The Sunken Steamer Merksworth
In connection with the salvage work at the sunken steamer Merksworth at Cremorne Point, Bullivant's Australian Company, Limited, are engaged fitting three steel wire ropes for Messrs…
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The Whaling Steamer Mary
A Launceston message says:— The captain of the ketch Florence Mand, which arrived from Straits Islands today. Friday, reports that a small steam whaler, named the Mary, from Sydney, had put in at kangaroo and Flinders…
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The Orient Company write:— "The R.M.S. Orient seems to have had some detention on the passage from Melbourne, having tignalled all well off Jervis Bay at 4.30 on Monday afternoon, when she was…
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The salvage operations for the recovery of the steamer Princess, which sprang a leak whilst on her trip from the Hawkesbury River to Sydney, and was beached at Barrenjoey, have been…
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A telegram from Cunninghame, in Victoria, posted in the Sydney Exchange this morning, states that "A large barque is ashore on the 90-Mile Beach, three miles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wind and Rain Storm at Melbourne. Heavy Sea in the Bay. Many Boats Driven Ashore. the River Yarra Rising
MELBOURNE, Monday.--The weather is wet and wintry. Rain fell incessantly all night and throughout to-day. The Yarra is rising rapidly, but a serious flood is not anticipated. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather. the Government Astronomer on the Drought. He Considers It Broken-up. Storm Alongthe Coast. a Mail Steamer and Other Vessels Delayed
Following upon the very full reports from Harald correspondents from the country, published yesterday, of the invaluable rainfall, considerable interest was taken in the weather chalis that at 9 a.m. are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boat Ahoy! a Solitary Occupant. Rescued by a Steamer. A Pyrmont Man Almost Gives Himself Up for Lost--Sydney to Bro- ken Bay in a Small Boat. NEWCASTLE
The steamer Sophia Ann arrived here at an early hour this morning, having on board a man who was picked up in a boat at sea yesterday evening…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The French schooner Lady St. Aubyn, from Kaipara to Fremantle, with a cargo of timber, put into this port in a leaky condition. Three days after leaving Kaipara…
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ESPERANCE (W.A.). Wednesday.—The mail tender Macgregor, when about to start for Eucla, drove into the jetty, and did considerable damage. This is said to be the second time the Macgregor has…
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The mail packet Macgregor is again in trouble. She was preparing to get away for Eucla, when she grounded, swung round, and was beached a hundred feet from the shore. She drove…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Barque County Antrim. Ashore at Gippsland Lakes. All Hands Saved
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--News was received from Cunninghame to-day that the barque County Antrim, bound from Maryport, England, to Brisbane with a cargo of steel rails, had gone…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Gulf of Siam. London, Jan. 11
The Gulf line steamer Gulf of Siam, from Sydney for London, Manchester, and Glasgow, stranded in Morroch Bay, but got off uninjured and proceeded to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The R.m.s. Orient. the Steamer in a Mountainous Sea. a Brig Sighted in Distress. Timely Aid
Some idea of the recent terrible weather at sea is obtained from the following report of the R.M.S. Orient, on her way from Melbourne to Sydney. Captain H. E. Inskip says:—"We left Port Melbourne…
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Andrew Weir, a young man, was before the Paddington Police Court to-day charged with having wrecked a large plate glass window, the property…
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Salvage operations are still proceeding at the surken steamer Merksworth, at Cremorne Point. Messrs. Sheehy and Sons, the contractors for the raising of the vessel, have already recovered 200…
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A meeting of the committee of the New South Wales Shipwreck Relief Society was held yesterday in the Exchange Buildings, when the matter of recognising the gallantry displayed by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wreck of the County Antrim. Narrow Escape of a Boat's Crew
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The wreck of the barque County 'Antrim has listed a good deal, the strong easterly wind having canted her slightly seaward. A boat's crew of five men…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Zealand. Wreck of the Steamer Manaia
WELLINGTON, Thursday.--The small steamer Manaia was wrecked on the Den Beach, near Opunake, to-day. The members of the crew were saved. The cause of the accident is attributed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Malarial Fever on the Steamer Clitus
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The steamer Clitus, which arrived in Hobson's Bay on Monday night, has some 35 Japanese, members of the crew, suffering from malarial fever. When the steamer…
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