Chapter Xxxvii.—wrecked
PERCIVAL cultivated acquaintance with the two sailors, and tried to obtain from them some description of the passengers on board the Falcon. But description was not their forte. He gained nothing…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1887
9 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers
Wreck of the Schooner Energy
THIS vessel, bound from Melbourne to the Clarence River to load timber for Melbourne, was wrecked between the North Hend, Huka, and Woody Head, on Tuesday last. She was a vessel of 185 tons register, commanded by Captain Savory, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A New Coastal Steamer
INTELLIGENCE has been received from Glasgow of the launching of a new steamer for the C. and R. R. S. N. Company. The new boat is intended for the northern coastal service, and has been named…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queen Victoria's Jubilee. Great Loyalty and Rejoicings. Hissing of the British Ensign by Nationalists Newspaper Office Wrecked
LONDON, MONDAY. — The police made a strict search over Westminster Abbey for explosives. The search, however, proved fruitless, and nothing of a dangerous…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Tale of Shipwreck. A Sad Story of Adventure and Privation. Three Months on an Island
THE Auckland Islands again furnish us with a tale of shipwreck. A small schooner engaged in sealing called at the islands early in March, and there found the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Shipwreck. Eleven Persons Eaten by Sharks
THE White Star liner Brittania, which arrived at Queenstown from New York, brought intelligence of the loss of the vessel Sara and the greater portion of her crew between San Pedro and Martinez…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The New Steamer Electra
DURING the stay of the C. and R. R. S. N. Company's new steamer at Grafton, extending from Monday evening to Wednesday afternoon, she was visited by a large number of persons, who exhibited…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wreck of a Melbourne Steamer. 40 Persons Missings
SYDNEY, THURSDAY—Messrs. Howard Smith and Sons steamer Cheviot is a total wreck at Point Nepean. As far as at present known the vessel left Melbourne on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Cheviot
ON Friday the wreck of the Cheviot was still in the same position. The sternpart remains above water, but the seas are continually washing over it. As the tide rose broken waves occasionally swept right…
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