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Sydney · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1883

462 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 24

Wreck of a Tasmanian Barque. Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 May 1883 · page 831

Captain Hughes, of the schooner Florence, which arrived to-day from Duck River, Tasmania, reports having seen, on the 28th instant, in Sea Elephant Bay, a barque on the beach with her foremast standing…

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Latest Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Our Special Telegram. (From Our Own Correspondent.) New Steamer for the Colonies. London, May 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 May 1883 · page 5

The steamer Burmah, which has just been built for Messrs. Howard Smith and Sons, has been launched. The Burmah is intended for the intercolonial trade between Melbourne,…

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A Schooner Ashore. All Hands Saved

Evening News · Wednesday 9 May 1883 · page 4

The schooner Victor, bound from Kiama for Sydney and laden with stone, went ashore daring the Bight on Bondi Beach. All hands got ashore safely in the boats, and the vessel was then making a good…

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Tue Schooner Victor Ashore at Bondi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 May 1883 · page 6

Early yesterday morning the scbooner Victor went ashore on the Spit near Bundl, and atterwards drove up on the beach where she was apparently but little injured lying yesterday afternoon. It seems that the vessel, in charge of Captain Maylor and a crew…

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A Schooner Ashore on Bondi Beach

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 May 1883 · page 3

Intelligence was received at an early hour yesterday morning that a ship was ashore on Bondi beach, Upon inquiries being made, it appeared that the schooner Victor, Mr Mailor…

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A Schooner Ashore. All Hands Saved

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 May 1883 · page 14

THE schooner Vic[?]r, bound from Ki[?]a for Sydney and laden with stone, went ashore during Tuesday night on Bondi B[?]cg. All hands got ashore safely in the boats, and the vessel was then making a good…

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A Schooner Wrecked. NEWCASTLE

Evening News · Saturday 12 May 1883 · page 4

News has reached Newcastle of the wreck of the new schooner Coquette, owned by Messrs. Gates, Henderson, and Co; of this city. She is breaking up on the Rocky Bar, near Ballina, and…

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The Schooner Victor Wrecked at Bondi

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 May 1883 · page 902

Early on Wednesday morning the schooner Victor went ashore on the Spit near Bondi, and afterwards drove up on the beach, where she went to pieces during the night. It seems that the vessel, in charge of Captain Maylor and a crew…

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Barque Ashore. ADELAIDE

Evening News · Saturday 12 May 1883 · page 4

News has been received to-day that the barque Windermere, which sailed yesterday in ballast, for Newcastle, is now ashore off Kingscote. The weather continues rough, but no immediate…

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Wreck of the Schooner Coquette. [By Telegraph.] Newcastle

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 May 1883 · page 5

Alderman Henderson received a telegram to-day from Ballina, notifying that his new schooner Coquette was fast breaking up on the Rocky Bar, and was certain to be a total wreck. She is…

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Shipwreck Relief Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 May 1883 · page 5

The concert to be given at the Protestant Hall to-morrow night, in aid of the funds of the National Shipwreck Relief Society of New South Wales, should be a pleasant one, for Miss Wolley is a notable organiser of such entertainments,…

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The Case of the Schooner Victor

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 May 1883 · page 4

An inquiry was then held into the loss of the schooner Victor on Bondi beach on Wednesday morning last. Frederick Mahler, the master, stated that the…

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Wreck of the Victor

Evening News · Tuesday 15 May 1883 · page 3

An inquiry wan then hel[?] into loss of the schooner Victor on Bondi Beach on May 6. Frederick Mahler, master, gave evidence that the weather was fine, wind W.S.W., and the vessel was on…

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SHIP J. B. Brown in Collision with Wreckage. [By Telegraph.] Newcastle

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 May 1883 · page 3

Captain Boyd, of the ship J. B. Brown, reports that on Tuesday night, when at the South Head of Sydney, bore west by north 16 miles, the vessel came into violent collision with some sunken…

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Marine Board. the Wreck of the Pioneer

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 May 1883 · page 4

The adjourned inquiry re the Pioneer again came on before the Marine Board yesterday. There were present Captain Hixson, president, Captains Broomfield, Jenkins, Fox, M'Lean, and…

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Wreck of the Ketch Sea Breeze. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) La Perouse

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 May 1883 · page 8

The ketch Sea Breeze went ashore at North Head, Botany, to-night, and became a total wreck. All hands were saved…

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Wreck of the Sea Breeze

Evening News · Wednesday 16 May 1883 · page 2

Information has been received of the loss of the ketch Sea Breeze last Bight, when she went ashore on the North Head and became a total wreak. All hands were saved. The Sea Breeze was a wooden…

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Wreck of the Sarque Illie

Evening News · Wednesday 16 May 1883 · page 2

H.M. schooner Lark, which arrived at Brisbane yesterday from a cruise amongst the islands, fortunately called at Ugi, and there she found Captain Brown, his family and the crew of the American…

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Amusements. National Shipwreck Society's Concert

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 May 1883 · page 3

Last night a very successful amateur concert in aid of the funds of the National Shipwreck Relief Society of New South Wales was given in the Protestant Hail, under the patronage of the…

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Wreck of the Barque Illie. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 May 1883 · page 3

H.M. schooner Lark arrived here, alter a cruise in the Pacific. She touched at Uji Island on April 22, and found Captain Brown, wife, and family, with the crew of the American barque illie was…

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