European News by the Steamer Cotopaxi
We have received files of English papers by the Cotopaxi to April 1[?], from which we make the following extracts:— THE ELECTIONS AND THE COLONIES…
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The Orient Steamer Sorata. Suez, June 3
The Orient Steam Navigation Co.'s s.s. Sorata, which left Melbourne on May 4, arrived here to-day…
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The ship Baboo Bussie, laden villi sugar, from Java to Melbourne, 30 days out, has stranded 100 miles west of Esperance Bay. The vessel has a cargo of 300 tons of sugar and 3000 cocoanuts…
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NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—After all the fuss made about the lifeboat, and getting a picked crew and fill the rest of it, it appears now that if a wreck occurred, the boat could not be got off on…
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Early yesterday morning intelligence was received in town that the A.S.N. 'Co.'a steamer Wotonga was off Botany Bay in a disabled condition, and required immediate assistance. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mishap to the Wotonga Steamer. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—It is fortunate that nothing more serious than a mishap had to be chronicled in your pages about the above vessel, for had the wind veered and freshened from the eastward, the Wotonga would not have been in a very safe…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ARRIVAL of the Orient Steamer Lusitania at Adelaide. Adelaide
The Orient Company's, steamship Lusitania, Captain Powell, arrived this afternoon from London,; all well. Passengers-- First saloon: Mr. Hugh Hamilton,…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.—The new steamer Kameruka, from Greenock, which part she left on April 7, arrived at Cooktown on Tuesday. She has been built for the [?]warra [?] Navigation…
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Captain Martin Berry, of the barque Australian Sovereign, who arrived in Sjdney from Noumea by the City of Melbourne this morning, brings information of the total loss of the Australian Sovereign. The vessel left Adelaide on the 21st May, with a full…
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ADELAIDE, Friday.—The Murray River steamer Clara, while lying alongside the river bank at Morgan, last night, was discovered to be on fire, Assistance was promptly rendered, but…
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By the French mail steamer City of Melbourne, which arrived on Wednesday from Noumea, we learn that the barque Australian Sovereign, from Adelaide, loaded with flour, and consigned to Messrs. Deramber and Sabatier,…
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The steamer Wanganui, from Sydney, got on the reef at the Clarence Heads, at 11.30 p.m. last night, with a strong ebb tide. Messrs. Pegus and Moriarty rescued all hands excepting two men…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stranding of the Steamer Corea. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane
The steamship Corea arrived at Cooktown last night, and the captain reports that she went ashore at Clermont Island No. 5, on the second night after leaving Cooktown. A hole was knocked in her bottom, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Loss of the Steamer Wanganui. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Clarence Heads
The steamer Wanganui, while crossing in last night, at 11.30, struck on the reef. The whistle was sounded, and blue lights burnt, and the Customs boat with Mr. Pegus, and the Harbour and Rivers whaleboat with…
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When the Wauganni struck on the reef, the whistle was blown, and bluelight signals made. The Customs and Harbour Rivers boat, under the respective charges of Messrs. Pegus and Moriarty…
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Captain Martin Berry, of the barque Australian Sovereign, who arrived in Sydney from Noumea by the City of Melbourne on Wednesday, brings information of the total loss of the Australian Sovereign. The vessel left Adelaide on the 21st May, with a full…
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The Wanganui, while crossing the bar inwards last night at half-past 11, struck on a reef. The whistle was resorted to and blue lights were burned. The; Customs boat with Mr. Pegus, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Wanganui. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Grafton
I returned from the heads at 12 o'clock last night, after having obtained the following particulars:—The Wanganui left Sydney on Friday night, and left Newcastle at 6.30 on Saturday afternoon. She arrived off…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Watson's Bay Lifeboat Service. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The magnificent new lifeboat, that was exhibited at the Garden Palace, has recently been placed on the Watson's Bay station; this circumstance coupled with the very unsatisfactory working of the lifeboat system as now…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Arrival of the Steamer Liguria at Adelaide. (Reuter's Telegram.) Adelaide
The Orient Co.'s s.s. Liguria arrived here this morning. She left Plymouth on the 14th May. The following is her list of passengers:— First saloon: Messrs. A. W. Anderson, E. M…
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