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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1880

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Lamentable News from the Islands. Wrecks and Massacres. [By Electric Telegraph.] Cooktown

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 November 1880 · page 10

CAPTAIN Frier, of the schooner Vibilia of Sydney, on a b[?]-le-mer cruise, reports the total loss of his vessel at the Louisade Archipelago, on September 2, but all hands were saved…

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The Wreck of Tee Lady Darling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 November 1880 · page 6

An inquiry was held before the Melbourne Steam Navigation Board on Saturday, Captain Fullarton in the chair, touching the wreck of the steamship Lady Darling off Montague Island, on the morning of the 10th instant. Mr…

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Arrival of the Schooner Ariel

Evening News · Tuesday 30 November 1880 · page 2

The schooner Ariel, Captain Brodie, which left Sydney on the 25th of March last for a trading cruise among the islands, returned most unexpectedly to port yesterday morning, much to the surprise everyone,…

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RETURN of the Missing Schooner Ariel

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 November 1880 · page 3

It will be in the recollcetion of our readers that a few months ago a vessel from the Solomon Islands reported that the schooner Ariel, of this port, had been lost, and that two of the crew had…

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Arrival of the Missing Schooner Ariel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 November 1880 · page 4

The schooner Ariel, Captain Brodie, a well-known Solomon Island trader, has been missing for some time, and on the strength of a native report that the vessel was lost, and two of the crew poisoned, it was very generally credited that all hands…

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Arrival of the Schooner Ariel

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 December 1880 · page 8

THE schooner ARiel, Captain Brodie, which left Sydney on the 25th of March last for a trading craise [?]mong the islands, returned most unexpectedly to port [?]u Monday morning, much to the surprise of everyone,…

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Arrival of the Missing Schooner Ariel

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 December 1880 · page 1086

The schooner Ariel, Captain Brodie, a well-known Solomon Island trader, has been missing for some time, and on the strength of a native report that the vessel was lost, and two of the crew poisoned, it was very generally credited that all hands…

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A Steamer Burned

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 December 1880 · page 41

Nofolk, Va., October 2, 1880.—This afternoon, about 4 o'clock, an accidental fire broke out among the cotton stored in the forward hold of the Old Dominion Steamship Company's steamer…

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A Submarine Volcano. Strange Sight Witnessed From the Becks of United States Steamer Alert

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 December 1880 · page 41

Washington, October 4.—Commander Huntington, of the United States steamer Alert, in an report to the Navy Department just received, says that while on a surveying cruise in the…

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Three Large Steamers Wrecked at St. Michales

Evening News · Saturday 4 December 1880 · page 6

Special telegrams received from Lloyd's on October 8 give full particulars of the wreck of three large British summers at St. Michaels. It appears that the vessels were at anchor coaling,…

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Attempt to Wreck Barracks

Evening News · Wednesday 8 December 1880 · page 2

LONDON, December 7.-Determined attempts have been made by Fenians to wreck the barracks at Ballyheige and Castlegregory, but the police and the…

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Attempt to Wreck Barracks

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 December 1880 · page 9

LONDON, December 7.—Determined attempts have been made by Fenians to Wreck the barracks at Ballyheige and Castlegregory, but the police and the…

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National Shipwreck Relief Society

Evening News · Friday 17 December 1880 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the committee was held on Thursday, December 16, 1880, at the Exchange. Mr. John Alger in the chair; Messrs. Storey, Bazacott, Hayes, Wilshire (hon. sec.), and…

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Schooner Capsized and 30 Lives Lost

Evening News · Saturday 18 December 1880 · page 5

New York, November 18.-News reached here from Baltimore to-day of the loss of the schooner Abraham Lincoln on the Liberian coast in the Jitter part of September, with a sacrifice of…

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Sudden Death on a Steamer

Evening News · Saturday 18 December 1880 · page 4

A man named Joseph Bishop, aged 52, who was a passenger on board the steamer Richmond, from Richmond River to Sydney, died very suddenly last night, about two hours before the steamer arrived in…

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National Shipwreck Relief Society

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 December 1880 · page 7

The usual monthly meeting of the committee of the National Shipwreck Relief Society of New South Wales was held on Thursday last at the Exchange, Mr. John Alger in the chair. Messrs…

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Schooner Capsized and 30 Lives Lost

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 December 1880 · page 7

New York, November 18.—News reached here from Baltimore to-day of the loss of the schooner Abraham Lincoln on the Liberian coast in the latter part of September, with a sacrifice of 30…

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Supposed Loss of a Steamer and All Hands

Evening News · Friday 31 December 1880 · page 3

The London DAILY NEWS of November 18, says:-A screw steamer has been totally wrecked right under St. Govan's Head, on the Welsh coast, with the loss of all on board. It is only…

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