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The inquiry into the stranding of the Sorata will not be proceeded with until something definite has been settled as to what is to be done with the wreek, and the captain and officers have finally…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CAPTAIN Quin, harbour master of Port Adelaide, furnishes the following report:— In consequence of a telegr[?] from his Excellency the Governor, I took pas[?]e in the Yatala,…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →AN attempt will be made this afternoon to get the Sorata off. The pumps have been working splendidly, and the water is much reduced. Divers are down patching the holes in the hull,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →THE heavy weather on the coast, on Saturday did some damage amongst the shipping. On Saturday the barque Medea, outward bound for Newcastle from Melbourne, went ashore between the Swanspit…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Great alarm is being caused, by the fact that the ketch Prima Donna, which sailed from Port Macdonnell to Fort Adelaide three weeks ago, has not been heard of. The south-east coast has been searched…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following is the latest report to hand in reference to the Sorata:—Nothing further can at present be done, nor is it even being attempted to float the Sorata; and briefly described, it may be said that the vessel's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A ship's deckhouse, painted red and white covered with canvas and having sliding panels, has been found at the Troubridge Shoal. A lifebuoy has also been picked up at Rivoli Bay, bearing the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News received from Cape Jervis states that there has been no communication between the ship and the shore since morning. Endeavours are being made to get a line ashore from the bows of the ship. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An opening inquiry was held at Cape Jervis Lighthouse to-day respecting the stranding of the Sorata, before Captain Brinsden, and Mr. Stephens, Secretary of the Marine Board. The second and fourth mates,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is stated that £25,000 is the limit of the owners to spend on raising the Sorata. A diver named Errickson arrived at Cape Jervis from Melbourne. Nothing is being done beyond getting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following particulars of the collision through which the fine ship Hydaspes was lost, are from the London TIMES of July 20:—On Saturday afternoon, during a dense fog, the ship Hydaspes, of London,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamship Clifton, Rodger master, arrived to-day from London, via Plymouth August 1st, and the Suez Canal. PASSENGERS.—First Saloon: Mr. and Mrs. Watson,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →H. M. schooner Conflict has arrived at Cooktown from the Duke of York Island, and reports the arrival of the Marquis de Rays' steamer Genil, at New Ireland, just in time to prevent the desertion of the entire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the Custom House, on Saturday, September 18 (says the Melbourne ARGUS), the Commissioner of Customs presented to the captain, officers, and crew of the steamer Dawn, who assisted in the rescue of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From Auckland authorities we obtain the subjoined particulars of the loss of the abovenamed steamer:--The Rangatira left the Manukau at 11 a.m. on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, September 22.—The ship Carnaqueen, from Antwerp to Sydney, foundered at sea, having sprung a leak. The crew were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Yatala, which was to have taken Captains Fowler and Begg to town from the Sorata, did not go last night, on account of stress of weather. The wind became gusty towards midnight, with a swelling sea,…
Continued on Trove, page 606 →WE present our readers in this issue with a picture of the ill-fated steamship Sorata, as she first appeared when stranded on the South Australian coast, a mile south of Cape Jarvis. The…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Messrs. [?] and Co., of Sydney, state with reference to the cablegram which appeared in our Saturday's issue, announcing the foundering of the skip [?] that they have not yet received…
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