Departure of the M.m. Steamer Polynesien
Evening News · Thursday 28 January 1897 · page 4
The Messageries Maritimes Company's splendid steamer Polynesien took her departure sharp to time yesterday for Marseilles, calling at Melbourne and Adelaide and ports, with a large number of passengers…
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Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 28 January 1897 · page 5
The handsome new R.M.S. China, which arrived early this morning, is not only the latest, but the largest and most powerful addition to the extensive fleet of the…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 January 1897 · page 5
The operations for the lifting of the sunken steamer Merksworth were resumed yesterday by the contractors, Messrs. Sheehy and Sons, and were attended with some success. At 2 a.m.,…
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Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 30 January 1897 · page 5
The steamer Hawea, one of the new vessels which have been built for the Union Steam Ship Company, Limited, has left Glasgow for New Zealand…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1897 · page 9
Messrs. Huddart, Parker and Co.'s new steamer Westralla is reported by cablegram to have left London for Albany, W.A., with general cargo. After discharging at that port the steamer will…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1897 · page 223
Later news has been received concerning the loss of the Indian troopship Warren Hastings, which was wrecked off the Isle of Reunion while conveying troops…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1897 · page 11
HOBART, Friday. -- The crew of the fishing cutter Seashell arrived here to-night, having walked from Eddystone Point. They state that the Seashell foundered on St. George's Rock, on the 4th…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 January 1897 · page 13
LONDON, January 25.—Later particulars received of the wreck of the Indian troopship, Warren Hastings, on the Island of Reunion while on the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Marine Board. the Missing Ketch Sunbeam
Evening News · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 5
The Marine Board gave their finding in the, case of the missing ketch Sunbeam, which left Sydney bound to Rockhampton on October 30, 1896, via Brisbane, with a crew composed of three persons…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 4
Operations were resumed last evening for the raising of the sunken steamer Merksworth. The vessel was lifted from Cremorne Point to Shell Cove one day last week, and now it is intended…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 5
GEORGETOWN, Monday.--The Adelaide Steamship Company announces locally that the steamer Herbert will leave Cairns on March 25, conveying miners to New Guinea…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 4
Messrs. Huddart, Parker, aud Co.'s new steamer Westralia is now en route to the colonies, Laving left London on Thursday last. She takes the Cape of Good Hope route, will make Albauy…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 5
BRISBANE, Monday. -- The British-India steamer India arrived to-day from London. She met heavy weather in the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay, and it was necessary…
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The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 6
The ship Oronsay, which left Melbourne for London on September 1 last, and was due to reach her destination about the middle of January, has been…
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The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 February 1897 · page 6
A notice has been put up at the General Post office to the effect that the San Francisco mall steamer Zealandia, the mails by which are due in Sydney…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1897 · page 5
Operations were resumed yesterday for the raising of the sunken steamer Merksworth, at Shell Cove. The contractors, Messrs. Sheehy and Co., lifted the vessel during the day, and they…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1897 · page 5
ADELAIDE. Tuesday. -- On January 16, when the R.M.S. Oruba was approaching Colombo, Roberr. Deans, an engineer, contrary to previous warnings, went into one of the coal bunkers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Zealand. the Steamer Zealandia Overdue at Auckland. a Search Instituted. Auckland
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1897 · page 7
Much uneasiness prevails here owing to the non-arrival of the mail steamer Zealandia, which is now from three to four days overdue, and some uncertainty exists as to the exact date of her…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 February 1897 · page 5
Mr. J. Merged, the general agent for the North German Lloyd line, yesterday received a cable to the effect that the new steamer Barbarossa left Suez on February 2 en route from Bremen to…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 February 1897 · page 5
The sunken steamer Merksworth was lifted yesterday by means of two punts and, towed from Shell Cove to Long Nose Point, Balmain. The contractors, Messrs. Sheehy and Sons hope to…
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