Cable Messages. Destruction of a Steamer
LONDON, October.—A large number of Indians and other passengers lost their lives, owing to a steamer in which they were travelling taking fire, on the Fraser…
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Destruction of a Steamer. London, Oct. 2
A steamer, having many passengers on board, was destroyed by fire whilst steaming up the Fraser River. A number of Indians, in endeavouring to effect their escape,…
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The steamer Ellangowan, belonging to the Palmerston Sugar Company, has been wrecked on the Daly River, The crew are all safe. A launch waves here for the scene of the wreck to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WRECK of the Steamer Ellangowan. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Port Darwin
News was received to-night that the steamer Ellangowan, belonging to the Palmerston Sugar Company, had been wrecked at Daly River. The crew were saved…
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LONDON, October2.—A large number of Indians and other passengers lost their lives, owing to a steamer in which they were travelling taking fire, on the Fraser…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mishap to the Steamer Penola. [By Electric Telegraph.] Melbourne
Yesterday the Penola, while bound to Adelaide, and about 20 miles south-west of Port Phillip Heads, put back to Melbourne, owing to the forward valve of her spindle engines being carried…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →H.M. Schooner Conflict. COOKTOWN
H.M. schooner gun beat Conflict arrived fire yesterday afternoon She left Duke of York Island on September 21, where everything was quiet, She reports no vessels on the voyage, but…
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The E. and A. Co.'s steamer Brisbane, Captain Craig, from Hongkong for Sydney, got aground on Monday morning at 6 a.m. on the edge of the Fish Reef, about 30 miles from Port Darwin…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disaster to the E. AND A. Co.'s Steamer Brisbane. [By Electric Telegraph.] Adelaide
The following telegram has been received by the Minister for Education from the Government Resident in the Northern Territory, dated yesterday : --"The E. and A. Co.'s steamer City of Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Grounding of the Steamer Brisbane. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Port Darwin
Two lighters arrived from the steamer Brisbane tonight full of cargo. Captain Craig reports that, he expects to float the vessel on Tuesday. She is not much injured…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wrecks on the Scottish Coast. London, Oct. 15
Daring a severe gale which raged on the east coast of Scotland a steamer and sixty sailing craft were wrecked…
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The E. A. and Co.'s new steamer Tannadice, Captain S. G. Green, arrived from Sunderland via Foochow on Monday morning after an excellent passage throughout. She is a very fine vessel, and was built by Messrs. William…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The New P. and O. Steamer Rome
The splendid new steamer built by Messrs. Caird and Co., of Greenock, for the Peninsular and Oriental Company, and which is to leave England this nonth for Australia, was (says the Times of September 9) launched on…
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LONDON October 18.—It is reported that a Danish steamer, on board of which were large number of immigrants, has been burnt at sea, and that 500 of the…
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LONDON, October 19.—A great sensation has been created in New York by an attempt to destroy the steamship Bothnia, one of the largest and latest additions to…
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A Danish steamer has been burnt at sea[?] She had a large number of emigrants on board, 500 of whom are missing, and are believed to have perished…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Our Special Telegram. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Fire on Board a Gunard Steamer. London, Oct. 19
A fire broke out on board one of the Cunard line of steamers whilst on her passage from New York to Liverpool. She was not far from the English coast when the fire was first[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Attempt to Destroy a Steamer. London, Oct. 20
Great excitement has been caused by two attempts that were made to destroy the Abyssinia, one of the steamships belonging to the Cunard line, at New York. The…
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LONDON, Octooer 18.—It is reported that a Danish steamer, on board of which, were a large number of immigrants, has been burnt at sea, and that 500 of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Disaster to the Steamer Bomerang
It was at first anticipated that the recant heavy gale in Sydney would be unlike its parallel of the Dandenong storm, so far as disasters at sea were concerned, but unhappily the hope has not been…
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