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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1880

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Loss of the Ketch Sea Bird with the Chief Officer. [By Electric Telegraph.] Newcastle

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 May 1880 · page 3

The ketch Sea Bird for Sydney, from Lake Macquarie, capsized off Bird Island to-day. The Reliance, schooner, picked tip two men and the captain but Coveny, the chief officer, was drowned…

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Fan Tan in Sydney. a Christianised Chinaman. Mongolian Jack Ashore. a Celestial Gambling Hades

Evening News · Tuesday 11 May 1880 · page 3

On the resumption of the proceedings at half-past 2 o'clock, yesterday afternoon, the crowded dock presented a ourious scene. Mongolians of all ages and of varying ugliness crowded both the males and…

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Wreck and Loss of Life at Sydney Heads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 May 1880 · page 9

The Lady Emma, a vessel of 128 tons, captained by Austin Flynn, left Sydney on Friday afternoon in tow of the Amy tugboat, which parted with her off Miller's Point. The schooner set sail with a fair wind about [?] p.m., and was off the North Head…

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Wreck of the Barque Sarah Dre[?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 May 1880 · page 9

The coast of New Caledonia continues to maintain its notoriety for shipwrecks. Only last mail we received the particulars of the loss of the Sea Shell, and by the arrival of the City of Melbourne, on the 6th instant, we have tidings of the loss of the barque Sarah…

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Arrival of the Orient, Steamer. [By Electric Telegraph.] Adelaide

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 May 1880 · page 11

THE following is the list of passengers from London, for Sydney, by the steamship Orient:—Mrs. Cameron, Rev. J. Clery, Miss Beath, Rev. Thomas Gurltan, Mr. Edward Holland, Mr. F.A. Kirstan,…

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Wr[?]k of the Schooner Noumea

Evening News · Monday 17 May 1880 · page 2

ROCKHAMPTON, Monday.—The steamship Keilawarra arrived at Sea Hill from Brishbane this morning. She reports having picked up a boat this morning containing the captain and six…

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The Orient Company's Steamer

Evening News · Monday 17 May 1880 · page 2

LONDON, May 15.—The Orient Co.'s s.s. Liguria left Plymouth on Saturday, May 15, at 1 o'clock, for Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney, with 403 passenger…

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The Orient Steamer Liguria. London, May 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 May 1880 · page 5
Also in The Sydney Daily Telegraph

The Orient Company's steamship Liguria sailed from Plymouth, with mails and passengers for Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney, on Friday…

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Wreck of the Schooner Noumea

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 May 1880 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The following telegram was received yesterday from the Brisbane authorities: -- "The steamer Keilawarra has arrived at Sea Hill. She. reports having picked up a boat this morning containing…

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Wreck of the Schooner Noumea. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 May 1880 · page 5

The schooner Noumea, bound from the South Sea Islands to Mackay, with labourers, has been wrecked on Sumarez Beef, 200 miles from Rockhampton. The Keilawarra (s.) picked up the captain and four white…

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European News by the Steamer Oriest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 May 1880 · page 7

We have files of English papers to the April, from which the tollowing extracts are taken:½ THE SIGMIFICANCE OF THE ELECTION Regarding the progression and effect ot the elections, the…

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The Wreck of the Noumea

Evening News · Tuesday 18 May 1880 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday.—Immediately on the arrival of the news week of the schooner Noumea, the Colonial Secretary wired to Rockhampton for the A.S.N. Co.'s steamer Leichbardt…

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Wreck of the Schooner Noumea

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 May 1880 · page 8

The following is a copy of a telegram received by the Superintendent of Telegraphs, on 17th instant:—"The steamer Keilawarra has arrived at Sea Hill, and reports picking up a boat this morning containing the captain and six white sailors of the…

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Wreck of the Sara Dreyfus

Evening News · Thursday 20 May 1880 · page 2

Captain Patrick G. Punch, of the barque Sara Dreyfus, lately wrecked on Cook's Roof, near the north end of New Caledonia, supplies us with the following particulars:—"On the 28th ultimo, at 5…

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Rescue of Shipwrecked Men

Evening News · Friday 21 May 1880 · page 2

BRISBANE, Friday.—The Leichhardt returned to Rockhampton last night from the wreek of the schooner Noumea. She brought all the crew and sout Sea islanders back, excepting seven…

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Wreck of the Schooner Noumea. Brisbane

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 May 1880 · page 959

The schooner Noumea, bound from the South Sea Islands to Mackay, with labourers, has been wrecked on Sumarez Reef, 200 miles from Rockhampton. The Keilawarra (s.) picked up the captaia and four white…

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Wreck of the Sara Dreyfus

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 May 1880 · page 14

CAPTAIN Patrick G. Puuch, of the bargue Sara Dreyfus, lately wrecked on Cook's Reef, near the north end of New Caledonia, supplies us with the following particulars:—" On the 28th ultimo, at 5…

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Grounding of the Steamer Australian

Evening News · Monday 31 May 1880 · page 2

GRAFTON, Monday.—The steamer Australian [?] on to Elizabeth Island in a dense fog, on Saturday morning, and several ineffectual attempts were made by the L[?]a, steamer, and a…

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