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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1892

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The Disabled Steamer Despatch. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 9

The steamer Despatch was safely towed to Melbourne to-day. It appears that when she became disabled the Derwent in trying to put a line on board collided with the Despatch, staving in the…

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The Derwent—a Disabled Steamer Met With

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 February 1892 · page 4

Captain H.E. Hill reports that the steamer Derwent left Melbourne on Wednesday, the 24th instant, at 1.30 p.m., and cleared the Heads at 5.20 p.m.; rounded Wilson's Promontory at 12.30 p.m. on the 25th, and Gabo Island…

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Germany. Riots in Berlin. Jewellery Shops Wrecked. Charging the Mob. Many Wounded. Numerous Arrests. Critical Situation

Evening News · Monday 29 February 1892 · page 4

LONDON, February 26.—Thousands of Socialists and unemployed thronged the streets of Berlin to-day, aud the rioting was renewed…

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Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. Labour Riots in Berlin. Shops Wrecked. Troops Under Arms. Geeat Distress Prevailing. London, Feb. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 February 1892 · page 5

Thousands of Socialists and unemployed, have renewed the disorders in the streets of Berlin, and rioting has taken place in several parts of the city. The men carry…

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The Schooner the Queen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 March 1892 · page 6

Port Macquaric reports:—The schooner The Queen was seen off the bar on Friday last, and has not since been reported. The Queen was seen on Friday evening off Taking Point, standing off the land…

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A Summary of News, Per Orient Mail Steamer Oroya

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 March 1892 · page 6

Will be published in "The Sydney Morning Herald" of Monday next. CONTENTS: General, Political, Commercial, Mining,…

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Marine Board. Wreck of the Endeavour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 March 1892 · page 4

The Marine Board opened an inquiry yesterday afternoon into the circumstances attending the loss of the steamer Endeavour, which was wrecked on the bar of the Brunswick River on…

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A Total Wreck

The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 March 1892 · page 4

ACCORDING to the sworn testimony of Edward Tyne, publican, given at the Central Police Court to-day, Michael Farley, a dealer, entered his hotel last night in a cold…

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A New Cattle Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 March 1892 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--A cablegram was received from Singapore by the Treasurer today announcing that the steamer Darwin will be due there on March 20. The Darwin…

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Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. the Sealing Question. the Schooner W. P. Sayward. London, March 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1892 · page 5

The Supreme Court of the United States has declined to interfere with the judgment of the Court in Alaska confiseating the sealing schooner W. P. Sayward, on…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 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…

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A Schooner Missing

The Australian Star · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 5

THE schooner Queen cleared Sydney Heads on February 17 for Port Macquarie. and had a quick run down to her destination, hut was unable to cross the bar owing…

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Supposed Loss of a Schooner

Evening News · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 5

PORT MACQUARIE, Friday.—It is now feared that the schooner The Queen, which came up to the bar to cross in on Friday last, but stood off owing to the thick and threatening weather, has…

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A New P. and O. Steamer

Evening News · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 4

LONDON, March 3.—The new steamer Himalaya, built for the P. and O. Company, has been launched at Greenock…

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A New P. and O. Mail Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--The Himalaya, the P. and O. Company's new steamer intended for the Australian mail service, has been completed. It in expected that she…

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Supposed Loss of the Schooner Queen. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Port Macquarie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 7

Fears are entertained that the schooner Queen, owned by Hibbard and Haines and the captain, has been wrecked. On Friday last she came up the bar to cross in, but before the tug could go out she had…

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Launch of a P. and O. Steamer. London, March 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 7

The new steamer Himalaya, built for the P. and O. Company, has been launched at Greenock…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 8

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

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Among Northern Blacks. Another Wild White Man. Strange Tale of a Wreck. The Castaway of tho Jean Paul-- Among the Papuans -- Experiences on Three Continents -- Stranger

The Australian Star · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 7

IN 1858 the French barque Jean Paul left Hong Kong, hound for San Francisco, having as passengers a large number of Chinese coolies. She had a pleasant trip as…

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Accidents. Storms and Wrecks

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 11

LONDON, February 28.—A terrible storm has occurred on the Portuguese coast, off Oporte. Many fishing-and other vessels were wrecked and driven ashore, and 200…

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