Shipwreck and Rescue
The brig Naiad, belonging to Mr J. C. Ellis, of Sydney and Newcastle, was wrecked on Elizabeth Reef on the 9th ult., whilst on a voyage from New Caledonia to Sydney, with a cargo of chromo oil…
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Wreck of the Steamer Gulf of Carpentaria
The steamer Gulf of Carpentaria, which was on her way from Sydney to Adelaide, where she was to finish taking in her wool freight for London, struck on an unknown rock near…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Latest Telegrams. Wreck of a Mail Steamer. the Passengers All Saved. London, November 12
The P. and O. Company’s R.M.S. Indus has been wrecked at Trincomales. All the passengers and mails were saved. The vessel will probably be floated off shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Township Completely Wrecked
Tho coach from Adavale brings news of a terrible tornado having occurred in that township on Thursday last, causing the partial wreck of the place. The violence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of a German Steamer
Captain Pfeiffer, the chief engineer, the steward, and four of the crew of the German steamer Papua arrived at Cooktown on Monday night. The captain states that he shaped…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Outbreak of Asiatic Cholera. Arrival of the Steamer Dorunda at Townsville. Six Deaths on Board. [By Electric Telegraph] Brisbane
Considerable excitement was caused at Townsville on Thursday afternoon by a reported outbreak of A[?]iatic cholera on board the British India Company’s mail steamer…
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