Launch of a New Ferry Steamer
THE new ferry-boat built for the Balmain Stearn Ferry Company, was launched this morning at the yard of the builders, Messrs. Pashley and Sons, Clayton-street…
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Summary of News for Europe. Per Orient Company's Steamer Orient. Political
Parliament adjourned for the Christmas recess on Thursday, the 22nd December, and will not meet again until the 7th February. Considering the experiences of the previous few weeks, the last days of the 1887…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Arrival of the Steamer Murrumbidgee. (By Telegraph.)
HOBART, Friday.--The Murrumbidgee, a new steamer of about 3000 tons gross tonnage, built at, Sunderland for Mr. Henry Lund, of Launces ton, last October, arrived to-day from London,…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.) Friday.--The steamer Oreti has changed hands for the sum of £6000. The purchaser intends employing the vessel in the Queensland trade…
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BATEMAN'S BAY, Sunday.--During a heavy tea, the ketch Alice Jane drifted ashore at Tomakin. Alice's back is reported to be broken, and, while the…
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BATEMAN'S BAT, Saturday.—The ketch Alice Jane has gone ashore at Tomakin and there are no hopes of saving her as there is a heavy sea on It is reported the vessel's back is…
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WARRNAMBOOL, This Day.--The barque Edinburgh Castle, bound from London to Warrnambool, with a cargo of cement for the breakwater here, went ashore…
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A telegram posted at the General Post Office yester[?] ceived from Melbourne, stated that "the barque Edinburgh Castle went ashore at Hopkins mouth at 10.30 to-day. The sea was smooth, but her position might be considered critical, [?]…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—News has been received that the barque Edinburgh Castle, fears for the safety of which were entertained, went ashore to-day at the mouth of the Hopkins…
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The barque Edinburgh Castle went ashore at the Hopkins mouth at 10.30 a.m. to-day. The water was smooth, but the position of the barque is critical, there being reefs in the neighbourhood…
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A telegram from Warreambool, re the barque Edinburgh Castle, which grounded at Lady Bay yesterday afternoon, says that the vessel is in the same position. The…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.--Later telegrams from Warrnambool state that the Julia Percy failed to get the stranded barque Edinburgh Castle off the sand bank. It was…
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THE news which we published yesterday of the destruction by lire at sea of the barque J. T. Henry, and of the privations endured subsequently by the crow…
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The news of the burning of the American ship John T. Berry at sea excited some interest in shipping circles yesterday, and a good deal of speculation was indulged in on 'Change as…
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With the exception of the Paddington election, which was productive of some little excitement, a holiday calm has prevailed in political circles, and is likely to continue until the centennial celebrations are over. Ministers have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Edinburgh Castle. the Mate in Danger
WA[?]OOL, This Day.—-Strong westerly wind is blowing today, and a heavy sea is rolling into the bay. The mate of the stranded barque Edinburgh Castle is…
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Yesterday the steamship Selembria arrived in port for the first time from London, with passengers and a full general cargo of merchandise. The Selembria is nearly a new vessel, having been built at Southwick in 1883. She is owned by Messrs. Cro[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Wreck of the Edinburg Castle. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
The wreck of the Edinburgh Castle was sold by auction yesterday for £520, the purchaser being Mr. Hugh Thomson. The latest telegram states that the sea brought in by the westerly gale drove the vessel…
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WA[?]OOL, This Day.—Owing to yesterday's storm, the heavy sea continues. Early in the morning the stranded barque Edinburgh Castle [?]ted round, and was…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.--The barque Edinburgh Castle, which stranded,at Warrnambool, is a total wreck. Her back is broken aud she is rapidly breaking up. All the cargo has…
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