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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1880

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Arrival of the Steamer Potos1 at Adelaide. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 July 1880 · page 5

The Orient Company's steamship Potosi arrived last night, after a most successful, passage. She left Plymouth on June 12, and arrived at the Cape July 1. She has occupied 36 days on the passage from…

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Wreck of the Barque Ellsworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 July 1880 · page 4

The N. I. S. N. Co.'s steamer Graaf van Bylandt, brought from Thursday Island the officers and crew of the barque Ellsworth, Captain Haskell, which was wrecked on Stevens Island, Torros Straits, on 30th June. It appears that the barque, which hails…

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The Orient Steamer Aconcagua. London, July 17

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 July 1880 · page 3

The Orient steamer Aconcagua has arrived. [The following items are extracted from the evening papers :--]…

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Wreck of the Barque Ellsworth

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 July 1880 · page 182

The N. I. S. N. Co.'s steamer Graaf van Bylandt brought from Thursday Island the officers and crew of the barque Ellsworth, Captain Haskell, which was wrecked on Stevens Island, Torres Straits, on 30th June. It appears that the barque, which hails…

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Wreck of the Barque Ellsworth. Curious Circumstances. (By Electric Telegraph.) Cooktown

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 July 1880 · page 8

CAPTAIN Bauer, Mr. Jardine's manager, picked up a boat in the Straits with the captain of the American barque Ellsworth and a portion of the ship's crew, and arrived at Thursday Island on…

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The Wreck of the Ellsworth

Evening News · Tuesday 27 July 1880 · page 3

A letter dated Thursday Island, July 18, places us in possession of further particulars regarding the wreck of the American barque, Elleworth. The writer, says:—…

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Wreck of a Labour Schooner

Evening News · Thursday 29 July 1880 · page 2

Intelligence received from Noumes the morning states that the Queensland labour schocner Mystery, Captain Kilgour, from Macksy to the i[?] on a curuise, with return labourers, has gone as bore on the…

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The Wreck of the Ellsworth

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 July 1880 · page 8

A LETTER dated Thursday Island, July 13, places us in possession of further particulars regarding the wreck of the American ba[?]que, Ellsworth. The writer says:—…

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Explosion on a Steamer

Evening News · Tuesday 3 August 1880 · page 3

Minneapolis (Minn.), July 1.—At 6.25 this morning the Lake Minnetonna pleasure steamer Mary, owned and run by Captain Halstead, while lying at the wharf at the St. Louis Hotel, exploded…

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The Wreck and Burning of the Ellsworth. (From a Correspondent.) Thursday Island. July 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 August 1880 · page 4

The following statement was taken at Stevens' Island by Captain Pennefather, J.P., of the Pearl (Q.G.schooner), from the chief of the island, Maroosh a South Sea Islander named Harry Teka, and Cooma, Waroop, Noonee, and Harry, natives of the…

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Wreck of the Barque Ellsworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 August 1880 · page 8

The N. I. S. N. Co.' steamer Graaf van Bylandt brought from Thursday Island the officers and crew of the barque Ellsworth, Captain Haskell, which was wrecked on Stevens Island Torres Straits, on 30th june. It appears that the barque, which hails…

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Shipping Disaster. Two Vessels Ashore. Melbourne, Friday, noon

Evening News · Friday 6 August 1880 · page 2

THE steamer Redondo, from Sydney, in coming up the bay, this morning, during a dense fog, ran ashore on the back beach at Williamstown. At high tide, this afternoon, efforts will be made to…

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The Steamer Omeo in Distress. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 August 1880 · page 5

Some excitement prevailed in the city to-night, owing to the fact of the steamer Omee, which left here at 8 o'clock this afternoon, coal-laden, for Melbourne, returning towards dusk in an apparently…

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Explosion on a Steamer

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 August 1880 · page 41

Minneapolis (Minn.), July 1.—At 6.25 this morning the Lake Minnotonna pleasure steamer Mary, owned and run by Captain Halstead, while lying at the wharf at the St. Louis Hotel, exploded…

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The Steamer Omeo in a Gale

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 August 1880 · page 8

Considerable excitement was manifested among the shipping circles of Sydney yesterday morning, when it became known that the steamer Omeo, bound from Newcastle to Melbourne, had not…

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The Steamer Omeo in Distress. Newcastle

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 August 1880 · page 280

Some excitement prevailed in the city to-night, owing to the fact of the steamer Omeo, which left here at 3 o'clock this afternoon, coal-laden, for Melbourne, returning towards dusk in an apparently…

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Iceberg Dangers. Narrow Escape From Destruction of a British War Steamer—the Arizona Incident Repeated—return of the Disabled Vessel to St. John's N.F. St. John's, N.F., June 12, 1880

Evening News · Saturday 7 August 1880 · page 7

The presence of enormous masses of Arotic ice on the coast of Newfoundland is becoming extremely dangerous, expecially to steam vessels, which are able to proceed on their course…

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ARRIVAL of the Steamer Cmimeo[?] at Adelaide. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 August 1880 · page 5

The Chimborazo, which arrived to-day, left Ply. mouth June 26th, and arrived at the Cape July 19 The voyage was uneventful, and no deaths occurred. She brings 25 saloon, 24 second, and 230 third[?]…

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Terrible Shipwreck, and Loss of One Thousand Lives. Singapore, August 11

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 August 1880 · page 3

Information has been received of a terrible shipwreck with great loss of life at Cape Guardafui, Babelmandeb Strait. The steamer "Jeddah" left Singapore with about a…

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The Wolverene Ashore. AUCELAND

Evening News · Monday 16 August 1880 · page 2

News has just been received at Auckland that the man-of-war steamer Wolverene went ashore on Koro reef, causing considerable damage to her forefoot, which was completely stripped of its…

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