The Stranded Steamer Platypus
BALLINA, Tuesday morning.—The C. and R. R. S. Company's steamer Platypus, Captain Jackson, which has been engaged between Sydney and the Richmond River, went on shore on Friday last, and…
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Arrival of the Steamer Garonn[?] at Adelaide [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelaide
The Garonne left Plymouth on the 31st December, reaching St. Vincent on the 9th January, whence she sailed on the 10th, and arrived at Table Bay on the 25th January. She sailed at 8.80 p.m. on January…
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Considerable uneasiness has been caused in shipping circles by the receipt of a telegram from Broken Bay that a wreck, with the probable loss of all hands, has taken place in that locality. A large quantity of…
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A passenger writes:—"The following facts may prove interesting to your readers. On Thursday, the 13th, about eleven o'clock, before leaving Port Macquarie, Captain Bedford and pilot went out to [?]…
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Sir,—In a conversation with Captain Anderson, referring to the passage of the s.s. Easby from Melbourne to Newcastle, he made some statements which had such a bearing on causes which may have caused the loss of the s.s. Kerangie, that I requested him to…
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CAPE HAWKE, Monday.—The brig Raymond left Newcastle on the 14th instant, commanded by Captain Evans, bound for New Zealand with a cargo of coals. During a heavy gale on the night…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—At a meeting of the Steam Navigation Board, held to consider the matter of the loss of the Kerangie at Point Everard, the chairman announced that the Board…
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This steamer, the property of the C. and R. R. Company, has been wieeked in Port Macquarie Bay. The particulars of this unfortunate, occurrence are given in telegram received from Captain Bedford, her commander: "The Ballina went on shore on…
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The Pera correspondent of the Daly Telegraph writes on the 20th December: I have just seen the captain of the English steamer Rinaldo, which arrived here last night, with ninety-four passengers saved. He states that about…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The Queensland Government have received a telegram from Townsville, stating that the party despatched to search the coast for a wreck returned last night. They…
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THE most serious steamboat collision that has taken place on out coast happened last night between Use Melbourne Steam Company's steamer Barrabool (Captain Clark) end the steamer Bonnie Dundee, bound to the Manning River. Five…
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AUCKLAND, Thursday.—The French barque Argonaut, from Newcastle, laden with coals, is ashore on the Pilot Beach, Otago Heads. Her hull is uninjured, and after her cargo is discharged,…
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The following is a summary of English news by the steamship John' Elder, which left Plymouth on January 30, and arrived here on Wednesday night. The vessel is under the…
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The Pera correspondent of the Daily Telegraph writes ton the 20th December: I have just seen the captain of the English steamer Rinaldo, which arrived here last night, with ninety-four passengers saved. He states that about…
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THE most serious steamboat collision that has taken place on our coast happened ou Monday night bet a the Melbourne Steam Company's steamer Barrabool ([?] Clark) and the steamer Bonnie Dundee, bound to the [?]ning River. Five…
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The E. end A. Co.'s R.M.S. Brisbane, with the inward European and Eastern mails, arrived here yesterday. Her dates are from London, January 31, and the…
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News from Perth, dated March 18, states that the barque Manfred, Captain J. Smith, foundered during a severe hurricane at Lacepede Island, on the 24th January. The whaler Runnymede was…
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The banque Manfred, of North Shields, foundered at Lacepedes in a hurricane of January 24. The crew reached Cossack in a Government cutter. The whale ship…
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WE are indebted to a correspondent for a sketch of the wreck of this steamer, which occurred off Port Macquarie last month. Fortunately no lives were lost, but the Richmond River Company loses in the Ballina a…
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THE E. and A. Co.'s R.M.S. Brisbane, with the inward European and Eastern mails, arrived here yesterday. Her dates are from London, January 31, and the news in great part has been anticipated…
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