Jack Ashore
About a quarter to 13 o'clock on Friday night, a man named John Roberts gave a woman named Margarst Cl[?]ry in charge of a con[?]le for having stolen from his person a £1 nose and [?] discharges…
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209 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 11
WRECK of the Ship Southminster. (Reuter's Telegram.) Wellington
The American ship Southminster, originally from New York, completing her voyage from Lyttelton to Wellington, has struck on a rock near Cape Campbell. All on board have been saved. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Arrival of the Steamer Normanby, at Townsville. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane
The s.s. Normanby has passed Cooktown. She left Hongkong on the 16th, and experienced aheavy gale in the China Sea, which swept hencoops and skylights overboard. Passed the s.s. Menmuir one day out from…
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THE ALICE MARY left Foo Chow Foo on the 5th August, and the voyage progressed favourably till the 3rd September, the ship then in latitude 10.40 N. longitude 135 pelew Island, bearing from the ship…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arrival of the Steamer Aconcagua, at Adelaide. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelaide
The steamship Aconcagua, from London, anchored late this evening. She sails for Melbourne at 9 o'clock to-morrow morning. The Aconcagua left Plymouth on the 28th…
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PERTH, W.A.—The steamship Goolwa, bound for Adelaide from Glasgow, has arrived at Port Gregory short of provisions. BRISBANE, Monday.—The Victoria, steamer…
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News was received in Christchurch, New Zealand, on the 29th of November, of the total wreck of the steamship Taranaki, belonging to the Union Steamship Company. A telegram to the Lyttelton Times, of the 30th November…
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News was received in Christchurch, New Zealand, on the 29th of November, of the total wreck of the steamship Taranaki, belonging to the Union Steamship Company. A telegram to the Lyttelton Times, of the 30th November…
Continued on Trove, page 1030 →Total Loss of the Steamer Mecca. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Cooktown
The Colonial Sugar Company's steamer Terranora called in here this morning, and reports the total loss of the steamer Mecca, on a two-fathom patch, off Ifilli Reef, thrtee miles…
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