A Thrilling Story of Shipwreck
A telegram in the 'New York Herald,' dated Mobile, Ala., Oct. 13, says:—Captain Maillard, of the French barque Formose, makes the…
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30 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 2
Wreck of the Ship Here- Ford. [Br Electric Telegraph.] Geelong, Tuesday, 7.45 p.m
The ship Hereford, 1500 tons, Captain James M’Carthy, from London to Melbourne, with 12 cabin and 37 steerage passenger?, got too near Swampy Creek, about 25 miles from Geelong, on…
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A large number of persons were at the scene of the wreck of the Hereford to-day. The vessel, it is reported, continues firm on the rocks, but lifts a little with heavy seas. Between the vessel…
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A remarkable story of wreck and rescue comes from the Townsville correspondent of the Brisbane Courier. He writes, on Sunday, January 30 :— The Claverhouse (s.) arrived in port and landed…
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A correspondent at Gabo island sent us, on Saturday, the following particulars respecting the wreck of the steamer Ridge Park:—“The steamer Ridge Park struck on Beware Reef, near…
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The India, or Ferret—to give her her original name—a steamer seized by the Victorian custom authorities, was towed from her anchorage in Hobson's bay on Friday, to…
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The steamship India was seized last night (says the Age of April 28) by direction of the Commissioner of Customs. The circumstances under which the seizure was made are singular. The…
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[?]gram appeared in the daily papers on Saturday morning that the steamer Tararua,one of the Union Company's fleet of vessels trading between New Zealand…
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In Saturday morning's Melbourne papers a brief telegram stated that the steamship Tararua, of the Union Steamship Company's line, New Zealand, bound for Melbourne, had struck on the…
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[?] excitement was caused on Saturday afternoon (says the Bendigo Independent) throughout the while colony, on a report being recessed from the New Zealand that the…
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The preliminary inquiry into the surroundings of the bold robbery of the steamer Ferret and the series of swindles subsequently alleged to have been perpetrated by the chief movers in the…
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The prosecution of James S. Henderson, the reputed owner. Richard H. Wright, the captain, and William Wallace, the purser, of the steamer Ferret, alias India, was continued at the City…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wreck of the Queen of Nations. [By Electric Telegraph.] Sydney
The ship Queen of Nations, from London for Sydney, was wrecked this morning five miles north of Wollongong, and about 60 miles from Sydney. All the crew, with the exception of…
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The following article, taken from a Cardiff paper of April last, will show that the Ferret business was then creating some excitement in England, and that a question had been asked in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wreck and Loss of Life in New Zealand. [By Electric Telegraph.] Wellington
The brig Pakcha, timber-laden, bound from Kaipara to Lyttleton, is a total wreck on the Ninety-mile Beach. Six of the crew have been drowned. The sole survivor is a man named…
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The court of inquiry into the wreck of the steadier Tararua, on Waipapapa Point, on April 29, has concluded its sittings, and has found that Captain Garrard was the chief cause of the loss of…
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The excursion steamer Victoria collapsed on the River Thames, near Onlario, on May 24, and nearly 200 persons were drowned. Many of the leading citizens of the town of London are among…
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The Allan Royal mail steamer Hibernian lately brought to Liverpool, from St. John, N.F., George Kidger, formerly mate and now the only survivor of the crew of sixteen hands of the London ship…
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The schooner Annie, owned by Mr. John Bell, of Sydney, was lost on her way from Cooktown to New Guinea. The crew arrived at Cooktown yesterday, and reported the loss of the vessel and…
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The s.s. Euro, 284 tons, chartered by the South Australian Steam Shipping Company, was totally wrecked this afternoon about nine miles from Beachport. She had on board a large number of…
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