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452 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 23
The Helona, schooner, 126 tons, bound from Wanganui, N.Z., to Melbourne, went ashore on Farewell Spit, which is situated at the north-west extremity of Nelson Province, and became a total wreck. The crew were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The enquiry into the wreck of the Cahors was continued by the Marine Board yesterday. Present:—Captains Hixson (president), Broomfield (vice-president), Jenkins, Robertson, M'Lean, and Moodie. Mr. J. Want,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General leave has been given to the men of H.M, ships in port during the present week, and some of them have been ashore in the city. It is most pleasing to note the almost entire absence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--This morning whilst the barque Jean Pierre was being removed from the dyke to the stream, she took the ground on the sand bank near the Horseshoe, and remained…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Marine Board inquiry as to the wreck of the A. S. N. Company's s.s. Cohors on Evans Reef was resumed yesterday at 10 o'clock. There was a full attendance of members as before. The following additional evidence was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Monday afternoon the steamer Wonooua returned to port, having met with an accident on her outward trip. She loft Sydney at about 4 a.m. for Bulli, where she was to load a cargo of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The inquiry into the wreck of the Cahors was continued by the Marine Board on Tuesday morning, there being present :—Captains Hixson (president), Broomfield (vice-president), Jenkins, Robertson, M'Lean, and Moodic. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 96 →The inquiry into the circumstances which attended theloss of the A. S.N. Company's steamer Cakora was resumed on Tuesday before tho members of the Marine Board. Captain Hixson presided…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →During a dense fog, at night, the express steamer Banshee, belonging to the London and North-western Railway Company, struck with great violence on the rocks near the entrance to Holyhead harbour. The vessel, which was a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The ketch Activity sank alongside Messrs. Burne, Philp and Co.s wharf, at Townsville on Monday. It appears that the Palmer was coming up the river, and while passing the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The new steamer Orestes, which has been built by Mort's Dock and Engineering; Company to the order of the Government, was taken for a preliminary trial trip yesterday to test her machinery, and on the whole the trial was regarded as satisfactory. Some little…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NEWCASTLE, Friday.--The ferry steamer Ions, running between Newcastle and Stockton, while conveying the employes on the dredge Newcastle to work about six this morning, struck the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The British India Company's steamship New Guinea, from London June 16, arrived here yesterday, outwards, for Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The John De Costa, an American ship, from Melbourne for Calcutta, with 150 horses, went ashore on the weather edge of North. Torres Beef, on the 13th instant, and was floated off the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →COOKTOWN, Monday. -- The City of Melbourne, from Thursday Island, brings news of the total wreck of the American ship Juan D[?] Costa, with a cargo of thoroughbred hoises, on North[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The ship John Da Costa, wrecked off Torres Straits, was American built, and came to Melbourne with timber from Puget Sound. The vessel was engaged to take 140 horses, owned by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Caistor life-boat has been wrecked off the coast of Norfolk, and eight of the crew were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, July 22.—The Caistor lifeboat has been wrecked, and eight of the occupants were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A meeting of the National Shipwreck Belief Society of New South Wales was held on Thursday. Captain Hixson (chairman), Messrs. Buzacott, M. H. Stephen, Captains Broomfield, Brown, Robertson…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →COOKTOWN, Thursday. -- The Gunga arrived from Thursday Island to-day. She reports the sale of the wreck of the Juan de Costs to a Thursday Island syndicate. Five members of the syndicate…
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