STEALING the Steamer Ferret
The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 May 1881 · page 3
The preliminary inquiry into the surroundings of the bold robbery of the steamer Ferret and the series of swindles subsequently alleged to have been perpetrated by the chief movers in the affair…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 May 1881 · page 7
The preliminary inquiry into the surroundings of the robbery of the steamer Forrett and the series of swindles subsequently alleged to have been perpetrated by the chief movers in the affair was commenced at the City Police…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wreck of the Aja[?] (From the New York Herald.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 May 1881 · page 7
The following is the story of Sales, the only surbvivor of crow of the Ajace, a vessel wrecked off the coast of New York:- Sala, the only survivor of the crew of 14, is a hardy,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Appalling Disaster in Canada. A Steamer Capsized with a Crowd of Passengers. Nearly 200 Drowned
Evening News · Thursday 26 May 1881 · page 2
LONDON, May 25.—News of an appalling steamboat disaster has been received from Canada. An excursion steamer, named the Victoria, was capsized…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 May 1881 · page 7
Frank Denz, a scaman of the ill-fated steamer Tararua, gave the following episode in the catastrophe to the Rev. O. W. Fairclough, Wesleyan minister, of Invercargill, who adds—"The man's narriative was taken down from his lips,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Orient Company's Steamer. Galle, May 26
The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 May 1881 · page 5
The steamship Lusitania arrived this day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Ferret. (From the Argus.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 May 1881 · page 7
The prosecution of James S. Henderson, the reputed owner, Richard H. Wright, the captain, and William Wallace, the purser, of the steamer Ferret, alias India, was continued at the City Police Court on Thursday. Throughout the day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Arrival of the Orient Steamer Chimborazo at Adelaide. ADELAIDE
Evening News · Monday 30 May 1881 · page 2
The steamship Chimborazo arrived from Plymouth to-day. PASSENGERS.—First Saloon: Mr. and Mrs. Betts, the Misses Betts, Mr and Mrs. Hiscocks,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Steamer Ferret. (From the Argus.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 May 1881 · page 7
The hearing of the charges of conspiracy and forgery preferred against James S. Henderson, the reputed owner, Robert H. Wright, the captain, and William Wallace, the purser, of the steamer Ferret, was continued at the City…
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Evening News · Tuesday 31 May 1881 · page 2
GREAT excitement was created in the city early this morning on its becoming known that a large barque tad gone ashore off Wollonzong, and further news was anxiously waited for. Shortly after 10 o'clock…
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Evening News · Wednesday 1 June 1881 · page 3
The steamer Commodore, which left Sydney yesterday afternoon, with Captain Basks, representing the underwriters of the vessel, and Captain Ayling, of the Aviemore, representing George Thompson…
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 June 1881 · page 3
The telegrams which we received on Monday night conveyed the intelligence that the sea on the coast was very rough, that the weather was squally and the wind boisterous, but there was not any…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Queen of Nations Meeting of Consignees
Evening News · Thursday 2 June 1881 · page 2
A meeting of consignees and others interacted in the cargo of the Queen of Nations, convened at the instance of Messrs. Montefiere, Joseph, and Co., was held at the Chamber of Commerce Exchange…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wrecked Barque, Queen of Nations
The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 June 1881 · page 3
The intelligence which we were able to glean on Tuesday, and publish yesterday, from so many different sources, would enable our readers to form almost as clear an idea of what had occurred as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Steamer Ferret
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 June 1881 · page 7
The preliminary inquiry into the surroundings of the robbery of the steamer Ferret and the series of swindles subsequently alleged to have been perpetrated by the chief movers in the affair was commenced at the Melbourne City…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wreck of the Steamer Tararua. AUCKLAND
Evening News · Friday 3 June 1881 · page 2
The inquiry into the wreck of the steamship Tararua has been concluded, and the Marine Board gave judgment this morning. They blame Captain Garrard'a want or judgment for the loss…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland Mail Steamer. Aden, March 31
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 June 1881 · page 5
The R. M. S. Merkara reached here to-day, and sailed again for London…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Queen of Nations WOLLONGONG
Evening News · Friday 3 June 1881 · page 3
Captain Ayling, the representative of the White Star Line, went on board the wreck yesterday with a gang of men, and reports that the vessel is firmly imbedded in about 10 feet of sand, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Queen of Nations
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 June 1881 · page 7
The barque Queen of Nations, bound from London to Sydney, ran ashore on the morning of May 31, at 6 o'clock, on a sandy beach, about three miles north of Wollongong harbour, at a place known as Towridge Creek. Soon after…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wrecked Barque Queen of Nations
The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 June 1881 · page 3
There is not much intelligence to report from Captain Bache's stranded vessel. The gentlemen to whom the salvage of the cargo was referred have taken steps to secure the services of a competent…
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