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A report of the wreck at the Solomon Islands of the Sydney-owned schooner Sandfly reached here the other day by the schooner Renard. It was then stated that Captain Kirkpatrick and his crew had safely landed from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Messrs. Bros, Son, and Smith on Saturday received a telegram from Brisbane announcing the safe arrival of the crow of the schooner Sandfly, which was wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Full particulars are to hand with regard to the loss of the labor schooner Foam off the Queensland coast. The captain's narrative is as follows:--"I left Dungeness at 6 o'clock on Sunday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An inquiry was then initiated into the wreck of tho schooner Daphne, which was lost through capsizing on Wide Bay (Q.) bar. Alexander Patience, the sole survivor…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The board also commenced an inquiry into the wreck of the steamer Tweed, which went ashore at Byron Bay on February 9. A quantity of evidence was taken, after…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A telegram from Townsville states that the schooner Enterprise arrived this morning from Newcastle, having lost Captain Crossley in a gale on the 16th off Port Lookout. The vessel was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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 →LONDON, February 28.—The Tasmanian line steamer Ruahine, which sailed from London for Hobart on February 2, has arrived at St. Helena. There has been a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →While the steamer Ruahine was lying at St. Helena docks it was discovered that her cargo was on fire. The vessel was at the time under battened hatches, and it was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Since the Queen of the Hawaiian Islands was deposed our cable news has thrown much light on the progress of events in Honolulu. The temporary protectorate declared by the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →PERTH, Tuesday.--Heavy rains have been falling in the north-western portion of the colony during the past few days. Some of the inland rivers and the River Rocburne…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Auckland advices state that the colonial schooner Falcon, with a cargo of flour from Timaru to Wanganui, went ashore on the Wanganui bar. She was in tow of the Stormbird, when the line parted and she grounded. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →GRAFTON, Wednesday.—The North Coast Steam Navigation Company's steamer Kallatina, bound to Sydney, has just returned here, having broken down near Ulmarra through losing the pin…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, February 28.—The Ducal Line steamer Duke of Sutherland has been towed into St. Vincent broken down. Some of the above cables appeared in our later editions…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Duke of Sutherland, s.s., 2031 tons, of Barrow, bound from London to Australian ports, has been towed into St. Vincent, one of the Cape de Verde Islands, with her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Duke of Sutherland, bound for Australia, having broken down while on her voyage, has been towed into St. Vincent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, Tuesday Night.--The New Zealand Steamship Company's steamer Ruahine, bound from London to New Zealand ports, has been compelled to put…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Ruahine, which left London on February 2, and Plymouth on February 4, has arrived at St. Helena. On the voyage…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →All attempts to float the dredge Platypus, which has been ashore in Moreton Bay since the flood, have proved futile. The survey of the entrance to the Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Wednesday, 1.30 p.m.--Later particulars which have been received show that the fire on board the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Ruahine,…
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