The January Suez Mail Steamer. Bombay, March 18
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's R.M.S. Hydaspes, which should have left Galle to-morrow for Australia, with the mails from England up to February 27, has put in…
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(Reuter's Telegrams.) Accident to a Mail Steamer. Bombay, March 18
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's R. M. S. Hydaspes, which should have left Galle to-morrow for Australia with the mails from England up to February 27, has put in…
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Advices received from San Francisco state that the Pacific mail steamer City of Sydney has been on fire in dock at San Francisco. The extent of the damage sustained by the…
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TAREE, Wednesday.—The steamer Beagle, which took the ground "while crossing the bar last Saturday, has not got off yet, and she is nearly dry. It depends entirely on the strength of the…
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Some excitement was caused in Plymouth about 2 o'clock yesterday morning by a signal of distress from outside the Sound, and it was discovered that the Australian mail steamer Hankow had been picked…
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SEVERAL LIVES LOST AND MANY PERSONS INJURED. Plymouth, February 10.—The Orient line steamer Chimborazo, Captain French, which left Plymouth [?] Sunday with 302 passengers for Australia, put…
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The E. and A. Co.'s steamer Brisbane arrived early yesterday morning from Hong Kong, via Cooktown having on board very nearly 250 passengers (Chinese) ;and one of the seamen, also a Chinaman, having the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arrival of the English Mail. Via Suez. The mail per P. and O. Co. steamer Bangalore was delivered in Sydney yesterday morning. English and Foreign Affairs. (From Our London Correspondent.) London, Feb. 13
The last session of the present Parliament was opened yesterday week. The Queen and several members of the Royal Family were present, and as the day was remarkably fine—real Queen's weather—many…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to a Mail Steamer. Bombay, March 18
It appears that the Hydaspes broke two of the blades of her propeller while on the voyage between Aden and Galle. She will refit here…
Continued on Trove, page 606 →English and Foreign Extracts. Accident to the Steamer Hankow
The steamer Hankow had a narrow escape from total destruction, with all on board, on Sunday night, February 8. She lost her propeller on February 3, 35 miles off Oporto, and proceeded to…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →WRECK of a Newcastle Trader. Newcastle
The French barque Arrogante, of Bordeaux, well-known as a regular trader during last year between Newcastle and New Zealand, was wrecked on the Burner Reefs near the entrance to the harbour of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Arrival of the Steamer Sorata at Adelaide. (Reuter's Telegram.) Adelaide
The Orient Company's steamship Sorata arrived at 6 p.m. from London. Passengers: Messrs. H. Simmons and G. Cowan, Rev. J. M. and Mrs. Ross, son, and daughter; Mr. H…
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At the time we went to press yesterday morning, our telegraphic summary of news by the Orient Company's steamship Sorata was still coming through from Adelaide. We publish the continuation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shipping. London, April 3. The steamer Orient has sailed from Plymouth for Sydney. LONDON, April 2
Arrived: Lincolnshire, bqe., from Melbourne December 21; Superb, ship, from Melbourne December 13; Aristes, ship, from Melbourne January 1; Jerusalem, bqe., from…
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We recently reported the dismasting of the barque Chevert, of Sydney, at the South Sen Islands. The following particulars of the affair received from Captain Stephenson have been kindly forwarded to us:—"Left Sydney January 9th, 1880, with a fresh…
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LONDON, April 12.—The Illawarra Steam Navigation Company's new steamer Kameruka, left for Sydney on the 8th instant…
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I have not much additional information to add respecting the ketch Lansdowne, which I wired you particulars about last night as having got in dangerous proximity to the rocks off this port, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Illawarra Company's New Steamer. London April 10
The Illawarra Steam Navigation Company's new steamer Ramasaka sailed for Sydney on the 8th instant…
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COOKTOWN, Tuesday.—Mr. Jack, the Government geologist of Northern Queensland, reports the discovery of a wreck in Temple Bay of a vessel that has apparently been lost for seven…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arrival of the Steamer Cuzco
ADELAIDE, Saturday.—The Orient Company's steamer, Cuzco, has arrived from London…
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