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About noon to-day the ketch Emily Mary, 34 tons, was sailing out with a fair wind to Port Stephens, with about 20 tons of coal from the wharf. When passing the barque Othello, which was lying at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →London, January 13.—The British steamer Namchow has sunk while on a voyage in the China Sea. Four hundred persons on board were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A despatch from the East reports the loss of the British steamship Namchow in Chinese waters. The vessel it appears had her shaft broken, and she sank immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ARTHUR COULTER, a dealer of the undiluted larrikin class, was charged with having maliciously injured a pane of glass, valued at 15s., the property of Charles Wilson. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday Night. -- A terrible shipping disaster is reported from China. The British steamer Nam[?]how, owned by a Chinese firm but sailed under the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Namchow, of Penang, has foundered in the China Sea. Four hundred lives were lost. [This vessel was built in 1870 at Newcastle,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The boat placed over the wrecked ketch sank at her moorings. The owners are trying to shift the ketch into shallow water, as where it now lies it is dangerous to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →During a thunderstorm between 10 and 11 o'clock on Tuesday night the local post and telegraph office was struck by lightning, and the telegraphing apparatus completely…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Wilson, Engineer of tho Victorian Ports and Harbors, received a telegram late oh Thursday, January 7, from San Remo stating that it was believed that a fore-and-aft schooner or…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →LONDON, Thursday Night. -- The Armand Behic, a new steamer built by the Messageries Maritimes Company for the Australian trade, has performed a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →By an explosion on board the steamer Domira, belonging to the African Lakes Company, on Lake Nyassa, 11 persons were killed and 11 injured. The persons…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →At a meeting of the Cabinet on Tuesday afternoon, January,12, Mr, Munro announced his decision to accept the AgentGeneralship in accession to Sir Graham Berry…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The African Lakes Company's steamer Domira captured and burnt two slave dhows on Lake Nyassa, in Africa. A storm swamped the boats while returning…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Further reports from the East regarding the loss of the steamer Namehow, wrecked in Chinese waters, state that 50 of the persons on board were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The boat placed over the wrecked ketch sank at her moorings. The owners are trying to shift the ketch into shallow water, as where it now lies it is dangerous to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE narrative of the A.S.N. Co. is simply a record of the history of Australia, and the progress of the company is identical with the advancement of the various colonies…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A telegram from the Brunswick, dated yesterday, says: —"January 17: Endeavour (s.), in trying to cross out today, went ashore on the South Spit. She is in no danger, and will probably float to-morrow (Monday) morning."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the voyage of the Du[?]syre from Glasgow to Sydney some floating wreckage was bassed. On the 2nd instant, while running down the east[?]ng, the weather very bad at the time, some spars were seen in the water with sails…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General, Political, Commercial, Mining, Shipping, Sporting, and Social News. Births, Marriages, and Deaths from date of departure of last mail per Orient line…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer John Elder has gone ashore during a heavy fog near Magellan Straits, South America. The vessel became a total wreck, and the whole of the cargo was lost…
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