Attempt to Burn a Steamer
LONDON, October 19.—A geat 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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Loss of the Steamer Brisbane
A telegram received from Port Darwin yesterday reports that the E. and A. Co.'s steamer Brisbane, Captain Craig, which grounded on a reef 30 miles off, has shifted about 50ft from where she first…
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The steamer Brisbane is a total wreck. She came off the reef HO feet, and broke her back. The water is filling the engine-room as the tide rises. The Chinese passengers, and a portion of her crew…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Steamer Brisbane. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Port Darwin, Saturday
The E. and A. Company's Brisbane has shifted about 50 feet from where she first grounded and struck at low water. She broke her back. All the lighters are going down to save the cargo. The passengers and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecks Off the Scottish Coast. London, Oct. 23
Reports of wrecks during the recent disastrous gale off the coast of Scotland continue to come to hand. Intelligence has now been received that a Dutch steamer foundered…
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LONDON, October 24.—The steamer Clan Macduff has foundered off the Welsh coast, and forty-two of those on board were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The WRECK of the Steamer Brisbane. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Port Darwin
The after part of the Brisbane is under water at high tides, and from the engine-room forward the vessel is standing almost perpendicularly out of the water. The cargo forward may be saved, but it will be very…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Non-arrival of the Steamer Balclutra. [By Electric Telegraph.] Melbourne
Much anxiety is felt about the steamer Balclutha, which left Hobson's Bay last Wednesday for Sydney. She was last seen by the Barrabool off Cape Everard, on Friday. The Government…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Supposed Loss of the Steamer Balclutha. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
A painful sensation has been caused in Melbourne owing to the want of information respecting the intercolonial steamer Balclutha, which left Melbourne on Wednesday, the 19th, at 10.30 p.m. She passed the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wreck of the Steamship Brisbane. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Port Darwin
Fifty-four cases of opium slightly damaged, and about 1000 packages of tea in good order, reached here from the wreck of the steamship Brisbane. It is thought she will hold together sufficiently long to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Ketch Violet
The ketsh Violet, from Sydney for the Manning, in ballast, was safely towed into Port Macquarie by the Mary Cochrane. steamer, this morning, she haying picked her up 50 miles east of the Manning. It…
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Very little news of a definite character has been received about the fate of the missing steamer Baiclutha. She left Melbourne at 10.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 19th instant, bound for Sydney. She…
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The wreckage of a schooner named Schoolboy is strewed along One-mile Beach, distant six miles from Port Stephens landing. A boat is also on the beach, and a man has been found dead not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Barque Schoolboy.—loss of Life. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Nelson's Bay
Portions of the barque Schoolboy have been found ashore at One-mile Beach, near Port Stephens. The beech is strewn with wreekage, and a boat, evidently belonging to the barque, was found with a man lying dead near it. There can be slight…
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Yesterday nothing had been heard of the missing steamer Balclutha, and great anxiety was expressed as to her fate, although the consensus of opinion is that she is lost. The Balclutha was built in 1860 at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Ketch Violet Disabled. [By Electric Telegraph.] Port Macquarie
The ketch Violet, which left Sydney for the Manning on the 14th instant in ballast, was towed in here this morning by the Mary Cochrane, steamer. She was blown off the coast during the late gales,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ARRIVAL of the Orient Steamer Sorata at Adelaide. Semaphore
The Orient steamship Sorata arrived this afternoon from Plymouth. The following is her passenger list:--First saloon: Mr. and Mrs. J. Lemel, Mr. R. Burstal, the Misses Brown. Mr. E. P. Ludlaw. Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Late Gale. Terrible Sufferings of a Shipwrecked Crew. Loss of the Glimpse and Theme Lives
EACH day brings forth news of shipwreck and loss of life occurring during the fearful gale of the 21st instant. This morning, at 2.30 a.m. as the steamer Coonanbara, Captain Adams was coming from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the s.s. Brisbane. Port Darwin
At the inquiry held into the wreck of the E. and A. Co.'s steamer Brisbane Captain Craig and his officers were entirely exonerated from all blame. A good quantity of cargo has been salvaged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Brisbane. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Port Darwin
[?] enquiry has been held here with respect to the wreck of the steamer Brisbane before the Government Resident and the harbourmaster. The captain and officers are entirely exonerated…
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