A Ketch Ashore. Melbourne
The ketch Scotsman broke her moorings at Queenscliff and went ashore. She will become a total wreck, A strong easterly gale is blowing. There is no one aboard…
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A Ketch Wrecked
MELBOURNE, January 31.-The ketch Scotsman was driven ashore off the Queenscliff Jetty to-day, and has become a total wreck. No one was on board…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck at Macleay. The Schooner Margaret Jane Abandoned. Swept Ashore and Broken Up
It was reported in the STAR on Wednesday that the schooner Margaret Jane had come to an anchor in Trial Bay flying signals of distress. The prison boat went…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The ketch Scotsman, engaged in the crawfish trade, broke from her moorings at Queenscliffe during a strong easterly gale last night…
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A telegram from Queenscliffe this morning states that the fishing cutter Cotsman went ashore at 10 o'clock between the old and the new jetties, and is likely to become…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Hurricane at Fiji. Further Details --Safety of the Schooner Meda
The A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Birksgate arrived yesterday from the islands, bringing further details of the hurricane at Fiji. "The best news we have," said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Schooner Margaret Jane. the Crew Rescued by the Prison Boat
With reference to the schooner Margaret Jane, reported to be in danger at Trial Bay, Commander C. G. Home, superintendent of the Trial Bay prison, telegraphed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Fiji Hurricane News by the Birksgate. Heavy Loss of Shipping:. The Schooner Meda in Safety
Further particulars regarding the recent hurricane came to hand by the A.U.S.N. steamer Birksgate, which arrived yesterday from the islands. Captain Saunders…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Island Hurricane. Dire Devastation. Arrival of the S.S, Birksgate. Sweeping the Islands--A Lighthouse Washed Away--Safety of the Mission Schooner Maida
The A.U.S.N. Co.'s steamship Birksgate, under the command of Captain C. E. Saunders, returned to harbor this morning from New Caledonia, Fiji and Norfolk Island…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News by Cable. The Shipping Disaster. Farther Details. 370 Drowned. Only Twenty Saved. Terrible Scenes. Rushing the Boats. The Colliding Steamer
LONDON, January 30, 10 p.m.- Twenty of those on board the North German Lloyd's steamer Elbe, bound from Bremen for New York, which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Special Cables Collision at Sea. a Terrible Disaster. Loss of a German Steamer. 380 Persons Drowned. Fearful Scenes.--women Frantic. Men Fighting for Places in the Boats
LONDON. Wednesday Night.--News has been received of a terrible shipping disaster in the North Sett. The screw steamer Elbe, owned by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kempsey Weather. Wreck of the Margaret Jane. Vessel Dashed to Pieces
KEMPSEY, February 1.-The schooner Margaret Jane has become a total wreck about two miles south of Macleay Heads. The anchors held the vessel all day, but…
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The Government official at Barranjocy reports that he hits found a piece of wreckage on the ocean beach this morning. This was like the piece of a ship's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Special Cables. Thom the Herald's London Correspondents. Terrible Marine Disaster. Two Steamers in Collision. a German Mail Steamer Sunk. Panic Among the Passengers. the Boats Rushed. Fearful Loss of Lite. London, Jan. 30
A terrible disaster occurred in the North Sea at an early hour this morning. The North Gorman Lloyd mail steamer Elbe, bound from Bremen to New York,…
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The secretary of the Marine Board yesterday received the following telegram from the lighthouse-keeper at Barranjoey, Broken Bay:--"A piece of board was found on…
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HOBART, Friday.--The ketch Morning Light. 30 tons, has been totally wrecked at Davison's Bay, near Woolnorth. The crew was saved. The vessel was bound from…
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Captain Russell, of the mission schooner Meda, writing to the Rev. Dr. J. Brown regarding the vessel's late experiences, says: "On January 7, whilst…
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KEMPSEY, Friday.--The schooner Victoria, which was anchored in Trial Bay near the ill-fated Margaret Jane, was seen yesterday to be laboring heavily, the seas…
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KEMPSEY. Friday.--The schooner Margaret Jane, which was abandoned and left at anchor at Trial Bay on Wednesday, broke away from her moorings yesterday…
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LONDON, January 25.—A heavy gale swept over the English Channel to-day. During the height of the storm the…
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