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Scarcely has the Erlangen taken her departure [?] word is received of another new vessel being added to the fleet. On November 26 there was launched from the shipbuilding and engineering works of Messrs. Alex. Stephen and Sons, at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The steamer Lady of the Lake was not snagged, as reported. Captain Payne states that the steamer whilst proceeding slowly down stream, towing two barges laden with wool, ran into an old sunken barge,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--While the Mamaric, steamer, was on her way from Algoa Bay the propeller cast off three blades. After a consultation with the officers the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The condition of the pilot service of the port of Melbourne has for many years been a matter of some concern to all interested in trade, for all the evidence available (says an exchange) tended to lead to the impression that it is a system…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A telegram from San Francisco, dated Norember 15, via London is published to the effect that a fire had occurred on the Hawaiian steamer Hawaii, which was lying at the Oceanic Dock ready to sail for Honolulu. The steamer had…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In yesterday's issue some particulars were given of the magisterial inquiry into the collision between the steamers Rotorua and Orowaiti. The decision has been given in the case as under:—The Court found that the collision was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The monthly meeting of the Shipwreek Relief Society was held at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon. There were present Messrs. J. H. Storey (in the chair), T. O'Sullivan, Captain J. W. Brown…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hermione, British ship, Astoria November 24, for Cork, with a carge of flour, struck, on crossing out over the bar, and was spoken November 30th by the schooner Mary Dodge. At that time she was leaking, but needed no assistance. On…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A DISPATCH from Boston, November 28, says : -- The most disastrous fire from which Boston has suffered since 1872, and one which in property loss is not much behind the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The dead body of a mail has been found washed up oh the St. Kilda beach. The police are endeavoring to have the corpse identified…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London, Jan. 5.—A despatch from America states that a terrible avalanche descended from the mountains upon Sierra city, situated in the State of California, yesterday, and wrecked a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A despatch was received at the San Francisco Merchants' Exchange telling of the total loss of the three-masted schooner Fidelity. She was capsized while crossing Humboldt bar, eight of the crew being drowned. She had arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A passenger on board the P. and O. Company's R.M.S. Stam writes: —"We were gally steaming along, and expected to be in Aden by 1 a.m. on Thursday, the 28th. About 2 p.m. the previous day there was a sudden 'fizz' and a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Some confecture has been indulged in here as to what eraft It was that the White Star steamer Damascus fell in with on her voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, and which she took in fow to Algoa Bay. The following to hand explains the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ADELAIDE, Monday.—An inquiry was begun this morning into the wreck of the ship Holt Hill, which was recently lost on St. Paul's Island. Owing to hazy weather, it was difficult to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The weekly meeting of the Marine Board was held yesterday afternoon at the offices, Circular Quay. Captain Hixson presided, and there were also present Captains Broomfield, M'Lenn, Jenkins, Robertson, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Justice Bundey, with Captain Gibbons and Malyard as nautical assessors, sat as a Court of Marine Inquiry to-day to investigate the circumstances attending the wreck of the Holt Hill at St…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Presbyterian mission schooner Dayspring is just now in New Zealand waters, having arrived at Dunedin on January 6 from the New Hebrides group. Her arrival was hailed with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Will be published in the "Sydney Morning Herald" of Thursday next CONTENTS: General, Political, Commercial, Mining,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The barques Bankville and Nor'wester, with sugar cargoes, reports rough weather on the run from Port Louis to Melbourne. They left early in December for Australia, and the Nor'wester reports that on the 21st, when in 36 42 S. and…
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