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A report has been received at Cooktown stating that on Monday, 29th March, three "boya" belonging to the schooner Rover were speared at Restoration Island, and that one had since died. The other natives on board…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The inquest on the bodies of the persons who were drowned through the wreck of the steamer Taiaroa was concluded to-night. The chief steward said that when the vessel struck it was ruining hard, und as the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Steam Navigation Board hold an inquiry to-day into the circumstances attending the wreck off Barwon Heads of the barque South Milton. The board found that it was due to default…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The inquiry of the Steam Navigation Board into the total wreck of the barque South Milton, outside the Heads, resulted as follows:--"The wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AUCKLAND, Monday.—Another shipping disaster, involving, it is feared, great loss of life, has occurred on the New Zealand coast. It appears that the Union Company's steamship Taiaroa…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →A report has been received at Cooktown, stating that on Monday, 29th March, three "boys" belonging to the schooner Rover ware speared at Restoration Island, and that one had since died. The other natives on board…
Continued on Trove, page 817 →The official inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the wreek of the steamer Taiaroa will be commenced to-morrow. No more bodies have been found…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →At an early hour on Saturday morning, the British barque South Hilton, 598 Ions register, bound from Mauritius to Melbourne, with a cargo of sugar on board, was wrecked near Barwon Heads. All hands were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 800 →Another chipping disaster, involving, it is feared, great loss of life, has occurred on the New Zealand coast. So far, the particulars which have been ascertained are of a most meagre character…
Continued on Trove, page 800 →The s.s. Tairora, belonging to the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, 4438 tons, left Wellington on Sunday for Lyttleton, in charge of Captain Thomson. As the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The news of the loss of the Taiaroa adds one more to the already sorrowfully long list of shipping disasters for which the coast of New Zealand has acquired an evil same Around, athwart,…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Farther partioulars of the total wreck of the Union Company's steamship Taiaroa are now to hand. It appears that the Taiaroa, Captain Thompson, left Wellington for Lyttelton on Sunday. Owing to this…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Our Melbourne Correspondent wired:— The ship0 South Milton went aground on Friday night. She is lying in nine fathoms of water,a mile and a half off Barwon Heads; on the Geelong side. Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →TOWNSVILLE, Sunday. -- The Elsie, schooner, arrived on Friday from a prospecting trip in the South Seas. The details are kept private…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WELLINGTON, Friday.--The following is a complete list of those who were drowned In the wreck of the s,s. Taiaroa. Passengers: Mrs. G. J. Fitzgerald. Mrs. Jessie Gane,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The official inquiry into the circumstances of the wreck of the Taiaroa was commenced at Wellington on Saturday. Captain Thompson stated that when he got on the bridge, after the alarm was given, he found the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The official inquiry into the circumstances attending the wreck of the Taiaroa was resumed to-day. James Webb, carpenter, stated that six-and-twenty persons saw the land ahead, but took it to be Waipapa…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A terrible accident occurred at Cardiff. The steam-tug Rifleman was moored under the West Pier-head, when her boiler exploded with terrific force, blowing the vessel to atoms. Captain Henry Pill, her commander, Mr. John…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The inquiry into the wreck of the steamer Taiaroa has been adjourned until May 3. Captain Bendall, surveyor to the Underwriters' Association, stated that when he visited the wreck on the 13th he found the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →AU[?]LAND, Thursday.--The steamer Taiaroa has broken in two near the batch, and the wreckage and cargo are drifting ashore…
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