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MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Pilot Board to-day held an inquiry into the wreck of the Edinburgh Castle, which went ashore off Warrnambool, and found' Acting-pilot Carless,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The barque May Queen, from London to Lyttelton, went ashore at Camp Bay, and became a total wreck. She had a cargo valued at £20,000. The following are the insurances:—Colonial Office and…
Continued on Trove, page 265 →MELBOURNE, This day.--The steamer Lonsdale, which daily plies down the bay, ran into the Queenscliffe pier yesterday, and smashed the lamp room and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Friday.—a peculiar accident. occurred to the steamer Lonsdale at Queens- cliff to-day. The steamer advanced to the pier with too much way on and violently collided…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WHILE the steamer Murrumbidgee, of the British-Australian line, was backing out from the wharf on Saturday, preparatory to proceeding on her homeward trip, an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following is a brief description of the Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company's new steamer Oonah, which was recently launched from the yard ot Messrs. A. and J. Inglis, on the Clyde. The dimensions of the boat are:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRISBANE, This Day.--Captain Sykes, who returned from Port Bowen, says that several spars of a vessel, of apparently between 300 and 500 tons burthen, have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →We learn (Hongkong Daily Press) that a somewhat serious explosion has occurred on board the Douglas Steamship Company's steamer Formosa. The Formosa arrived at Swatow from Hongkong on the 26th instant, at 7 a.m. About 7.30 p.m. an…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →An accident occurred on board the steamer Murrumbidgee, of the British-Australian line, on Saturday last. The Murrumbidgee was backing out from the wharf about to commence her voyage for London and…
Continued on Trove, page 325 →A special meeting of the Board of Health was held yesterday, to consider what action should be taken with respect to the R.M.S. Mariposa, which arrived in Sydney on Thursday from San Francisco with a case of smallpox on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THURSDAY ISLAND, Monday.--The Government steamer Albatross left here on Saturday with Mr. Milman, Acting Government Resident. All the available…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday.—The iron barque, Ann Millicent, bound from Liverpool to Adelaide, hits been totally wrecked on the Island of Timor, in the Indian Archipelago. The crew…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It cannot be said that Parliament has made a very happy beginning after the recess for the Christmas and Centennial holidays. At the first day's Bitting of the Assembly there was a good deal of wrangling over…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A TELEGRAM received in town to-day and posted at the post office states that the steamer Scout, bound for Brisbane, in attempting to cross out at Brunswick…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MELBOURNE, This Day.--The AGE this morning has a cablegram announcing the wreck of the barque Ann Millicent. She was a very old vessel in the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our illustration speaks for itself, A ship in distress has been announced in the offing, and the captain of the lifeboat is summoning his crew to go to the rescue. Happily on our coast not…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →AUCKLAND, Friday.--The steamer Richmond, . which arrived to-day, brings particulars of a terrible storm which burs', over the island of Baratonga on January 22. The storm…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Richmond has arrived at Auckland. Amongst her passengers is the Rev. Shirley Baker and family, and also the German Consul at Tahiti…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A RACE is to take place to-day in the Bay Williamstown Lightship to Port Arlington, distance about 25 miles, for £1000 a-side, between the bay steamers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Sunday.—Townsville wired at noon to-day that the You Yangs had just arrived with her foremast cut away. She encountered a fearful gale in Whitsunday…
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