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A four-masted barque named the Holyhead, Captain F. Williams, from Liverpool, ran on to the reef off Point Lonsdale, this afternoon. It is feared that she will become a total wreck. She is a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The manager of the Queensclift telegraph station sent a message yesterday evening that the four-masted ship Holyhead, bound inward, from Liverpool, went ashore on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, February 13.—Her Majesty's ship Conquest has gone ashore at Pemba. [The Conquest is a screw cruiser of the third-class of 2380 tons, and 2670-horse power. She carries 14 guns…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A short account of a storm experienced by the steamer Richmond, from Auckland to Samoa, was sent by our correspondent the other day. The Samoan Times, reporting the steamer's arrival, says:—"During the night of the 15th…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →There was a large attendance at the Messrs. John. Fraser and Co.'s rooms this morning, on the occasion of the sale of the wreck of the steamer Riverina as she now lies stranded on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Holyhead has not broken up, as the weather to-day has been more moderate. The steam tug Albatross has been taken alongside, and about £4000 worth of cargo recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Thorne, barque, 877 tons, bound from Liverpool to Adelaide, which went ashore at Douglas, Isle of Man, on 25th January, has now entirely broken up. A large quantity of the cargo has been saved…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Thursday may be set down as the divisional day in the historic Federal Conference. For three full days delegates have discussed Sir Henry's abstract motion for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE Marine Board has despatched Captain Mitchell to report on the Holyhead disaster. The ship is still lying in the same condition on the reefs, and there is no hope of getting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE wreck of the Riverina was sold to-day by John Fraser and Co. for L1050. The buyers were Captain Sullivan and others…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The barque Brier Holme, which sailed from Timaru, New Zealand, on November 1, arrived here to-day. The barque The Thorne, 877 tons, bound…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The wrecked ship Holyhead is still hard and fast on Point Lonsdale dale reef, and heavy seas are breaking over her. In the early part of the day she was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News of the capsizing of an American trading schooner in the Gilbert Group, resulting in the loss of 13 lives, was received in Sydney yesterday by the schooner George Noble. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →By the arrival of the schooner George Noble from the Gilbert Group news has been received of the capsizing of the American schooner Tierdon, and the drowning of thirteen natives. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The new steamship Tweed, which for the past two months has been in the hands of the Atlas Engineering Works for the fitting and completing of the boilers machinery, &c., had her delivery trial trip yesterday. The vessel left the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →H.M.S. Conquest, one of the Chinese squadron, an unarmoured cruiser of 14 guns, Captain William H. Henderson, is ashore at Pembra…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The A. U.S.N. Co. yesterday posted on the mast of Messrs. Howard Smith and Co.'s steamer Konoowarra a notice of seizure for damages in connection with the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There was a large attendance at the Messrs. John Fraser and Co.'s rooms yesterday morning, on the occasion of the sale of the wreck of the steamer Riverina as she now lies stranded on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At a meeting of the Marine Board to-day, a motion was carried that the master and mate of the Holyhead be charged before the Court of Marine Inquiry with misconduct in navigating the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The same trouble seems to occur in South Australia that has been remarked with respect to marine inquirios elsewhere. In connection with the wreck of the Glenorosa the preliminary inquiry by the Marine Board it is stated that…
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