Loss of a French Steamer. Eighty Drowned. London, March 18
The French liner La Ville de la Nazaire has foundered off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States. Eighty persons were drowned…
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News by Cable. Shipping Disasters. A Dutch Liner Wrecked. One Hundred Persons Drowned
LONDON, March l8—The Dutch liner Utrecht, bound from Rotterdam to Java, has been wrecked off the island of Ushant, near the coast of France…
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The Dutch liner Utrecht, [?]ound Java, has been wrecked off the Island of Ushant. One hundred persons were drowned…
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LONDON, Thursday.--The Dutch liner Utrecht, bound from Rotterdam to Java, has been wrecked off Ushant, an Island near the ceast of France…
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The Dutch liner Utrecht, bound for Java, has been lost off the island of Ushant. One hundred of those on board were…
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A party of 12 miners left Sydney last evening for New Guinea by the steamer Titus, of Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co.'s line. The vessel is to call at Townsville, and a representative of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Wreck of a French Steamer. Four Survivors Rescued. Many Others Become Insane. Deaths From Starvation
LONDON, Thursday Night.--Reports from New York state that a boat containing four of the survivors of the wreck of the French Trans-Atlantic steamer, Ville de Saint…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Tale of the Sea. the Wreck of a French. Steamer. Survivors Drifting About for Seven Days. 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…
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T takes some tima to gather in the records of shipwrecks, and the return now…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Disastrous Wreck. Rescue of Survivors. From the French Liner. A Boatload Drifts for Seven Days-- Thirty-four Die From Insanity and Starvation. LONDON, March 18
News received from New York states that the schooner Hilda has arrived there with four survivors from the wreck of the French liner La Ville de…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stories Oe Australasian Shipwrecks. Loss of H.M.S. ORPHEUS. An Ill-fated Vessel. How Brave Men Met Their Fate. They Go to Their Graves with Cheers. a Fine Ship Wrocked on the Bar—In Brood Daylight—And Within Call of Ample Assistance—259 Lost and 70 Saved. A Run of III-luck and Bungling. A Middy's Marvellous Escape. A Seaman Blown Through the Hatch
"The weary hours crept onward, The waves broke fierce and fast, And fainter waxed the hands that clung By slippery shroud or mast;…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Steamer Aorangi. London to Australia. LONDON, March 21
The steamer Aorangi, belonging to Messrs Huddart, Parker and Co., Limited, has left London for Australia. Upon arrival it is intended to place…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Westralia. Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Company's New Steamer. a Splendid Coasting Vessel
Under the command of Captain Percy W. Bull, arrived this morning Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Company's new steamer Westralia, which it is intended shall take a very prominent place in…
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Who, a year or two ago, would have predicted that the word Westralia would become a word to juggle with for gold, a tali[?]manic sign at the sight of which the owners of millions of golden shekels…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Westralia. Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Company's New Steamer. a Splendid Coasting Vessel
Under the command of Captain Percy W. Bull, arrived yesterday morning Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Company's new steamer Westralia, which it is intended shall take a very prominent place in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Arrival of the Westralia. Huddart, Parker, 'And Company's New Steamer. a Magnificent Liner
A beautifully modelled steel screw steamer, with luxuriantly appointed passenger accommodation, fitted with every requisite tending to the comfort and convenience of the travelling public, is the Westralia, the latest…
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In view of the recent remarkable increase in the trade of this port, Mr. Sneddon has decided to establish a new steamer service between Sydney and Newcastle. The s.s. Balmain, well known in the…
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The North Coast Company's steamer Burrawong, in attempting to cross out from the Macleay River yesterday, went aground on the South Spit. She lies near the old entrance, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Island News by the Steamer Tanais
The French mail steamer Tanais, which arrived yesterday, brings news from Noumea to Friday last. The French steamer Saint Pierre, employed on the west coast of New Caledonia, carrying…
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