A Schooner Dismasted
The schooner Buster was signalled five miles west of Gabo on Wednesday morning in distress, and asked for immediate assistance. Her foremast was carried away by the deck, and her main and…
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The Abandoned Schooner Buster
There was no word of the steamer Mount Kembla having arrived yesterday at Gabo Island. The Australian General Insurance Company, who despatched the vessel, were expecting to hear that she had got hold of the Buster some…
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NEWCASTLE, This Day.-- The work of repairing the steamer Fijian is still going ahead, and will not be finished till next week. The injuries are more extensive…
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This vessel was taken in tow by the steamer Mount Kembla, and was off Gabe Island at 8.30 a.m on Saturday last. She put into Eden, and left at 6.30 a.m yesterday for Sydney. Her captain und crew are coming on to-day the…
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THE three-masted schooner Heath, owned by Mr. B. Byrnes, of Sydney, and commanded by Captain Bastholm, went on a rock off Cape Three Points on the…
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Cape Three Points, on the northern coast of New South "Wales, distant 20 miles from Sydney, was the scene of a serious shipping disaster on Friday morning. The three-masted schooner…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Schooner Heath. Two of the Crew Drowned and One Injured. the Survivors Get Lost in the Bush. Rescued by a Farmer
A terrible shipping disaster occurred on Friday morning, off Cape Three Points, about twenty miles from Sydney on the northern coast, which, was attended with terrible hardship, suffered by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Stranding of the Steamer Bowra. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne
The first sitting of the newly-constituted Court of Marine inquiry was held on Saturday to investigate the stranding of the steamer Bowra in Apollo Bay on December 15. After hearing the evidence…
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The three-masted schooner Heath, which has been trading on the coast to Newcastle for the past five years in the coal trade was [?] on Friday, at 1 a.m., at Cape Three Points. The master and over are reported to have arrived in Sydney on…
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An investigation was held by the Marine Board yesterday afternoon into the circumstances attending the loss of the schooner Heath, which was wrecked off Cape Three Points, on tho northern coast, on Friday…
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The Newburgh, a screw steamer built at shields, England, arrived yesterday under jury-rig as a topsail schoonor, after a voyage of 150 days. She is to the older of Messrs Fenwick and Sons, and is intended for light towing and harbour…
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After another fast passage of 37 days from Marseilles, including l8 hours stop at Suez, because of a slight accident in the engine-room, a stay at Aden,.M[?], Albany, Adelaide, and Melbourne, the Messageries Maritimes French mail…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Schooner Buster. Arrival of the Vessel. a Rough Experience
THE disabled three-masted schooner Buster, for the safety of which considerable anxiety has been evinced during the past few days, arrived in Fort Jackson…
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The dismasted schooner Buster was towed into Port Jackson at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon by the steamer Mount Kombla, which, it will be remembered, was dispatched hence to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Labour Schooner Ariel.—the Reported Murder of the Government Agent
Our telegrams have briefly reported that the Queensland Government has communicated with Admiral Fairfax, asking what steps he can take to ascertain definitely whether a murder has really occurred, and if not to rescue the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →News by Telegraph. New South Wales News. The Steamer Fijian
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.-The repairs to the steamer Fijian, which is said to have struck rocks whilst on a voyage from Melbourne to Newcastle, was completed to-day, and the vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Dilapidated Wreck
One of the most remarkable-looking dilapidated wrecks that have been seen in this or any other port for many a day is the schooner Buster which the Mount Kembla toned into this harbour yesterday. The Buster was a recent purchase of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wrecks in the Pacific. Six Lives Lost. Survivors Rescued From Malden Island. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Auckland
News has been received here that the Hyacinth, which arrived at Honolulu on December 14, rescued 24 shipwrecked sailors at Malden Island belonging to the German ship Hermann and the…
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