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1,744 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 88
A rather curious gift has been presented by Staff-surgeon Beadwell, of the Royal Navy, to the Royal United Institution at Whitehall. It is a cormorant's nest, containing five eggs, which…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The following remarkable story of a sea tragedy is here published for the first time in Australia. More lucidly than any narrative of recent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The barque Inverlochy, which was wrecked some time ago on Hereford Reef, has broken up. Only her stern now remains on the reef, and the beach for several miles is strewn with wreckage and general…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Norwegian steamer Avona has been lost off the coast of Denmark. Her crew of 24 hands were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The coasting schooner Violet Doepel had a narrow escape from going ashore at the Heads on Saturday morning. The vessel, which left the harbor on Friday for the North Coast, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The ketch Violet Doepel, a vessel of 114 tons, was in peril for a time early on Saturday morning near the entrance to Port Jackson. The ketch, which was bound from Sydney for one of the Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →It transpired yesterday that the schooner reported to have been in distress off Seal Rocks on Sunday was the Ellison. The information furnished to the harbourmaster at Newcastle on Sunday was to the effect that a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The E. and A. Company's new steamer Empire arrived at Hongkong from Australia on February 9. The steamer is in charge of Captain M'Arthur, and made a fine run…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire occurred yesterday in the forehatch of the steamer Edderton at Fremantle. The damage, which was confined to the ship's stores, is estimated at £200. The Edderton was badly damaged in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At 20 minutes past 6 last evening a collision occurred between the pilot steamer Galatea, which is in commission during the absence of the Ajax ln Sydney, and the ship Ainsdale. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No further efforts will be made to recover cargo from the barque Inverlochy. wrecked on i the Victorian coast. It is estimated that since salvage operations were commenced late in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →It will be remembered that at the time of the Elingamite wreck the unfortunate people who ware on the raft declared after their rescue that on the Monday or Tuesday night after the wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The China Co.'s steamer Taiyuan, in charge of Captain Dawson, finished another voyage from China this morning, entering the Heads at 6 o'clock after a very severe experience…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Exceptionally heavy weather has prevailed lately in the South Seas, and the French mall steamer Pacifique was subjected to a severe buffeting on her run from Sydney to Noumea…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Some time ago the ship City of York Company, Limited, owners of the barque City of York, which was wrecked at Rottnest Island in July, 1889, proceeded by way of petition of right against the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Some time ago the ship City of York Company, Limited, owners of the barque City of York, which was wrecked at Rottmest Island in July, 1889, proceeded by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Hobart Fisheries' Commissioners to-day reported that a Melbourne fishing schooner had been raided at Furneaux Islands for crayfish laying. Baskets and pats were discovered for rules around…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Thursday.--Mrs, Selwyn, widow of the late Bishop Selwyn, yesterday christened the new Melanesian Mission steamer Southern Cross, which vessel was successfully launched at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Thursday.--A conference &f the controllers of the steamship lines trading, to South Africa has decided to reduce freights for ports eastward of,Capetown on one-fifth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the monthly meeting of the committee of the Royal Shipwreck Relief Society, the following awards were made:—Bronze medals and certificates of merit to Henry Francis Nolan, aged…
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