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The monthly meeting of the National Shipwreck Relief Society of New South Wales was held yesterday afternoon, in the Exchange. Mr. J. H. Storey was in chair. There were also present—Captains F…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A cablegram was received from London, February 28, stating that the steamer Ruahine, on her way from London to Hobart, had put into St. Helena on fire, and with lower decks flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The monthly meeting of the National Shipwreck Relief Society of New South Wales was held on Thursday afternoon at the Exchange. Mr. J. H. Storey was in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, March 4.—The steamer Ruahine, from London to New Zealand, which had a fire aboard before reaching St. Helena, has arrived at the Cape, where she will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Ruahine, from London to New Zealand, which had a fire aboard before reaching St. Helena, has arrived at the Cape…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →What has the appearance of a calamity in mid-ocean is reported by the master of the barque Glenlora, bound from London to Nelson, New Zealand. He states that when in 47· E., 45·34 S., he sighted a large quantity of wreekage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →By the schooner Isabel, from the Solomon Islands, there arrived in Sydney yesterday Captain W. T. Kirkpatrick and two of the crew, named respectively S. Behan and R…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It was stated yesterday that only a part of the shipwrecked crew of the Sandfly returned to Sydney by the schooner Isabel. Two of the hands remained behind for the purpose of joining the Sydney-owned brigantine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Newfield was wrecked which on a voyage to Brisbane from Sharpness with a cargo of salt. She ran on the rocks near Curdie's River Victoria, and became a total wreck. The captain and eight of the crew were drowned, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Monday.--Extensive damage has been done at Sandgate, Kent, by landslips. Two hundred houses were wrecked, and the sea-bed upheaved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The small steamer Pilot, while engaged temporarily this evening at the scene of the Cape Verde wreck, owing to the rough weather, got a rope foul…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, March 7.—The French gunboat La Bourdonnais has been wrecked off the coast of Madagascar. Twenty-three of the craw were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The French gunboat La Bourdonnais has been wrecked off the coast of Madagascar. Twenty-three of the crew were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The barque Lady Lamson has been wrecked on Palmyra Island. The crew endured terrible sufferings. They took to two boats, and for nine days they were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →AUCKLAND, Wednesday.--It is feared that the late stormy weather has been responsible for another shipping disaster. A report from Waitara, a small township on the West Coast…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday Night.--News has been received of the total wreck of the wooden barque Lady Lampson, 424 tons, owned by Mr. J. J. Moore, of Honolulu…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE, Friday, 2.30 a.m. -- The steamer, supposed to be the Federal, is still ashore on the North Spit, near Stockton. The tug Gooliva had towropes aboard, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, March 9.—The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Roahine, which put into Capetown for repairs owing to a fire having broken, out on board, has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the height of the gale a little before 8 this evening two guns from Signal Hill were heard. Crowd ran to the wharf. The lifeboat with a tug went out at once, and discovered that a steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Ruahine, which put into Capetown for repairs in consequence of a fire having broken out on board before…
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