A Ship Ashore
London, Saturday.--The well-known clipper ship Westland (of the Shaw, Savill and Albion line), from Port Chalmers (N.Z.) for London, went…
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The Wreck of the Dolphin
The Marine Board next initiated an inquiry into the cause of the wreck of the ketch Dolphin, which occurred at the entrance to the Brunswick River on February 19. Mr. P. P. Jones appeared on behalf of Captain Fell…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Ketch Duke of Cornwall. Newcastle, March 4
A private telegram has been received by Mr. H. Trelevan, part owner of the ketch Duke of Cornwall, to the effect that the vessel, which left Townsville in the middle of last month, has been lost in a hurricane off Pioneer Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 566 →Arrival of a Mail Steamer at Sydney
There is no busier scene to be witnessed in this part of the world than that presented on the arrival of a mail steamer at the Circular Quay. The large number of passengers which each boat brings causes a collection of their friends at…
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The adjourned inquiry into the circumstances connected with the loss of the ketch Dolphin, which struck on North Rocky Head, at the mouth of the Brunswick River, whilst she was being towed out by the Tweed on February 18,…
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The inquiry into the recent wreck of the ketch Dolphin just outside the Brunswick River was continued. Some further evidence of a corroborative nature to that already given was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of a Labor Schooner. Three Lives Lost
The steamer Victoria, which arrived yesterday from Noumea, lauded in Sydney the captain and crew, together with 30 "recruits," of the labor schooner Sibyl, of Maryborough (Q.) The…
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The steamer Victoria, which arrived yesterday from Noumea, brought as passengers, Captain Callander, Mr. Hely, the Government agent, the crew, and 31 native labourers from the schooner Sibyl, which was wrecked at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Summary for Europe, Per Orient Steamer Orient. Political
Parliament was officially opened by his Excellency Lord Carrington on "Wednesday, the 9th instant, with more than ordinary ceremony. The speech explained that it was necessary that the session should not be of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Life-boat Competition
It may be remembered that a prize of £600 was offered recently at the International Fisheries Exhibition in England for the best full-sized lifeboat fully equipped on a carriage; and that it…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Alleged Overcrowding of a Steamer
A case of considerable importance to the travelling public came before Mr. Marsh at the Water Police Court in the early part of the week, and was again under consideration…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Overcrowding a Harbor Steamer
The charge of overcrowding the steamer Port Jackson, which took up the attention of Mr. Marsh, S.M., for some little time last week, was finally dealt with by that magistrate yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Triumph. (By Cable.)
AUCKLAND, Thursday.--The steamer Triumph, about whose safety fears were entertained, sailed from Rio de Janiero on the 6th just., all well…
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AUCKLAND, Thursday.--The mail steamer Raiatea, bound from San Francisco to Tahiti, was burned at sea on the 13th inst., 200 miles from Panmota Island. The fire originated in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Burning of the Steamer Raiatea. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Auckland
News has been received here of the burning at sea of the mail steamer Raiatea, from San Francisco to Tahiti. The passengers and crew were saved, Fifteen bags of mails were destroyed, including official despatches from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Bulli Colliery Explosion. Eighty-five Miners Killed. the Mine Completely Wrecked. Fearful Scenes of Despair. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Special Reporters.) Bulli
A few hurried words, a few hours' midnight journeying, and I am face to face with the most appalling work of death yet written on the pages of Australian history. The people in Sydney may be asking how…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Bulli Colliery Explosion. Eighty-five Miners Killed. The Mine Completely Wrecked. Fearful Scenes of Despair. Bulli
A violent explosion of fire-damp occurred in the Bulli Colliery's pit about 2.30 this afternoon. The first intimation of the disaster was given, by a fearful outburst of gas and air from the mouth of the tunnel,…
Continued on Trove, page 666 →A Schooner Ashore
The Helena Davies a topsail schooner of 54 tons, owned by Messrs. W. W. Hitchcock and J. Kondio, of this city, went ashore half a mile south of the South-west Rocks on Sunday…
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NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The steamer Beeswing, whilst leaving port, shortly after 10 o'clock last night, was carried by a strong current on to the rocks at the south side of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →STRANDING of the Steamer Beeswing. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle
The steamer Beeswing, Captain M'Intyre, belonging to the Melbourne Coal Company, when leaving port was carried by a strong current then running on to the reef of rocks near the lightship. The accident was caused by the…
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