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45 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 3
The greatest shipping disaster which has yet been chronicled at this port occurred today (reports the Napier correspondent of the Wellington Evening Post on May 11). As…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The attendance! at the Town Hall on Tuesday evening to witness the performance of [?] sparking operate [?] “The Wreek of the Argosy,” was one of the largest ever seen in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Lost in fair weather, on a moonlight night, on a well-lighted coast!" In a letter to the Standard Mr G. W. Allen sends the following interesting account…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Menzaleh left Hong Kong on the 14th May, for Kobe, and alter overhauling the Anadyr and towing her here, immediately proceeded on her voyage to Yokohama…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Another wreck has to be recorded. At five minutes past 11 o’clock on Saturday night the Austrian barque Gange, an almost new vessel, was driven on the rocks near Point Lonsdale,…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The inquiry into the loss of the R.M.S. Tasmania, which was wrecked on the Monachi Rocks, off the south coast of Corsica, on the 17th April last, was concluded to-day. The…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →It is reported from Queenstown that the Inman Company’s Royal mail steamer City of Montreal caught fire at sea on the 11th inst., when the passengers and crew took to the boats…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Saturday was the 30th anniversary of the wreck of the Danbar on the rocks near the South Head, Sydney, and in commemoration of the event a dinner was held at Watson’s…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Eleven of the crew of the Austrian barque Ljubirod arrived at Brisbane on Sunday by the steamer Roma from Thursday Island. Their evidence shows that the vessel grounded…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →On the 12th March last the iron barque Deny Castle, belonging to Limerick, and chartered by Messrs. Gibbs, Bright and Co., left Geelong for Falmouth loaded with wheat, and 192 days she…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →A brief telegram in oar last issue reported the arrival at Melbourne of the survivors of crew of the Deny Castle, wrecked on Enderby Island, one of the Auckland group. Below…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →The Auckland Islands lie about 200 miles south of New Zealand. They are a group of seven. The largest of the group is Auckland Island, which is 30 miles long by 15 in…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →This is a thrilling story of the sea. Not one of those that the Marryatts, Coopers, and Clark Russells have evolved but a true tale of misery, suffering, peril; of eight strong men cast away…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →This is a thrilling story of the sea. Not one of those that, the Marryatts, Coopers, and Clark Russells have evolved, but a true tale of misery, suffering, peril; of eight strong men cast away on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Theis is a thrilling story of the sen. Not one of the those that the Marryatts, Coopers and Clark Russells have evolved, but a true tale of misery, suffering, peril, of eight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The schooner Rubicon, which has been trading for some years as a lime craft between Melbourne and Waratah Bay, was totally wrecked at the latter place one night last week,…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →The steamer Cheviot was wrecked last night at Point Nepean Port Phillip Heads. It is feared she has broken up. One man reached the shore. Fears are entertained for the safety of the others on board…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Signals of distress were observed about nine o'clock on Wednesday night at Queenscliff. The alarm was sounded, and the life-boat was despatched, but the gale was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The vessel ashore is the steamer Cheviot. She is about one mile on the Portsea side of Point Nepean, A man has just reached the barracks at Point Nepean much braised and cut about…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The melancholy disaster of the wreck of the steamer Cherior with the loss of 35 lives out of a ship's company of 59 has created a profound sensation. The story of the calamity is soon told. The steamer…
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