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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1892

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Foundering of the Steamer Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1892 · page 5

A telegram was received from Townsville to-day stating that a tender is conveying the mails and passengers from the steamer Victoria, which foundered on the Ross Creek bar the previous…

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Supposed Loss of a Schooner

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 4

AUCKLAND, Friday.--The schooner Margaret, Captain George Spaenor, is believed to have been lost. She left Tutuila for Manna in the middle of November and has…

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Steamer Burnt

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 44

A London cablegram, dated December 22, stated the Guion Line steamer Abyssinian had been burned in the Atlantic. No lives were lost. The Abyssinia was one of the pioneer boats of…

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Breach of the Polynesian Act. Illegally Carrying Laborers. Schooner Seized and Condemned. Forfeited to the Crown

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 45

BythesteamerBirksgate, whirh arrived from Fiji. on December 28; further news ' of the case of the British schooner Emma Fisher, owned by Messrs. Kelly.and Williams of this city, is to hand, lt…

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Exciting Occurrence at a Steamer Excursion. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Maclean

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 7

The steamer City of Grafton ran an excursion to the Heads to-day in aid of the Schools of Art, on the river, and was well patronised, the boat being crowded. On account of the spits silting up at Huka…

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Explosion in Dublin Castle. Guncotton Under the Privy Council Chamber. a Room Completely Wrecked

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night.--An explosion of guncotton occurred at Dublin Castle to-day. The explosion took place in a room…

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Collision in the Channel. a Schooner Sunk

Evening News · Monday 4 January 1892 · page 5

LONDON, January 3.—A collision occurred in the English Channel, yesterday, between the Orient line steamer Oroya, outward bound for Australia, and a Danish…

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Collision in the Channel. a Schooner Sunk by the Oroya

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.--A collision occurred in the English Channel last night between the Orient steamer Oroya, homeward bound, and the Danish timber schooner…

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Collision in the English Channel. a Danish Schooner Sunk. London, Jan. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1892 · page 5

A collision has taken place in the English Channel, between the Orient liner Oroya, outward bound for Australia, and a Danish chooner…

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The Oroya in Collision. a Danish Schooner Sunk Captain of the Fylla Drowned. London. January 3

The Australian Star · Monday 4 January 1892 · page 5

The Orient. Co's steamer Oroya, homeward bound, came into violent collision with tho Banish timber schooner Fylla in the English Channel yesterday. The Oroya…

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The Barque Child Wall. Sunk by an Unknown Steamer. Sixteen Persons Drowned. LONDON, January 4

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 January 1892 · page 5

A collision has occurred off Flushing, on the coast of Cornwall, between an unknown steamer and the iron, barque Childwall. The barque was sunk, and 16 of the officers and…

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A Summary of News, Per Orient Mau, Steamer Ophir, Will be published in "The Sydney Morning Herald" of Monday next. CONTENTS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1892 · page 4

General, Political, Commercial, Mining, Shipping, Sporting, and Social News. Births, Marriages, and Deaths from date of departure of last mail per Orient line…

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Wrecked the Ranch

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 January 1892 · page 5

WILLIAM BEATTIE was charged at the Central to-day with having maliciously damaged a quantity of property belonging to Ada Bailey. The…

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A Schooner and All Hands Supposed to Be Lost

Evening News · Wednesday 6 January 1892 · page 5

By the Mariposa's mail to hand from Samoa, it is gleaned that, at Apia, considerable anxiety is felt as to the fate of the schooner Margaret, belonging to Mr. Arthur Young, of Manua. She…

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The Sea Foam Ashore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1892 · page 4

The following wire was received last evening by Mr. J. E. Woodthorpe, secretary to the Sydney Underwriters' Association, from Pilot Kingsford, Port Macquarie:—"Ketch Sea Foam ashore inside the beacon on south shore—rocky…

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A Summary of News, Per Orient Mail Steamer Ophir, Will be published in "The Sydney Morning Herald" of Monday next. CONTENTS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1892 · page 4

General, Political, Commercial, Mining, Shipping, Sporting, and Social News. Births, Marriages, and Deaths from date of departure of last mail per Orient line…

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A Schooner Wrecked. Three Men Drowned. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 6

The schooner Templar was driven ashore near San Remo yesterday, and became a total wreck. The captain and two sailors were drowned…

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Wreck of the Schooner Templar. No News of the Crew. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 4

With regard to the loss of the schooner Templar, reported yesterday, between Cape Paterson and Griffith's Point, a telegram stated that a man had been seen clinging to…

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Wreck of the Schooner Templar. Supposed Loss of Captain and Two Men

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The schooner Templar has been wrecked oil Cape Paterson. As a late hour last night information was received from San Remo by Mr. Wilson…

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The Schooner Margaret Missing with All Hands

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 11

By the Mariposa's mail no hand from Samoa, it is gleaned that, at Apia, considerable anxiety is felt as to the fate of the schooner Margaret, belonging to Mr. Arthur Young, of Manua. She…

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