The Wreck Og the Amphitrite
Captain Haggs and the remainder of the crew of the schooner Amphitrite, recently wrecked at Port Stephens, reached Sydney yesterday morning from Newcastle by the steamer…
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The Wreck of the Hawkesbury
WlNDSOR, Saturday.--The wreck of the steamer Hawkesbury, which was burnt to the water's edge at Sackrilla Roach not long ago, having. been purchased by a small syndicate…
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The following telegram has been received at Melbourne from Lorne: " The barque W. 13. Godfrey, 400 tons, Captain Davis, from San Francisco, was wrecked at 8 o'clock on Sunday night…
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BY the U.S.S. Co.'s steamship To Anau from New Zealand comes news which to a certain extent clears up the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the barque…
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On the morning of the 22nd ultimo the schooner Pearl, belonging to Mr. Streeter, of London, and bound for Lagrange Bay, with materials and stores for a portion of that gentleman's pearling fleet, foundered in a heavy gale five…
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The Marine Board held an inquiry yesterday afternoon into the circumstances attending the wreck of the fore-and-aft schooner Helena Davis on the Nambucca Bar on…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.--The following telegram was received from Lome at midnight:-- "The American barque W. B. Godrrey, Captain Davis, with a cargo of lumber from San…
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The s.s. Port Jackson, of the Anglo-Australian line, 1728 tons, of London, which left Newcastle for London on January 2, ran ashore at Perim in the Red Sea. She…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local Industry. a New Government Steamer. Evidence in Favor of Protection. An Easily Convertible Gunboat
THE steamer Castor, built by the Mort's Dock and Engineering Co. for the Harbors and Rivers Department, went for a most successful trial trip yesterday. Her initial…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Vagabond. Her Arrival From Penrhyn Island. Captain and Crew Poisoned. Four Years' Wrecks at the Group
THE three-masted schooner Vagabond, owned by Captain J. Vos, of Sydney, has had a lengthy cruise since she was last in Sydney. The last heard of the vessel was in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland. Commercial Documents Washed Ashore
BRISBANE, Wednesday. -- While some children of the lighthouse superintendent at Cape Moreton were walking along the outer beach at Moreton Inland they noticed a brown paper…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Sea Island News. Eventful Cruise of the Rockton. Hurricanes and Wrecks. The Riversdale Ashore--Captain and Crew in Danger -- Loss of a Government Mail Schooner--The Crew Drowned
THE A.U.S.N. Co.'s steamship Rockton, Captain C. E. Saunders, returned to harbor this afternoon from an island cruise of a more eventful character than ordinary…
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Just before the steamer Rockton left Fiji news reached Suva that a quantity of wreckage had been picked up on the Island of Totuya, one of the group. The wreckage had…
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The steamer Lubeck, of the North German Lloyd line, made the passage from Samoa to Sydney in eight days six hours -- the fastest on record -- arriving in Port Jackson at half-past 5…
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Following closely on the wreck of the barque Ayrshire news has been received of another disaster at Tchio, on the coast of New Caledonia. The vessel was the Riversdale, a ship of…
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News [?] [?] as the [?] was leaving for Sydney that quantity of wreckage had been picked up on the island of Totoya, in the Fiji group. This was supposed to be part of the [?] schoone [?] Ta u manned by Captain Cast es…
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An account received from the New Hebrides by the Rockton states that about 70ft of the bottom of the wrecked steamer [?] has been forced up fully 18in In connection wi b the occurrence it is stated that Captain Munro and…
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Captain J. Vos's smart threec-[?] schooner Vagabond arrived from a lengthy [?] to the islands yesterday. She is in command of Captain Robinson, whose experience in the island trade extends over many years. The voyage has in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The S.s. Macleay.--a Lifebuoy Washed Ashore
Nambucca Heads station telegraphed last evening:--"Captain Howard, of survey camp, reports having found a lifebuoy, with word Macleay on it, about half-mile from South…
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The stranded steamer Alberta broke up yesterday morning, and slipped off the rooks and disappeared. A large quantity of wreckage is strewn along the beach. A heavy sea washed a channel through into the river…
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