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The Melbourne Steamship Company's steamer Macedon, bound for Sydney, grounded on Venus Shoal yesterday at 3 p.m., in a heavy sea, but got off after bumping heavily for. ten minutes, the sea making a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Melbourne Steamship Company's steamer Macedon, bound for Sydney, grounded on Venus Shoal yesterday, at 3 p.m., in a heavy sea, but got off after bumping heavily for ten minutes, the sea making…
Continued on Trove, page 64 →AUCKLAND, Tuesday.—The brigantine Lizzie Guy, from Newcastle, is ashore near Westport. Only one man can be seen on deck, but it is supposed that the others are buttened down below. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fine new harbour steamer, named the Lillie Denham, was this morning almost totally destroyed by fire while at her moorings in Lavender Bay. The Lillie Denham was built only a short time since…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We have been favoured by a private firm in this city with the following particulars of the wreck of the abovenamed steamer, received by them from Captain Williams, a resident on Thursday Island:— " The s.s. Mecca ran on shore on the morning of the 24th…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamship Lusitania, which arrived yesterday, left Gravesend November 28, and Plymouth November 29, and arrived at Cape St. Vincent December 8, and Cape Town…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Friday.—Messrs. Blyth and Co., the agents of the Loch Sumart, which has been lost on the coast of Ireland, have received no telegram of the occurrence, but the secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamship City of Sydney arrived early this morning. Her passage from San Francisco to Honolulu was under seven days, the fastest time on record. When 460 miles from this port the after-crank pin broke, and she…
Continued on Trove, page 104 →We have been favoured by a private firm in this city with the following particulars of the wreck of the abovenamed steamer, received by them from Captain Williams, a resident on Thursday Island:— "The s.s. Mecca ran on shore on the morning of the 24th…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →PORT DARWIN, Tuesday,—The E. and A. M. Company's steamship Bowen arrived here yesterday from Hongkong, with dates to the 9th inst. She encountered very heavy weather up and down…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The R.M.S. Somerset arrived here this morning at S. The health officer refused to give pratique, as there is a supposed case of smallpox on board. The Somerset proceeds south…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →COOKTOWN, Wednesday.—The captain of the Zamboanga reports that the wreck of the Mecca is upright on a bank, and the water covers top of the engines at high tide. The captain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WE are indebted to the courtesy of a resident of Goode Island, Torres Straits, for a sketch and description of thc wreck of the Mecca, on her voyage from Hongkong to Sydney. Our correspondent says:—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE R.M.S. Somerset arrived bete this morning at 8. The health officer refused to give practique, as there is a supposed case of smallpbx on board. The Somerset proceeds south…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A telegram was received from Gabo Island this afternoon, stating that the second mate of the s.s. Kerangie (Alexander Lusher) and four seamen arrived there at 10 a.m. in a boat, and reported that the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The French man of war Allier, 2000 tons, Captain Colomhea, which left France on November 15 for New Caledonia with 228 soldiers and 102 of a crew, called at Java on January 20 with three sick…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →As our readers have been informed by telegram, the steamer Kerangie, 1035 tons, belonging to Mr. J. M'[?]aith and others, of Melbourne, was wrecked on Friday night, at Cape Everard, on the coast of Gippsland, whilst on a trip from Melbourne to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The announcement made to-day that the C. and R.R.S.N. Company's steamer Ballina was a total wreck on Port Macquarie bar, caused much excitement in mercantile circles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Ballina, steamer, when going out yesterday for Sydney, got on the North Spit inside the bar, and stuck fast. During the night the sea got up, and, succumbing to the heavy waves washing over the vessel, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This steamer, the property of the C. and R. R. Company, has been wrecked in Port Macquarie Bay. The particulars of this unfortunate occurrence are given in a telegram received from Captam Bedford, her commander: "The Ballina went on shore on…
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