Death on the Steamer Taviuni
Captain Smith, of the steamer Taviuni, which has just returned from a cruise among the Island's, reports the death of a passenger, Mr. H. C. Choesman, during the…
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Australian Live Stock. Arrival of the Steamer Yarrawonga
LONDON, Thursday, 1 p.m. -- The steamer Yarrawonga, which left Sydney on November 9, calling at Melbourne and Adelaide en route, has…
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On the night of December 22 the barque Durisdeer, from Simon's Town, was stranded on the North Beach, Stockton, near Newcastle, where she subsequently became a wreck. In his evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 75 →New Zealand. the Wreck of the Halcione. the Vessel Gone to Pieces
AUCKLAND, Friday. -- The barque Halclone, which was wrecked near Wellington on Wednesday night, has disappeared, the heavy bumping on the reef having…
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LONDON, January 11.—The Canadian Australian line steamer Miowera, which left Vancouver on December 18, for Sydney, picked up the steamer Strathnevis in a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire on a West Australian Steamer. the Cintra Puts Into Portland Ablaze. 500 Passengers on Board. the Fire Under Control
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Portland reports that the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Cintra, bound for West Australia, arrived in the bay at that port between 2 p.m. and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Steamer on Fire. a Stowaway's Smoke. Outbreak Aboard the Cintra. MELBOURNE
The A.U.S.N. Co.'s steamer Cintra, bound for "West Australia, put into Portland Bay yesterday afternoon on fire. She was accompanied by the steamship Bulimba,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Steamer on Fire. The Cintra's Experience. Extent of the Damage. MELBOURNE
Further inquiry concerning the fire on board the Cintra elicited that the damage to internal fittings was not so extensive as at first reported. The hull was not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Bulawayo
Messrs. Dangar, Gedye, and Company have received wire to the effect that the steamer Bulawayo was sighted off Cape Otway. and will arrive at Port Pirie to-morrow. She will there load 3000 tons of ore, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Waira[?]
It has been arranged that a steamer for the purpose of [?] the wreek will leave Auckland on 28th January, and will go right round Great [?] Island, first to the [?] ground, and thence round the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Loss of the Barque Halcione. the Wreck Sighted by the Steamer Wakatipu
Passengers by the Union llner Wakatipu, which arrived yesterday from New Zealand, had a view of tho wreck of tho barque Hal- clone on the passage out of Wellington, on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shipping Casualties. the Steamer Mogul in Collision
A cable received through the Marino Under writers' Association of Victoria, dated London January 13, says:--"The Mogul,, steamer, 2354 . tons, of Rochester, which was advised as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Stranding of the Steamer Fifeshire. the Captain's Certificate Suspended
The inquiry into the stranding or the steamer Fifeshire off Oamaru, whilst en route from Sydney, has been concluded at Lyttelton. The opinion expressed by tho witnesses was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Steamer Rakaia. Grounding on a Sandbank. London, Jan. 15
The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Kakain, which left London on 25th December for New Zealand, went on a sandbank off the Capo de Verde…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stranding of a New Zealand Steamer. Refloated with But Little Damage
LONDON, Wednesday.-- The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Rakaia, which left London on December 25 for New Zealand ports, stranded sandbank off Cape…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General Cables. a Steamer Aground. The Goa Rebellion. The Death Duties-- The Ashantee Expedition-- Commercial and Mining
The following cables arrived after yesterday's last edition had gone to press :-- London, January 15…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Grasmere
By the Union steamer Wakatipu, Captain Morrison, of the Sydney barque Grasmere, recently lost in Cook's Straits Whilst on a passage from Newcastle to Wellington, coal laden, was a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wreck of the Halcione. Details of the Disaster
Particulars are to hand of the wreck of the barque Halcione, 843 tons, belonging to the Shaw, Savill and Albion Co., which went ashore at Pencarrow Head on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Wreck of the Grasmere. Arrival of the Captain
Captain Morrison, of tho Sydney barque Grasmere, recently lost in Cook Straits whilst on a passage from Newcastle to Wellington, coal laden, was a passenger by the Union…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Zealand. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) Wreck of the Halcione. Auckland
A magisterial inquiry into the wreck of the barque Halcione was held to-day. The Court declared that the wreck was the result of an accident caused through stress of weather without…
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