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511 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 26
Intelligence is to hand reporting a disastrous calamity, involving great loss of life, which took place to-day. The passenger steamer City of Columbus was wrecked while…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The steamer Richmond, owned by Messrs. Nipper and See, when leaving Port Macquarie last evening for Sydney with passengers and cargo, became unmangeable, and drifted on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There is no alteration in the position of the steamer Lismore. The cargo is intact. The vessel is not making water. People who visited the scene of the mishap yesterday say that a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Closely following the recent accident to the steamer Lismore, another marine disaster has happened, the steamer Richmond, belonging to Messrs Nipper and See, having grounded to-day whilst crossing the bar. After touching…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The captain of the steamship Kent, which reached Port Adelaide on Saturday, reports that an alarming and very serious fire occurred on board that vessel shortly after Gibraltar…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The deck of the Lismore (s.) has started and the little mast has sprung; otherwise the vessel appears uninjured. At high water the sea breaks aboard with considerable violence, but at low water persons can walk aboard…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The steamer Kent, which arrived at Port Adelaide on Saturday, reports that a terrible fire took place on board shortly after passing Gibraltar. Immense volumes of smoke burst from the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The position of the Lismore is unaltered. The steam tug Comet took the anchor gear out on Monday, but failed to establish communication with the Lismore. The Comet afterward took…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Richmond is still fast on the reef inside the bar. Her forehold is full of water, but the engine-room is dry. The deck cargo, which consists chiefly of maize, is being discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamship Adelaide, from Adelaide, is reported to in distress down the bay. The tug Hercules has gone to her assistance. It is believed that the vessel is only short of coals. She…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yesterday the steam tug Comet, with anchors aboard, went round outside the steamer Lismore and endeavoured to get a line ashore, but failed in teh attempt owing to a heavy break in the sea. To-day the attempt was renewed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →An accident happened to the new steamer Adelaide whilst on the voyage to Melbourne. Shortly after leaving Port M'Donnell the accentric rod of the highpressure engine broke. She proceeded under sail for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The beche-de-mer schooner Pride of Logan was wrecked at Hood Point on the 20th December, during a very heavy gale from the north-west. All hands were saved. The stores and gear were recovered from…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The tug Comet with the anchors of the Lismore on board went round and tried to get a line ashore, but failed owing to the heavy break which was on. Recourse was then had to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steam tug Comet went out this morning, and again successfully fired a line from the Government mortar across the stranded steamer Lismore. This done, she got two [?]nchors laid, one with 180 fathoms of chain backed up by…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Yesterday the steam tug Comet succeeded by means of the Government rocket apparatus, in again getting a line ashore on the beach where the Lismore lies. Two anchors were laid, one with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →All the cargo from the Lismore will be landed to-day. An attempt will then be made to float I her. The vessel's bottom is reported to have bulged in several places. The cargo is in fair…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ADELAIDE, Thursday.--The Messageries Maratimes Company's s.s. Sydney arrived to-day from Marseilles, with the following passengers:--Messrs M'Donald, Lloyd, Folly, Lehu, Sisters St. Claire,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The P. and O. Company's steamship Indus has arrived at Plymouth…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Messageries Maritimes Company's s.s. Sydney arrived to-day from Marseilles, with the following passengers:—Messrs. M'Donald, Lloyd, Jolly, Lehu, Sisters St. Claire, Lazare, Magdalene, Theresa…
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