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Upon the arrival of the steamer Oak Branch at Cardiff recently, from Sydney, the Mayor presented £1000 to the officers and crew, on behalf of the underwriters of the vessel, in recognition of the skill and seamanship…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The new addition to the White Star fleet (says an English contemporary), which Messrs. Ismay, Imrie, and Company have arranged with Messrs. Harland and Wolff, of Belfast, to construct, will exceed in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At 8 o'clock this morning Chief Officer Thompson, of the Newcastle and Hunter River Co.'s stearner Namoi, reported to the water police that one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The following passages have been booked by the China Navigation Company's steamer Chingtu, sailing hence at noon to-morrow for Hongkong and Japan via ports: -- Mr. G. Macfarlane, Mr. F. W. Ainsinck, Mr. R. H. Mann…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The steamer Warrigal, of Lund's Blue Anchor line, which arrived at Adelaide yesterday, brings 220 men for the Australian station. They are in charge of Lieutenant S. C. Weigall, who was in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Having heard of an experience which few are called upon to undergo, a reporter was despatched to learn the true facts of the case, and on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AFTER dealing with three such dreadful disasters as the Dunbar, Orpheus, and Cawarra, it is a welcome change to record one where, though a fine ship was totally…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →THE wreck of the steamer Cawarra off Newcastle during a violent storm in 1866 beats considerable resemblance to that of the Dunbar and Orpheus, already recorded…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Our London correspondent writes: -- The new steamer Oceanic, which is being built for the American mail service, will break the world's record for length, hitherto held by the Great Eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →By the mail per O[?]hir, it is stated that Messrs. Harland and Wolff are building a steamer, to be called the Oceanic, which will exceed the dimensions of the Great Eastern, and will be, by 65ft., longer than any vessel now affloat or in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THURSDAY ISLAND, Wednesday.--The steamer Warregeo arrived this morning from Cooktown, and brings news of the wreck of the schooner [?] on the 4th inst., on the Barrier Reef, ten…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. W. Lund's Blue Anchor steamer Warrigal is due in part to-day from London, and upon arrrwal she will bring up in Neutral Bay. The Warrigal has on board 228 petty officers, blue Jackets, and marines for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Warrego arrived here this morning bringing news of the wreek of the schooner Myrtle while on a voyage from Moresby to Cooktown, on the outer edge of the Barrier Reef, 10 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THURSDAY ISLAND, Thursday.—Captain Fleetwood, of the steamer Warrego, reported when he arrived yesterday that the schooner Myrtle had gone on the outer edge of the Barrier Reef, 10 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A new steamer for the New South Wales coastal trade was launched recently from the shipbuilding yard of Messrs. Gourlay Brothers, of Dundee, being built to the order of Mr. G. W…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The necessity for further dredging in Lake Macquarie was seen on Sunday last, when Mr. Smith's steamer Cygnet arrived at Swansea on an experimental…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Aberdeen White [?]tar ste[?]mer Aberdeen is due here to-morrow from London, and Captain A.T. Wills, who is still in command reports a successful voyage. Gravesend was left on February 20 The run down Channel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the Balmain Court yesterday, before Mr. Addison, S.M., Charles Michelmore, a foreman at Mort's Dock, was charged on information with unlawfully assaulting a lad named Tom Sawyer, on board the Westralia, on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co. have received a telegram from Queensland confirming the news of the loss of their schooner Myrtle on the Barrier Reef. The vessel, which was engaged in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A telegram has been received from Cooktown announcing the wreck of the steamer Burdekin on the night of March 24, on a reef 16 miles south-west…
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