New Zealand. the Wrecked Steamer Wanaka
AUCKLAND, Friday.--The Union Company's steamer Wanaka, which while bound from Onehunga to Taranaki struce on the Paketapu reef, seven miles from Taranaki, is being…
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Storms and Shipwrecks
Then rose from sea to sky the wild fareweil— Then shriek'd the timid and stood still the brave— Then Bome leaped overboard with dreadfaiyell, As eager to anticipate their grave:…
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Another of the coasting fleet, has come to grief. A telegram from Port Macquarie on Saturday morning stated that the ketch Barrangarry, coal-laden from Newcastle, had gone…
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A telegram was received from Port Macquaric on Saturday last reporting an accident to the ketch Barrangarry of Sydney. Mr. Woodthurpe secretary to the Sydney Underwriters' Association wired to the pilot at Port…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.--The steamer Wodonga left Brisbane at 1 o'clock yesterday for Sydney. Rounding Kangaroo Point the steering gear failed to work, and she ran aground on a rocky…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Summary of News for Europe, Per Orient Mail Steamer Ormuz. Political
The Federation Convention and the Easter holidays, have been a combination of sufficient force to relegate ordinary politics during the past fortnight in to obsenrity. There has been no politioal activity,…
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[?], Monday. -- The position of the Union Company's steamer Wanaka, which went aground on Paket[?]pu Reef, is better than at first reported. Efforts are being made to float…
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SAILORS are naturally ingenious, and numerous specimens of their handicraft have been exhibited to wondering longshoremen, but none ever probably…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Arrival of a Chilian Steamer at Newcastle. the Vessel Placed in Quarantine. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspodent.) Newcastle
This afternoon the Chilian steamer Guacan, Captain Steel, 897 tons register, arrived here from Valparaiso, in ballast. She left Valparaiso on February 20. On her arrival she was placed in quarantino by the Health…
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The Chilian steamer Guayacan was ordered on to Sydney yesterday from Newcastle and she will anchor in quarantine for the next 21 days. The vessel was despatched by her owners to the consignment of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co.,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ship in Distress. the Brenhalda Ashore. London, April 6
The ship Brenhalda, 1321 tons, of Greenock, which left Port Augusta on December 15 for the United Kingdom or the Continent, has put into Queenstown in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wreck of the Eudora. the Kindness of Savages
That the natives of the Bismarck Archipelago are becoming civilised is evident from the story of Captain Stallio, of the wrecked American schooner Eudora, who reached Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late Samoan News. Arrival of the Lubeck. Wreck at Howland Island. A Norwegian Barque Driven Ashore. Arrival of the Crew
THE North-German Lloyd's steamship Lubeck, under the command of Captain Nierich, this morning completed a smart and satisfactory Island trip. Unlike her…
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Among the passengers by the Lubeck, which arrived this morning from Samoa, is the shipwrecked crew of the Norwegian barque Pusnæs, which became a total wreck on a…
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The cancellation of Captain Swan's certificate at the inquiry held at Fremantle into the loss of the barque Raven has been commented upon in shipping circles here. As will be seen from the following account from Western Australia, it is…
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[?]AND, Friday.--Owing to the prevalence of rough weather the attempts which were to have been made to float the Union Company's steamer Wanaka have had to be…
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The Union steamer Matimapan, while attempting to cross the bar of Westport, grounded and went ashore on the beach close to the breakwater, where she now lies. It is expected that some…
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AUCKLAND, Saturday.--The Union S.S. Company's steel steamer Mahinapua has gone ashore on the Westport Bar. She is lying broadside to the sea, and a heavy swell is…
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John. Downie, 23, seaman, was brought up at the Water Police Court to-day, before Captain Fisher, S.M., charged with using insulting language in the bar of the Bristol Hotel,…
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Our Ballina correspondent wires that the crossing inside the bar is very shallow, there being only 7ft. 6in. of water at high tide. Both Mr. Yeager's steamers -- the Wyoming and the…
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