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NEWS has been received by the port authorities of the wreck of the well-known coasting schooner Prima Donna, and the loss of all hands except the master, Frank Lopez, who managed to swim ashore. The…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The schooner Prima Donna was lost at sea on Wednesday evening and it is feared that, with the exception of the captain, all bands have perished. She left Sydney in the afternoon, in ballast, bound for Kiama. When off Bondi, four or five miles from shore,…
Continued on Trove, page 518 →HAVRE, March 27.—During the height of the gale yesterday the Havre lifeboat put off to a vessel in distress. A heavy sea struck the boat and capsized her. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LONDON, March 27.—The steamer Pelton 816 tons while on her way from Newcastle, foundered off the Cornish coast, near Ilfracombe, and 18 lives were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A local passenger steamer was burned whilo lying at the wharf at Memphis, on the Mississippi River. In the rush and confusion which took place, 35 persons perished, mostly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A telegram has been received from Auckland, notifying that the barque Vindex, 290 tons, timber laden, bound from Kaipura for Sydney, has been totally wrecked at Kaipura Heads. All hands were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The brig Alexandra, 289 tons, belonging to Messrs. Wright and Orr, of Melbourne, went ashore at Lady Bay, Warrnambool, this morning, and is expected to become a total wreck. She parted her starboard anchor…
Continued on Trove, page 520 →LONDON, March 24.—The weather on the north, coast of Africa has been extremely severe, and a number of vessels have been, wrecked on the coast of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LONDON, March 27.—The gales which are now being experienced with unusual severity along the English coast have proved most destructivo to the shipping. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →An Inquiry was then opened into the stranding of the ketch White Cloud, at Cape Hawke River, on March. 16. John Richards, master of the vessel, deposed that she was of 34 tons and owned by Mr. B. Moses, and that there was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The ninth annual re-union of the Lifeboat Lodge No. 8, Independent Order of Good Templars, was hold in the Sailors' Reading-room on Thursday evening last. Between 300 and 400 sat down to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the meeting of the Marine Board yesterday afternoon, inquiry was made into the circumstances attending the loss of the schooner Prima Donna. The principal witness was Frank Lopez, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, April 3.—One hundred and twenty four persons hare been saved from the steamer Douro, which foundered at Cape Finisterre yesterday. The captain and officers of the steamer Douro perished…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One hundred and twenty-four persons from the steamer Douro, which foundered at Finisterre, have been saved. The captain and officers perished…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A telegram was received yesterday afternoon from Wollongong, stating that a steamer in distress, supposed to be the well-known collier Llewellyn, was off the port, and labouring heavily in the sea. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following despatch appears in the Hongkong Government Gazette:— "[Copy.]—The Earl of Kimberley to Governor Lord A. Loftus.—New South Wales. No. 6.—Downing-street, 19th…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A sailor and a marine belonging to H.M.S. Emerald were ict out for a holiday on Tuesday, and unfortunately, like a good many of their kind when they have leave, they found themselves in anything but a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An inquiry was then opened into the stranding of the ketch White Cloud, at Cape Hawke River, on March 16. John Hichards, master of the vessel, deposed that she was of 34 tons and owned by Mr. B. Moses, and that there was…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →A TELEGRAM was received from Wollongong on Wednesday afternoon, stating that a steamer in distress was seen off the port, supposed to be the well-known collier Llewellyn. The Herza, steamer, was sent out…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →NEW YORK, March 31.—A local passenger steamer was burned while lying at the wharf at Memphis, on the Mississippi River. In the rush and confusion which…
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