
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ROCKHAMPTON, Thursday.—The barque Scottish Knight is benched on an even keel at the mouth of the Boyne River. The water flows in and out of the vessel at low water, 11ft aft and…
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