Steamer Macleay Ashore
BALLINA, Monday.—The steamer Macleay (North Coast S.N. Company), in tow, grounded on the bar on Saturday, and dragged slowly until well within the bar, when she stock fast on the…
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The Macleay Ashore
The North Coast S. N. Company's steamer Macleay, from Sydney to the Richmond River, is reported ashore on the Richmond [?]ar. The vessel has sustained some damage, and 3ft. of water is reported in the forehold…
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The secretary to the Marine Board received from the lighthouse-keeper at Jervis Bay the following telegram this morning: A large Steamer, making plenty of smoke, signalled 'machinery…
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LONDON, March 5.—The steamer Deccan, bound from Mauritius to Bombay with a large number of passengers on board, is overdue. It is feared that she has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Supposed Loss of the Steamer Deccan. London, March 5
The steamer Deccan, bound from Mauritius to Bombay with a large number of passengers on board, is overdue. It is feared that she has been lost, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Steamer Disabled. The Tekapo Gone to Her Assistance
THE secretary to the Marine Board received a telegram from the Jervis Bay lighthouse-keeper to the effect that a large steamer making plenty of smoke signalled that her…
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Among the most remarkable alterations which are being made in ocean steamships, specially among Transatlantic liners, is the introduction of what are called "whaleback"…
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The steamer Macleay still remains ashore at the Richmond River. Telegrams received yesterday by the North Coast S. N. Company slated that the vessel was in the same…
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The steamer Flora, of the Union Steamship Company's line, was spoken off the south coast yesterday in a partially crippled condition. She signalled at Jervis Bay in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Foundering of the Ketch Enterprise. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide
The iron coasting ketch Enterprise, 61 tons, foundered near Althorpos on Sunday. She sprang a leak and sank in about two hours, despite the fact that the pumps were kept going. The crew…
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The Marine Board gave its decision in the matter of the -wreck of the steamer Endeavor at the Brunswick River when crossing the bar, yesterday, as follows: "The board finds that the…
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If a vessel is lost at sea and her crew is caved, when do the seamen's wages terminate? Or, in other words, does the engagement between owner and seamen end with the wreck, or is it incumbent on the owner to pay his crew's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Ferndale. Twenty Lives Lost Narrative of a Survivor
Particulars of the wreck of the British barque Ferndale, which, it will be remembered, resulted in the loss of 20 of the crew, including the captain, were received…
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London, March. 7.—The North. German Lloyd's steamer Eider, which went ashore on the Isle of Wight during a dense fog in January last, and was thought likely to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. the Steamer Eider. Likely to Be Refloated. London, March 7
The Norddoutscher Lloyd's 'steamer Eider, which went ashore at the Isle of Wight during a fog in January last, is likely to be rofloated…
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Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of the famous Charles Darwin, the naturalist, inscribed upon his seal the significant words, "Omnia ex conchis"—all things arise from oysters…
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Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of the famous Charles Darwin, the naturalist, inscribed upon his seal the significant words, "Omnia ex conchis"—all things arise from oysters…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Eastern News. Arrival of the Chingtu. Manila-Australian Trade. Hero of the Meadows Massacre-- Prevention of Piratical Outrages-- Chinese Insolvents--The Czar and the King of Siam-- Wreck of the Killing-- The Falls of Earn-- Root out the Foreigners-- In the Land of the Japs
THE China Navigation Co's steamship Chingtu, under the command of Captain A. Hunt, arrived in harbor, this forenoon and berthed at Miller's Point. She brought the…
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AUCKLAND, Wednesday.--The steamer Elginshire, belonging to Messrs. Turnbull, Martin and Co.'s Australian and New Zealand line of traders, ran ashore early this…
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London, March. 9.—The British steamer Messina has foundered in the Gulf of Gascony, France. Twenty-five lives were lost…
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