Mail Steamer. Suez, May 2
The Ahnora has arrived at Suez…
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The Steamer India. (From the Melbourne Daily Telegraph.)
Quite on a par with the astounding disclosures that have already been made public concerning this renowned vessel, and the unscrupulous adventurers who have used her so very cleverly, are the additional particulars that have to be…
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Mr. Lindsay, the chief officer of the Tararua, makes the following statement:—"I turned in at 4 a.m. on Friday, leaving the captain and second mate on deck. At 25 minutes past 5 a.m. the…
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In searching the broken storerooms of the India discoveries have been made proving that the vessel was originally the now famed Ferret. Early yesterday morning a minute inspection was undo in the fore-hold of the vessel. There…
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The Argus of Tuesday published a telegraphic message concerning the wreck of the Tararua, from which we extract the following:-- NARRATIVES OF THE SURVIVORS…
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On the 27th April the Customs authorities of Melbourne seized the steamer Ferret, then named the India, which it has been since ascertained was stolen from the Clyde. For some time suspicious had been aroused, as none of the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Terrible Wreck on the Coast of New Zealand
A fearful wreck, with the loss of over 120 lives, occurred on the New Zealand coast on the morning of the 30th April. The steamer Tarama, belonging to the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, left Dunedin on Thursday, 28th,…
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The steamship India was seized last night by direction of the Commissioner of Customs. The circumstances under which the seizure was made are singular. The vessel arrived in Hobson's Bay on Wednesday morning last under…
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A profound sensation has been caused by intelligence of the seizure by the Customs authorities at Melbourne of the steamer Ferret, which, upon its arrival in Port Phillip, they discovered had been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Robbery of a Steamer. Her Capture in Hobson's Bay
A WELL conceived and skilfully executed scheme to steal a steamer, and obtain a quantity of valuable goods by false protences, has, there is every reason to believe, been thwarted by the intelligence…
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IT is a sad duty to chronicle this week one of the most terrible disasters that have occurred in consection with the Australian colonies, the wreck of the steamship Tavarua off the coast of New…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Wreck of the Tararua. More Than 120 Lives Lost. Wellington, (N.z.)
The steamer Tararua has parted amidships. It is believed that only 12 men are saved. The boats were swamped, and the women and children all perished. The Tararua had eighty-two passengers on board, the…
Continued on Trove, page 751 →Wreck of the s.s. Tararua. a Number of Passengers Drowned. (Br Special Cablegram.) Auckland
THE Union Company'a steamship Tararna, 828 tons, Captain F. C. Garrard, while on the voyage from Dunedin to Melbourne, went ashore on the Waipapa reef, 25 miles north of the Bluff, and…
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The Amaranth, schooner, 51 toss, commanded by Captain Colin Campbell, which arrived on Wednesday last says the Timaru correspondent of the AUCKLAND STAR, of May 2. with 70 tons of coal…
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The Argus of the 5th instant says :--" The Commissioner of Trade and Customs has received a telegram from England, stating that the Board of Trade had advised the detention of the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident to the Steamer Lady Bowen. BRISBANE
The steamer Lady Bowen ran a ground above Hamilton yesterday afternoon and cracked one plate forward. She returned to town this morning but will resume her passage this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wrock of the Tararua. Cause of the Wreck
THE full record of the dreadful tragedy (says the Auckland STAR, May 2) enacted on the coast of Otago is now before us, and it points to one conclusion, which even that meritorious feeling which prompts men to…
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The Kaknni, which had come round from the Bluff, was banging round the scene of the wreck. Captain Sandstrom reported that the saw nothing of the Tararua on Friday night, but the saw lights…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Experiment and Loss of Life. [By Electric Telegraph.] Adelaide
The President of the Marina Board has just received a telegram from Captain Smidt, of the schooner Grace Darling, which is now at Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, stating that the schooner…
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