The Wreck of the Alert
MELBOURNE, January 11.— At the coronial inquiries on the bodies of the victims of the Alert disaster, the jury added a "rider expressing regret that the vessel was not signalled from Cape…
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Steamer on Fire. London
The Now Zealand Shipping Company's steamer, Kaikoora, bound from London to New Zealand, arrived at Tenerifle with her cargo on fire. The damage to the…
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Labour recruiting for the Queensland plantations is again in full swing. The business is a very profitable one if the ship has luck: that is, if she fills up quickly. The Sybil that has arrived at her destination in Queensland…
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The steamer Malabar, which was overdue at Bombay, has arrived safe at her destination…
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The lighthouse-keeper at Queenscliff has telegraphed that a schooner, name unknown, is on the inside reef near the Barwon Heads, The Queenscliff lifeboat has been…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.--The recent sultry weather has caused a dense fog along the coast, and this, together with smoke from bush fires, has created some anxiety in…
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An inquiry into the circumstances attending the wreck of the brigantine Eileen Donau, which took place at the Chesterfield Group on 9th December, 1893, was held by the Marine Board yesterday…
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Another instance of the good work the Shipwreck Relief Society of New South Wales is doing occurred the other day. The master of an intercolonial steamer was lost an a voyage round the coast from Sydney to Melbourne, and his…
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The Marine Board yesterday investigated the circumstances under which the brigantine Eillan Donan was wrecked last month in the Chesterfield Group, The…
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In Australian trade, For months of July August and September see former issues. At appeared, in the columns of the Daily Commercial…
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A cable has been received from Noumea stating that the barque Nicoya, owned in Melbourne, has got on a reef in the Bulari Pass, the entrance to the port of Noumea. No particulars were given as to the extent of the damage, but…
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LONDON, Tuesday Night.--During the voyage of the steamer Normannia, 8250 tons, from New York to Naples, she was struck by a tidal wave in the Atlantic,…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The steamer Yaralla, chartered to convey sugar machinery from the Clarence River to Maryborough, experienced the full force of the gale on the…
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LONDON, January 23.—During the voyage of the White Star line steamer Normannia, 8250 tons, from New York to Naples, she was struck by a tidal wave in the Atlantic,…
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The Roma, R.M.S., arrived from Sourabaya this morning, and sails for Cooktown before dark. She reports that the Jumna, R.M.S., took fire in the lower part of the…
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NOUMEA, Tuesday.--The Melbourne-owned barque Nicoya, from Saigon bound to Noumea, has been totally wrecked on one of the Bulari reefs. The vessel was entering the port at…
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The French mail steamer Ville de la Ciotat was yesterday moved from the Quay to take up the position of flagship for the National Regatta. In placing his magnificent ship at the disposal of the regatta committee in the…
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The port master received a telegram this evening stating that the telegraph operator at Karumba, a port of Normanton, on the Gulf of Carpent[?], reports that the Vigilant…
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AUCKLAND, Friday.—The steamer Kahu has arrived, at Lyttelton from the Chatham Islands with part of the cargo of the Jessie Readmon. When she left the islands the stranded vessel had…
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AUCKLAND, Thursday.--The steamer Kahu has arrived at Lyttelton from the Chatham Islands with the cargo of wool from the Jessie Readman. When she left the…
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