Commercial Notes From California by Steamer Zealandia
The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 March 1888 · page 6
Mail address per Zeal[?]a, from Ban Francisco, report no [?]tion in the demand for tonnage, which has been brisk. Rates are still low, and inquiry for wheat ships light. The di[?]ed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Steamer of the Future. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 March 1888 · page 4
Sir,--The number of serious disasters at sea I think can be avoided if men of science will unite and consider the construction of the present vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Cables. Hurricane at Madagascar. Eleven Vessels Wrecked. 20 Lives Lost. London
The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 March 1888 · page 5
A disastrous hurricane has swept over the island of Madagascar, its greatest violence being experienced on the east coast of the Island. The maritime town of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Accident to the Steamer Bellinger. a Seizure for Salvage. (By Cable.)
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 March 1888 · page 5
AUCKLAND, Thursday.--The steamer Bellinger, which was chartered by the Jubilee s.s. Company to run in opposition to the Northern S.S. Company, and which struck on a reef off…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Ship Ranoma. Seven Lives Lost. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, March 9
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 March 1888 · page 14
The ship Ranoma, bound from Launceston to London went ashore in the English Channel, and has since broken up. Seven of the crew were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Wreck of the Birkenhead
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1888 · page 522
Ye, who, for your tales of heroes, Records search of Greece and Rome, Listen to my modern story Of the men who guard your home!…
Continued on Trove, page 522 →Supposed Wreck of the Ship Eastminster
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1888 · page 523
The Rockhampton harbourmaster left on the 1st, to search the coast for the brigantine Kate, and also for the ship Eastminster, which lately left Maryborough. After the harbourmaster had gone the following telegram…
Continued on Trove, page 523 →Wreck of the Lanoma. London
The Australian Star · Saturday 10 March 1888 · page 5
The barque La[?] from Launc[?] is [?] and eleven of the crow have been lost. There will be very little salvage from the cargo…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wreck of the Lanoma. Loss of the Captain and Eleven Men. [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, March 9
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 March 1888 · page 7
Further details of the wreck of the barque Lanoma, 665 tons, which went ashore in the English Channel while on the voyage from Launceston, to London, and soon afterwards…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wreck of the Lanoma. Loss of Twelve Lives
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 March 1888 · page 5
London, Friday Night.--The barqne Lanomn, from Launceston hound to London with a fall general cargo, has been totally wrecked near Weymouth, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Summary of News for Europe. Per Orient Company's Steamer Austral. Political
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 March 1888 · page 4
Another motion of censure was brought forward by the leader of the Opposition last week, and the business of Parliament was again for several days interrupted. The purchase by the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arrival of the M. M. Steamer Caledonien at Adelaide. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelaide
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 March 1888 · page 7
The Messageries Maritimes steamer Caledonien arrived to-day from Marseilles. The following are the passensors for Sydney:—Miss Price, Mr. and Mrs. Paget, Mr. and Mrs. Arland, Miss Arland, Messrs. Mollard,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heavy Gales on the New Zealand Coast. a Ship Driven Ashore
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 5
Auckland, Friday.--Heavy gales have prevailed along the New Zealand coast for the past few days, seriously impeding the shipping…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wreck of the Lanoma- London, March 9
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 566
Further details of the. wreck of the barque Lanoma, 665 tous, which went ashore in the English Channel while on the voyage from Launceston to London, and soon afterwards…
Continued on Trove, page 566 →New Zealand. Wreck on the New Zealand Coast
The Australian Star · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 6
WELLINGTON, Friday.--The latest reports from Otaki state that one seams a of the Plicone was drowned. The passe agers have been landed and the vessels…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of the Schooner Growler
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 March 1888 · page 4
A telegram from Gerringong, on the South Coast, states that the schooner Growler, a Sydney-owned vessel of 36 tons, drove ashore near the jetty during the recent rough weather…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision in the Harbor. the Steamer Mermaid Damaged and Run Ashore. Over 100 Passengers Landed Safely
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 March 1888 · page 5
The steamer Mermaid, running on the new Manly Beach Ferry Service, had a narrow escape from being sunk by collision off the Quarantine Station, North Head, on Saturday. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Pleione Ashore. The Captain's Mistake. A Seaman Drowned
The Australian Star · Monday 19 March 1888 · page 5
WELLINGTON, This Day.—The ship Pletone, 1092 tons register, which left London on December 23, has gone ashore two miles north of the Waikanae River…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Steamer for the Messageries Line. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 March 1888 · page 8
The Messageries Maritimes Company are building a large steamer to carry the Australian mails. Her dimensions will be—length, 500ft.; breadth, 50ft.; depth, [?]ft.; gross tonnage, 8455. She will be fitted…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wreck of the Seip Pleione. (By Cable.) (From Our Own Correspondent.) Auckland
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 March 1888 · page 8
Great excitement was occasioned on Friday morning by the intelligence that the ship Pleione, Captain Culbert, from London to Wellington, had gone ashore two miles north of the Waikanae River. The Pleione…
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