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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1883

462 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 24

The Steamer Orient. Suez, March 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 March 1883 · page 5

The Orient S. N. Company's s.s. Orient left here on the 24th instant, outward bound…

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The Steamer Duke of Buccleuch. London, March 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 March 1883 · page 5

The steamer Duke of Buccleuch left Batavia outwards to-day…

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Raising a Sunken Schooner in the Richmond. Ballina

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1883 · page 598

The schooner Adonis, coal-laden, which sprung a leak whilst crossing the bar on the 6th instant and afterwards sank in the river, was, on Saturday last, successfully raised by Mr. R. M. Scott, of Sydney, acting on behalf of the…

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Proposed Triple Hulled Ocean Steamer

Nepean Times · Saturday 31 March 1883 · page 4

CAPTAIN William Coffin, of Eondon, who built the first large screw steamer which crosed the ocean, has designed a new style of steamer, models of which are exhibited…

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Wreck of the Macedon. [By Electric Telegraph.] Perth

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 March 1883 · page 11

THE steamship Macedon, with Mr. Forrest's Kimberley exploring party, and a large number of passengers, and a considerable quantity of cargo for the North, was totally wrecked…

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Grounding of the Schooner Colleen Deas and Steamer Fenwick. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ballina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 April 1883 · page 6

The schooner Colleen Dhas, whilst towing out at 12.45 to-day, grounded on the north side of the channel. The tug-steamer J. and T. Fenwick then seemed to touch the shallow bank, and heeled over and sank. Several boats went down the channel as…

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The Wrecked Schooner and Steamer in the Richmond River. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ballina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1883 · page 8

There has been little alteration in the position of the Colleen Dhas or of the tug steamer J. T. Fenwick. The former is now full of water. All her starboard bulwarks and the stanchions have been washed away. The crew of…

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Loss of a Small Steamer

Evening News · Wednesday 4 April 1883 · page 2

News has been received this morning of the loss of the small paddle steamer Alexandra. She was the property of Messrs. Wallace and Harnett, of Port Macquarie, and left Sydney at 4 p.m. yesterday in…

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WRECKS on the COAST of New South Wales During the YEAR 1882

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 April 1883 · page 10

The following particulars of wreeks which have occurred during the year 1882 on the coast of New South Wales were published in the Government Gazette on Tuesday:— January 2, Wotonga, steamer, 541 tons, John M'Lean,…

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Foundering of Tee Paddle-steamer Alexandra

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 April 1883 · page 2

The small-paddle steamer Alexandra, which left Sydney for Port Macquarie in tow of the C. and B.R.S.N, Company's steamer Coraki on Tuesday last, foundered in the evening off Broken…

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Grounding of the Schooner Colleen Dhas and Steamer Fenwick. Ballina

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1883 · page 662

The schooner Colleen Dhas, whilst towing out at 12.45 to-day, grounded on the north side of the channel. The tug-steamer J. and T. Fenwick then seemed to touch the shallow bank, and heeled over and sank. Several boats went down the channel as…

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Charge of Overcrowding a Steamer

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 April 1883 · page 6

Yesterday, at the Water Police Court, before Mr Anderson, S.M., John Garde, the master of the steamer Illawarra, was summoned by Inspect Donohoe for having, at Port Jackson on the 22nd…

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Wrecks on N.S.W. Coast

Evening News · Saturday 7 April 1883 · page 6

The following particulars of wrecks on the coast of N.S. Wales during the year 1882 are published in yesterday's "Government Gazette":— January 2, Wotonga, steamer, 541 tons, John M'Lean,…

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Voyage of the Steamer Potosi

Evening News · Tuesday 10 April 1883 · page 3

Of the voyage of the Orient Co.'s steamer Potosi, to arrive in Sydney on Thursday, the Melbourne "Argus" says:—The Potosi has a name for making uniformly good passages, but oh this occasion she has bettered all her…

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The Steamer Australian. Clarence Heads

Evening News · Tuesday 10 April 1883 · page 2

The steamer Australian got off the Spit last night, and has anchored in the Deep Hole…

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New Steamer for Sydney. Dunedin (N.z.)

Evening News · Wednesday 11 April 1883 · page 2

The steamer Port Jackson, which has been built here for the Port Jackson Steam Navigation Company, for service as a passenger boat in Sydney harbour, was launched yesterday. She is the…

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Launch of the Steamer Port Jackson. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Wellington, N.z

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 April 1883 · page 10

The steamer Port Jackson, which has been built in Dunedin for the Port Jackson Steam Navigation Company, for use as a passenger boat in Sydney Harbour, was successfully launched to-day. This is the first…

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The Steamer Pacific. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 April 1883 · page 5

Sir,—I did not intend to take any notice of the falst and exaggerated statements made in the press and Parliament regarding the steamer Pacific but as the Hon. the Treasurer stated in Parliament on 15th March that the…

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Jack Ashore!

Sydney Punch · Saturday 14 April 1883 · page 12

[SCENE. -- Lower George-street, Friday night, outside the Volunteer Artillery Hotel. Drunken sailors making use of most shocking expressions.] RESPECTABLE CITIZEN (to Policeman): -- "Hardly proper…

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Overcrowding a Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 April 1883 · page 9

At the Water Police Court, before Mr. Buchanan, S.M., John Garde, master of the steamship Illawarra, was charged, by Sub-inspector Donaboe with having on the 22nd March last carried to sea from Sydney to Shoalhaven, 111…

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