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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1888

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Foundering of the Schooner Victory. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 March 1888 · page 7

A telegram from Thursday Island states that Jardine's schooner Victory, while returning from the Louisiade sheiling ground, foundered. The crew were saved in a dingy, and were brought to Thursday island…

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Summary of News for Europe. Per Orient Company's Steamer Iberia. Political

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 March 1888 · page 11

The Legislative Assembly appears to be convinced that something must be done in the way of a revision [?] amendment of the Standing Orders. Scarcely a week has passed since the session began in which our…

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Heavy Gale in New Zealand. a Tidal Wave at Wellington. Six Miles of Railway Destroyed. Vessels Ashore- Buildings Unroofed. (By Cable.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 March 1888 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Thursday.--One of the severest southerly galea ever experienced in New Zealand has raged in Wellington during the last 24 hours…

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The New Steamer "Me, Mel."

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1888 · page 5

The new ferry steamer recently built and engined for the Balmain Steam Ferry Co., took its public trial trip on Wednesday last, a small party of influential gentlemen…

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A Protestant Church Wrecked

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 March 1888 · page 6

IF, as the Orange and Coercionist papers suggest (says the Dublin Freeman, Feb. 18), the Protestant Church at Letterbreen, near Enniskillen, was wrecked by Catholics, we have only…

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Foundering of the Steamer Pelican

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 April 1888 · page 5

NAMBUCCA HEADS, This Day.—At 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon the steamer Pelican, which was en route from Nambucca to the Bellinger River, with stores…

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Foundering of the Steamer Pelican. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 April 1888 · page 5

NAMBUCORA HEADS, Tuesday.--The steamer Pelican foundered three miles north of here at 2 o'clock this afternoon, whilst en route from Nambucora to Bellinger River with stores and a…

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Supposed Loss of a Yacht and Five Men. One Body Washed Ashore. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 April 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A party of young men left Port Melbourne on Friday on a fishing cruise about the bay in a small yacht, the Cutty Bark. The yacht was in charge of a man…

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Foundering of the Steamer Pelican. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Nambuccra Heads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 April 1888 · page 9

The old steamer Pelican foundered three miles north of here at 2 o'clock to-day, while bound from Nambuccra to the Bellinger with stores and a small quantity of timber. The master states that she started leaking. They got the…

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Jack Ashore

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 April 1888 · page 6

A SEEDY-LOOKING woman of uncertain age, named Louisa Gilmere, pleaded innocent to-day At the Central to a charge of stealing a purse containing is, the property of…

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A Steamer Stranded

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 April 1888 · page 8

BOURKE,This Day.--The river is falling remarkably rapidly, and it is now only 9ft 6in. The steamer Fairy left down stream on Friday evening. After going about six…

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Shipwreck Relief Society

The Australian Star · Friday 6 April 1888 · page 3

THE ordinary monthly meeting of the Shipwreck Relief Society was held yesterday at the Exchange, Mr. Story, presiding the secretary reported that the receipt…

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Foundering of the Steamer Pelican

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1888 · page 768

The old steamer Pelican foundered three miles north of the Nambuccra Heads on Tuesday, while bound from Nambuccra to the Bellinger with stores and a small quantity of timber. The master states that she started leaking…

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Fire on Board a Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 April 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night.--It has transpired that the Colonial Onion Company's s.s. Selembria, from New Zealand en route to London with a freight of frozen meat, put…

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Australian. Victoria, Jewellery Robbery on a Mall Steamer

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 April 1888 · page 6

MELBOURNE, This Day--A robbery of jewellery la reported from the mail steamer Parramatta last night…

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The Barque Weathersfield Ashore. [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 April 1888 · page 7

The barque Weathersfield, Captain Sherris, bound from Brisbane to Lyttelton, has gone ashore at Ohau, 17 miles north of where the Pleione was wrecked. All hands were saved. It is supposed that the Captain…

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Wreck of the Barque Weathersfield

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 April 1888 · page 8

EVIDENTLY owing to mutilation of one of our New Zealand cablegram to-day, the name of a reseal that has been wreaked on the New Zealand coast, names the…

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The Steamer Titus Ashore at Warrnambool. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 April 1888 · page 10

A telegram from Warrnambool states that the Steamer Titus, Captain F. P. Snewin, arrived there yesterday, and was warped-alongside the jetty for the purpose of taking 250 tons of potatoes for Sydney. The…

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A Sydney Trader Ashore. Melbourne, This Day

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 April 1888 · page 8

THE Titus, steamer, 800 tons, Captain Snewin, went aground in Lady Bay, Warrnambool, this morning. She arrived from Sydney yesterday, for a cargo of…

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The Steamer Bellinger. (By Cable.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 April 1888 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Tuesday.—The steamer Bellinger, which went ashore on the New Zealand coast a short time ago and was seized in default of payment of salvage, has now been repaired and…

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