Accident to a Ketch
Our correspondent yesterday wired from Barranjoey:— "The ketch Premier, from Port Macquarie, has put in with loss of mainboom and [?]bboom."…
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A Coasting Ketch in Trouble
The coasting ketch Premier apears to have had a rough handling In tho westerly gale prevailing off the coast. A wire from Captain W. Champion, the Customs officer at Barraujoey,…
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A fireman named Robert Gilbert, employed on the steamer Commodore, was on the vessel yesterday when a winch crushed his foot. He was removed to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident ona Steamer. Explosion of a Rocket. Two Seamen Injured
ALBANY (W.A.), Thursday. — The coastal steamer M'Gregor. ,with a number of passengers including Bishop Riler, left here for Esperance on Saturday last. When off Bremar Bay at 3…
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PERTH, Thursday.--The seaman, David Oliver, who was injured by the explosion on the steamer Macgregar, died last night. At the Inquest held to-day, a verdict was returned to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Huddart, Parker, and Co.'s New Steamer
Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co. received a telegram from Albany announcing that their new steamship Westralia arrived at Albany last night ea route from England. She leaves Albany…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Remarkable Australian Shipwrecks. the Loss of the Dunbar. Over 100 Taken and One Left. the Survivor's Story. His Miraculous Escape—A Catostrophe
In writing of the most noted Australasian shipwracks which at one time and another, within comparatively recent years, have thrilled the inhabitants of Australasia,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Seductive Senior Countable. Ruined, Wrecked, and Abandoned
It is a common public decision that a policeman is per[?] of fair [?] and some honor. There are policemen who fill the bill, but they are remarkably acarce…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New Mail Steamer Moana
The R.M.S. Monowal, sailing hence to-day for San Francisco, will be withdrawn from the A. and A. route on her return to Sydney next trip, it having been arranged to replace her by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Arrival of the Steamer Titus. News From the Islands
The steamer Titus, flying the flag of Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co., arrived yesterday from the Islands. The Titus on this occasion extended to German New Guinea and Now Britain, calling…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Boat Adrift. And the Newcastle Steamer. The Captain's Version. No Signal Notlood-- Thought They Were Fishermen
With reference to the recent adventure of the three young men in a sailing boat off the Pleads it was stated that one or two steamers passed the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Warren Hastings. Story of the Wreck. Courage and Discipline. Saving the Women and Children-- Kindness and Hospitality of the French
'A' despatch from St. Louis, Reunion, states:-- The troopship Warren Hastings struck at 2.20 a.m. on January 14, at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wreck of the Alpha. Marine Board Decision
At the usual weekly meeting of the Marine Board held this, afternoon the Board gave its reserved decision in the inquiry Into the wreck of the 82-ton…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Steamer Chartered. Newcastle
The steamer Tahlee has been chartered to run in connection with the creamery works up the Myall Lakes. A Maori who was yesterday admitted…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- The steamer Tangll sank at Bairnsdale in a mysterious manner last night, and all but 3ft. of the funnel is submerged. She had 25 tons of Melbourne cargo…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle News. The Fletcher Memorial. And the Cycling Sports. Now Lifeboat from England -- Licensed Victuallers' Outing. NEWCASTLE
The adjourned meeting of the Fletcher Memorial committee was held af the City council-chambers last evening. There were also present several…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shipping Casualties. the Steamer Nairnshire. Collision with an Iceberg. a Miraculous Escape
The steamer Nairnshire, which arrived yesterday from London, had a sensational encounter with icebergs during her outward voyage. She left London with a large cargo for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of a French Steamer. the Ville De Saint Nazaire. Eighty Lives Lost
LONDON, Thursday.--From New York it is reported that the French steamer Ville de Saint Nazaire has foundered in heavy weather experienced off Cape Hatteras, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of a French Steamer. Four Survivors Picked Up. Drifting Seven Days at Sea. Insanity and Starvation
LONDON, March 18.—Reports from New York state that a boat containing four of the survivors of the wreck of the French Transatlantic steamer Ville de la Nazaire, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of a French Steamer. The Queen at Nice. the Ville De Saint Nazaire. Eighty Lives Lost. Visited by the Austrian Emperor
LONDON, March 18.—The steamer Ville de Saint Nazaire, belonging to the Compagnie Generale Trausatlantique of Marseilles, has foundered off Cape Hatteras, on the coast of LONDON, March 18.—The Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria has visited the Queen at Cimiez, near Nice…
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