Sad Accident—Wreck—Banking
ADELAIDE,Thursday.—Mr. David Buchan, who left Scotland in 1875 or 1870, for New Zealand, and who was afterwards in Sydney in August last, and in Melbourne more recently, was drowned at the…
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Another Ocean Steamer
Information was received in Melbourne by last mail that Messrs. Harland and Wolfe, of Belfast, builders of the White Star liners, had almost completed the British Empire for the Australian trade,…
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The steamer Wentworth from Levuka, brings to this port Captain Steele, of the barque Leota, which was run on shore in a sinking condition at Rotumah, and afterwards sold for the sum of £69…
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The circumstances connected with this terrible calamity are thus detailed in the evidence of Benjamin Cuddeford, given at an inquest on some of the recovered bodies on the 26th of March…
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WELLINGTON, N.Z., Thursday.—The Wreck and cargo of the Ann Gambles were sold at the Biuff to-day.—The former realised £600. The cargo,…
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The steamship Acencaqua, of the Orient line, alled from Plymouth, for Australis on May 20, with [?] also 96 tons carg[?] for Adelaids, 203 and for Melbourne, and 1,000 tons for Sydney…
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The Pacific Mail steamer City of New York, sailing from Sydney at 3 p.m. on Thursday, May 23, takes the following passengers:—Mr and Mrs F. Row, Mr and Mrs R. Brodribb, Mr and Mrs Scarrott, Rev. Dr. Smith and Mrs Smith. Mr…
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Lloyd's agent at Larnaca, Cyprus, in a letter dated March. 19. furnishes full particulars of the burning of the Austrian Lloyd's steamer Sphinx, near Cape Elia, in the early part of last month, by which 500 Circassian refugees lost their…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Last night Dr. Figg, who had been in charge of the R.M.S. Siam since her Arrival here, reported to the captain three cases of chicken pox as among the Lascar seamen…
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The old rotten jetty at Watson's Bay, 200 ft. long, which has done service for many years, has come to grief at last. On Sunday morning, the 26th instant, as the Golden Rose--small…
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The steamship Blackbird, whose wreck is reported to-day, has own employed carrying coats, under contrast to the Victorian Government. She had made sixteen trips under this contract, and for the last…
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THE steamer Blackbird, Captain M'Cormack, with passengers and coals, from Newcastle to Melbourne. was wreeked on the Ninety-mile Beach, a little west of Cape Kearney Channel, about…
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WE have to record another force gale along the coast which has caused ship wreck, loss of life, and destruction to property. The first break in the beautiful weather that has prevailed for several months occurred about…
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FURTHER particulars relating to the loss of the at [?] ship Blackbird show that the mate observed [?] water, which he mistook for a shoal of fish. The steamer took ground immediately afterwards, but got…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—It appears from further accounts to hand that the Loch Ard was within 150 yards of the shore When the anchors Were let go, but they Would not hold. The…
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The ship Loch Ard, 1624 tons, belonging to the General Shipping Company of Glasgow, having on board seventeen passengers and a crow of thirty seamen and officers, was totally wrecked on the morning of the 1st of June, on the…
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The steamer Blackbird, Captain M'Cormack, with passengers and coals, from Newcastle to Melbourne, was wrecked on the Ninety-mile Beach, a little west of Cape Kearney Channel,…
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FURTHER particulars relating to the loss of the steamship Blackbird show that the mate observed white water, which he mistook for a shoal of fish. The steamer took ground immediately afterwards, but got…
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The P. M. S. S. Company's steamship City of Sydney arrived this evening, from San Francisco, bringing the following passengers for Australia : —Messrs. Balfour and Buchanan, Mrs. and Miss…
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Miss Carmichael is progressing most favourably under the hospitable treatment of Mr. and Mrs. Gibson, of Glenample station. Pearce intends proceeding to Melbourne on a visit to his aunt, Mrs. Williams, of…
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