A Steamer in Distress
BARRENJOEY, Monday.--Captain Melvey, of the steamer Marra Marra, reports leaving the Patent Slip Wharf at 10 a.m. for Broken Bay, and when three miles north of North Head he…
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Accident to the Steamer Muriel Bell
Our correspondent at Barrenjoey telegraphs yesterday as follows:—Captain Melevey, of the steamer Marramarra reports leaving the Patent Slip Wharf, Sydney, at 10 a.m., for Broken Bay. When three miles north of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wreck of the Centurion. Marine Board Decision
The Marine Board, of the members of which there was a full attendance, yesterday afternoon delivered a decision in connection with the recent wreck of the barque Centurion, which foundered at North Head on the morning of the 16th…
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A meeting of the Marine Board was held yesterday afternoon, when there were present: Captains Hixson (president), A. M'Lean, Jenkins, R. W. Moodie and George Lindeman…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreckage Off Cape Leuwin. (By Telegraph.)
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Captain Stuart, of the ship Prior Hill, from Sundswall, reports while abreast of Cape Leuwin be passed a quantity of wreckage, including what appeared to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Summary for Europe, Per Orient Steamer Iberia. Political
The country is in the midst of the excitement attending a general election and an appeal to the people upon the question whether the fiscal policy of New South Wales shall be based upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Explosion on an American Steamer. London, Feb. 2
An explosion has occurred on board a steamer in America, supposed to have been caused by an infernal machine placed on the vessel by wharf labourers on strike. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Government Notices. The Treasury, New South Wales, January 31, 1887. Tenders for the Conveyance by Steamer of New South Wales Artillery and Stores
Tenders will be received at this Office until noon of TUESDAY, the 8th proximo, for the conveyance by steamer of the New South Wales Artillery and Stores in the harbour of Port Jackson, for one year from date of acceptance of tender, upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Barque Scottish Prince Ashore. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane
Messrs. M'Ilwraith and M'Eachern's barque Scottish Prince missed stays at 3 o'clock this morning, and went ashore two fathoms off Southport bar at low water. A local crew boarded hor, but Captain Little declined to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Treasury, New South Wales January 31, 1887. Tenders for the the Conveyance by Steamer of Nfw South Wales Artillery and Stories
Tenders will be received at this Office until noon of TUESDAY, the 8th proximo for the conveyance by steamer of the New South Wales Artillery and Stores in the harbour of Poit Jackson for one year from date of acceptance of tender, upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vessel Ashore. Brisbane
Messrs. M'Ilwraith and M'Eachern's barque Scottish Prince missed stays at 3 o'clock this morning, and went ashore two fathoms off Southport bar at low water. A local crew boarded her, but Captain Little declined to…
Continued on Trove, page 275 →China and the East. Arrival of the Steamer Airlie. (By Telegraph.)
COOKTOWN, Saturday.--The steamer Airlie arrived this morning from Hongkong with a large cargo for all ports, and sailed again at noon for Sydney. Her latest China dates are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to the Steamer Rodondo. (By Telegraph.)
BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The steamer Rodondo, which left Townsville on Friday evening for Brisbane and Sydney, was disabled on Saturday at the Whitsunday Passage, where she lost the…
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Captain Bernard, of the schooner Mist, which arrived last night from Cooktown, reports having passed some wreckage to the northward of Newcastle, at 11 p.m. on Sunday, 6th instant. The wreckage consisted of a boat like a whaler, painted a dark colour,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Schooner Sarsfield Ashore. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ballina
The three-masted schooner Sarsfield, while being towed out this morning, took the ground on the south side of the channel, just within the bar, where she now lies, with dry sand around her at low water. The vessel has suffered no apparent damage…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Schooner Sarsfield. [By Telegraph.] Ballina, Feb. 11
The schooner Sarsfield shifted a bit further in this morning. There is about four feet of writer in her held. The strong southerly wind blowing, and the heavy sea running tell somewhat against her…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sinking of a French Steamer by a British Ironclad
The British ironclad Sultan came into collision with the French steamer Ville de Victoria, lying at anchor in the Tagus, on December 23. The steamer sank almost immediately. The catastrophe occurred at 5 o'clock in the…
Continued on Trove, page 336 →Foundering of the Ketch Ida. Only One Survivor. [By Tblegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane
The steamer Corea, which has been weatherbound at Inskip Point since Tuesday, was unable to cross Widebay, bar, and returned to Maryborough to-day. She brought Henry Knight, the sole survivor of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Narrow Escape of the Steamer Beeswing. [By Telegraph.) (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
The steamer Beeswing, trading between Melbourne and Newcastle, had a very narrow escape of being wrecked yesterday morning near Cape Schanck. Owing to a donse fog, she got in between Wilson's…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Steamer Ashore
Intelligence reached Sydney yesterday morning that the steamer Scout, belonging to this port, had gone ashore at Byron Bay whilst en route from Sydney and Newcastle to the Tweed…
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