Wreck of the Herfford
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1881 · page 8
The Geelong correspondent of the Argus telegraphs the following:—The ship Hereford, 1500 tone, Captain James M'Carthy, from London to Melbourne, with 12 cabin and 37 steerage passengers, got too near Swampy Crock, about 25 miles from Geelong,…
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1881 · page 4
A meeting of the representatives of the owners of the Hereford, the insurance companies interested in the wreck, and the underwriters, was held at the office of Messrs, Virgoe, Son and Chapman, on…
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1881 · page 4
At present no official account of the manner in which the week occurred has been published, and the following statement of the captain himself will therefore be read with interest. He states:--…
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Evening News · Thursday 20 January 1881 · page 2
Considerable excitement prevailed throughout the city this morning1 when it became known that the well-known steamship Collaroy, the property of the Newcastle Steamship Company, which left…
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 January 1881 · page 3
Some little anxiety was manifested in town yesterday morning, when it became known that the steamer Collaroy, under the command of Captain Thompson, and belonging to the Newcastle…
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Evening News · Friday 21 January 1881 · page 2
The Consul General for the United States has received a despatch highly landing the conduct of the officers and crew of the steamer Dawn in rescuing the survivors of the ship Eric the Red,…
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Evening News · Saturday 22 January 1881 · page 4
All efforts, so far, hare failed to get the stranded steamer Cellaroy off the sandbank on which she lies, to the north of Long Beef. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Brown, chairman of the Newcastle Steam…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 January 1881 · page 14
CONSIDERABLE excitement provailed throughout the city on Thursday when it became known that the well-known steamship Collaroy, the property of the Neweastle Steamship Company, which left Newcastle…
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 January 1881 · page 7
The Melbourne correspondent of the Geelong Advertize says--" The announcement that the wrecked ship Hereford and cargo would be sold by auction, drew a crowded attendance at the…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 January 1881 · page 27
TUE ship He eford, 1500 tons, Captain James M'Carthy, from London to Melbourne, with 12 cabin and 37 steerage passengers, got too near Swampy Creek, about 25 miles from Geclong (says the…
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Evening News · Monday 24 January 1881 · page 3
The steaming Collaroy is still lying stranded on the sandy to the north of Long Reaf. every effort to move her Baring simply resulted in the parting of the cables. Partner efforts will be made to float her…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1881 · page 7
Large numbers of persons desirous of seeing a stranded steamer, or enjoying a pleasant trip by water, aud a charming drive through shady lanes and open glades, are visiting the Collaroy as she lies on the beach near Long…
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Evening News · Tuesday 25 January 1881 · page 2
A telegram received this morning from Cape Bowling Green, Cleveland Bay, announces that the barque Cordillera, 852 tons, Captain Webster, from Sydney January 8, for San Francisco, with a cargo…
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Evening News · Tuesday 25 January 1881 · page 3
The E. And A. Co.'s steamer Brisbane, Captain Reddell, now in quarantine, has on board 119 Chinese passengers, and it was one of them who was seized with small-pox shortly before the vessel reached…
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 January 1881 · page 3
A telegram was received yesterday from Cape Bowling Green, Cleveland Bay, stating that the barque Cordillera, from Sydney to San Francisco, which left here on the 8th instant, was ashore at…
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 January 1881 · page 4
Since the last attempt to extricate the steamship Collaroy from her position on the beach near Long Reef, which was made shortly after midnight on Friday last, there has been no perceptible change…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 January 1881 · page 9
The Newcastle Steamship Company's paddle steamar Collaroy did not arrive in Sydney from Newcastle as usual on Thursday morning, January 20. The delay was accounted for by the dense fog which overhung the coast line in the vicinity or this port…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 January 1881 · page 5
The steamer Meath, which arrived to-night from Hongkong, for Sydney, via Singapore, brings news to January 4. It is reported that the Dutch garrison and officials…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 January 1881 · page 9
The Navigation Board of Victoria held an inquiry, on January 21, into the cause of the wreck of the Hereford, near the Barwon Heads. The principal evidence was that of the first and second officers, which went to show that on the night…
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 January 1881 · page 3
The Silver Cloud, a three-masted schooner, 291 tons, belonging to Napier, and just arrived at that port from Newcastle with a cargo of coals, has parted her warps at the wharf at Napier and was…
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