Fire on Tee Hawkesbury. Destruction of a Steamer. WINDSOR
The steamer Hawkesbury, the property of the Hawkesbury River Steam Navigation Co., was burnt to the water's edge about 4 o'clock .yesterday morning at Bennett's…
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A Steamer Disabled. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle
Shortly alter 8 o'clock last night the look-out man reported that a steamer was burning bl[?]lights off Shepperds Hill. The signal gun was [?]red twice,[?] Pilot Dagwell and crew went off in the lifeboat tow[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sudden Death on Board the Steamer Fernmount. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle
Messers. John See and Co.'s steamer Fernmount, trading between Bellinger River and Sydney, having cargo of produce on board, put in to port this morning from stress of weather. Captain Tyrrell reports that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Eastern News. a Steamer Captured by Pirates. the Captain and Three Men Shot Dead
THURSDAY ISLAND, Saturday.--The following items are extracted from latest Eastern exchanges:--The Douglas Company's coasting steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire at Windsor. the Steamer Hawkesbury Destroyed. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Windsor
A disastrous fire occurred on the river at Mr. J. Bennett's wharf about 4 o'clock this morning, when the steamer Hawkesbury was burnt to the water's edge. It appears that whil[?]t the vessel was moored at his wharf…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →News from the East. a Steamer Seized by Pirates. Captain and Three Men Shot Dead
THURSDAY ISLAND, Monday.—The following items of news have been extracted from eastern exchanges: Messrs. Douglas and Co.'s coasting steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News From the East. Exciting Adventure with Pirates. They Capture a Steamer. Four Men Shot Dead. Thursday Island
The following items are extracted from the latest Hong Kong files to hand:-- The Douglas and Co. coasting steamer Namei was seized by pirates on December 5,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murderous Piratical Outrage in the China Seas. a Steamer Looted and Passengers Killed. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Thursday Island
The Douglas Company's steamer Namoa left Hongkong early on the 10th December for Swatow, having 4 saloon and 259 Chinese passengers on board; but when the ship was about 35 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Lifeboat Storm King
At the last meeting of the Victorian Marine Board Captain Jorgensen, who designed and Bailed his lifeboat the Storm King from England to Australia, attended to explain the merits of…
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BRISBANE, Monday.--The harbormaster at Mackay telegraphs to the portmaster at Brisbane as follows, under Saturday's date:--"George R. Fry, master of the schooner…
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NEWCASTLE, Monday. --During the voyage to Sydney, on Saturday evening, the Hunter River Co.'s steamer Lubra sustained an accident to her machinery. The captain…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Foundering of a Schooner. The Crew Picked Up. BRISBANE
The schooner Perseverance, built by Mr. Bernard Livingstone, of Maryborough, which took him 13 years to construct, left Maryborough a few days ago, on her first voyage,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Foundering of the Schooner Perserverance. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Brisbane
The schooner Perseverance, bound from Maryborough to Townsville, with a cargo of timber, encountered bad weather on the Northern ooasr. Her foremast went overboard, and subsequently the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The S. S. and A. S. Company's New Steamer Pakeha
The Pakeha is one of the beats built for Shaw, Saville, and Albion Shipping Company. She arvee at Melbourne yesteray. The Paccha was built by Blair and Co. kof Stockton, who have turned out a fine steam,er not only…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of a Schooner. Near Port Stephens. All Hands Saved
GRADUALLY the small handy, sailing vessels, which have rendered such good service in conducting the trade between Sydney and small coastal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Lonsdale. Successfully Re-floated. MELBOURNE
The steamer Lonsdale, which was driven ashore at Port Melbourne 18 months ago during a heavy south-west gale, in which her moorings broke, was floated last night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of the Susie. All Hands Saved
A telegram received this morning from Nelsons Bay states that the schooner Susie is ashore about 10 miles south of Port Stephens Lighthouse. All hands are saved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Schooner Ashore
The southerly gale which set in on Tuesday has been the cause of a shipping disaster on the northern coast of this colony, happily unattended with loss of life. The schooner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of a Schooner.—crew Saved
News was received yesterday morning from Port Stephens to the effect that the schooner susic had gone anhore about about 10 miles south of the Port Stephens' lighthonse, and become a total wreck. All hands landed in satety. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Met by a Gale. a Schooner Disabled. NEWCASTLE
The schooner Fern, which loft here on Monday night for Sydney, when off Terrigal met the full force of the southerly gale, which carried away her fore topsail yard…
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