Shipwreck Relief Society
A meeting of the committee of the National Shipwreck Belief Society of New South Wales, was held in the Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon. Present: Mr M. H. Stephen, Q.C.,in the…
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A Fishing Boat Ashore
The fishing boat Annie, which left Sydney on Tuesday for Broken Bay, has gone on shore at Foley's Head, and become almost a total wreck. On board at the time were two men, James Bogan and John…
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LONDON, July 1.—Messrs. W. Howard Smith and Sons' new steamer Balmain, which has Just been built on the Clyde, was launched at Govan yesterday. The Balmain is intended for the…
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Yesterday morning about 10 minutes past 3, one of the firemen attached to the Insurance Brigade saw a sudden glare of light shoot up from the water's edge in Darling Harbour. The brigade's…
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About 10 minutes to 3 o'clock yesterday morning, Mr. Joubert's steam ferry steamar, Lily, which runs to Hunter's Hill and Lane Cove River, was discovered, to be on fire while moored to the wharf at the foot of Lime-street. The…
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Early yesterday morning, the Lily, one of the ferry boats plying between Lane Cove River and Darling Harbour, was discovered to be on fire, and before the flames could be subdued the vessel was completely gutied. From particulars gleaned since, it…
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Messrs. W. Howard Smith and Sons' new steamer Balmain, which has just been built on the Clyde, was launched at Govan yesterday. The Balmain is intended for…
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Messrs. Mipper and See's steamer Australian went an excellent engineer's trial this morning. She has been thoroughly renovated since the accident to her in March last when the went ashore in…
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Messrs. Nipper and See's steamer Australian went an excellent engineer's trial this morning. She has been thoroughly renovated throughout since the accident to her in March last. when she went ashore in…
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Messrs. Nipper and Lees' steamer Australian went an impromptu engineer's trial trip on Tuesday, and on the invitation of Mr. See and Captain Chu[?]lleigh, a number of their personal friends were present to witness it. It will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Large Ship Ashore at Queens- Cliffe. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
During a dense fog last night a large four- masted ship, the George. Roper, from Liverpool, went ashore on Point .Lonsdale Reef, Queenscliffe. She is not in a dangerous position, and will…
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LONDON", July 1.—Messrs. W. Howard Smith and Sons' new steamer Balmain, which has just bean built on the Clyde, was launched at Govan yesterday. The Balmain is intended for the…
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Early on Sunday morning, the Lily, one of the ferry boats plying between Lane Cove River and Darling Harbour, was discovered to be on fire, and before the flames could be subdued the vessel was completely gutted. From particulars gleaned since, it…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Arrival of the Steamer Cuzco at Adelaide. Adelaide, June 29
The Orient s.s. Cuzco, Captain Ridler, which left Plymouth May 19, arrived here this morning. The following is a list of her passengers:— FOR SYDNEY.—Mr. J. Haigh, Mrs. Fenton, Rev. D. and…
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All hope of removing the George Roper from Point Lonsdale reef, on which she lies at the Heads, has now been abandoned. While the weather remained fine every effort was made to keep the pumps at work. The…
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There is no hope of getting the ship George Roper off Point Lonsdale reef. Last night she bumped heavily, and in spite of continual pumping, the water still encroaches. There are…
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Another disaster has occurred on Point Lonsdale. Beef, the steamer Blackboy, which was engaged in taking the cargo from the wrecked ship George Roper, being the victim. It appears that a number…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wreck of the George Roper and Steamer [?]Ackboy. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
The wreck of the ship George Roper was sold by public auction to-day. The auction r[?]om was crowded. The bidding at first was brisk; it commenced at £1000, and from that sum ran up to £3600, at which figure…
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There was a very large attendance on Saturday at the sale of the wreck of the four-masted ship George Roper, and the bidding commenced briskly, starting at £1000. It was run up to…
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The ship Chaudiere, 470 tons, timber laden, is reported a total wrock. She went ashore last Wednesday off Cape Hamelin, on the west east, being from the Murchison River. She was built[?]t…
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