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622 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 32
The steamer Waitaki, belonging to the Kama Coal Company, has been wrecked at Cape Palliser, on the voyage from Napier to Wellington, No iives wore lost The Waitaki was formerly one of the Union…
Continued on Trove, page 908 →The mate of the ketch Agnes Rose, now lying in Nelson Bay, reports that while on her passage from Sydney at half-past 10 last night, and while off Port Stephens she was struck by a heavy squall. The captain, J. Starr, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 930 →The later and fuller details to hand regarding the loss of the steamer Bentan off Batu Point, Malacca, on April 2, show that that vessel, while on one of her usual voyages between…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The disappointing animal The Wreck is to he added to the list of geldings. REGISTERED CLUBS.—The following is a list of clubs whose annual distribution of prize money…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →COOKTOWN, Tuesday. --The schooner Wanrie, belonging to the Weary Bay Sugar Company at Bloomfield River, is ashore on a reef between here and that river. She will probably get off…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Scotia, of the Fabre line from Marseilles for New York, with 1000 passengers, went ashore on March 26, on the beach 15 miles west of File Island. The passengers were all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The usual monthly meeting of the committee of the National Shipwreck Relief Society was held at the Exchange yesterday afternoon, when Mr. M. H. Stephen occupied the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →AUCKLAND, Friday.--The three-masted schooner Reward has been wrecked during a heavy fog near Portland Island. The captain (Andrews), a seaman, and the cook were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News has been received at San Francisco of the foundering of the barque Eldorado and the loss of 18 of her crew. The vessel went down on April 1 off Cape Flattery in one of the most…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PERTH (W.A.),April 29.— Great excitement was caused here and in Fremantle by the receipt of a telegram by the Government, yesterday, reporting a terrible disaster to the pearling fleet…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →The Clarence and Richmond River Steam Navigation Company's new steamer Electra, intended for the New South Wales coasting trade, has been successfully launched…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Justus Scharff, importer of the city, yesterday received intelligence by cable of the loss of the Amoy, a German three-mas[?] schooner, whilst on a voyage from the south…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Intelligence has been received from Glasgow of the launching of a new steamer for the C aud R.R.S.N. Company. The new boat is intended for the northern coastal service, and has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Electra, which was yesterday reported by [?] from London as having been launched for the Clarence and [?] mond River Company, is intended for the trade [?] Sydney and the Northern rivers, and if the reports as…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The steamer Airlie reports having encountered a heavy gale and rain after leaving Thursday Island, and had to anchor three times during one day. She passed the steamers Menmuir, Guthrie, and Deepdale between…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →London, Tuesday.--The new P. and O. steamer the Victoria has been launched…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →During the past fortnight the Government have made little progress with public business in the Assembly, so little that last Thursday, after a sitting of nearly 31 hours, prolonged to that extent by obstruction on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The barque Northnmberland which went ashore at Napier is now breaking up. There is a perfect pandemonium on the beach, and large crowds are broaching the cargo. Many persons were helplessly drunk…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Auckland, Wednesday.--The ship Northumberland, with 1000 tons of cargo, from London, anchored in the roadstead, Napier,on Sunday, and during a terrific gale which prevailed yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It has new been ascertained that four lives were lost by the wreck of the Union Company's steamer Boojum, at Napier, while attempting to reach the ship Northumberland, which dragged her anchors in the Napier…
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