Shipping Items. Arrival of the Canadian Mail Steamer
The Canadian and Australian R.M.S. Miowera arrived early this morning from Vancouver. This vessel berthed at the Grafton wharf…
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1,574 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 79
Arrest of Butler. a Clever Plan Prepared. Constables Disguised As Quarantine Officers. Butler "Held Up" by a Revolver. He Quietly Surrenders. Asserts His Innocence. Smokes a Cigarette While Coming Ashore. a Good Seaman of Pious Disposition. Butler to Sail for Sydney on Saturday. What His Kit Contained
LONDON, Tuesday.--The Swanhilda has arrived at San Francisco, aud the Sydney detectives have secured the arrest of Butler. (The above message appeared in a second edition…
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The North Coast S. N. Company's steamer Burrawong went aground at the entrance to the Macleay River yesterday. A telegram from Kempsey states that the steamer got aground on…
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The Adelaide Steamship Company's new steamer Allinga was launched on December 1, from the shipbuilding yard of Messrs. Scott and Co., of Greenock. She is intended for the intercolonial…
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The operations for the floating of the steamer Merksworth were brought to a successful issue yesterday, when Messrs. Sheehy and Sons, the contractors, placed the vessel in the Sutherland…
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On 20th November Messrs. Arehd. M'Millan and Son, limited, launched at Dumbarton the steel screw [?] Hawea for the Union Steamship Companay of NewZelland. The dimensions of the vessel are 260ft. by 96ft. by…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—A Marine Board inquiry was commenced yesterday afternoon into the stranding of the iron barque County Antrim (on the Ninety Mile Beach, near the Gippsland Lakes)…
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A court of marine inquiry, composed of Mr. Panton, P.M., and Captains Roberts and Beavis, sat to-day to ascertain the reasons that induced Captain Hyland and his crew to put the barque…
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While endeavouring to tow the ketch Forest Queen out at Forster yesterday it was found there was not sufficient water, and in towing her back she grounded inside the bar. It was…
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An American inventor has taken out a patent for a novel life-saving contrivance in cases of disaster at sea. This is a boat kept from sinking by an inflated balloon fastened to it by a short…
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ADELAIDE, Friday.--The schooner Beatrice, 99 tons, owned by Messrs. R. Triscker and W. Kerrison, of Port Adelaide, stranded late on Thursday night, near Port Lincoln, and is now…
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The steamer Duke of Buckingham returned to London Docks on the 4th inst. for repairs, having been in collision with a steamer, name unknown, at Holehaven, on the Thames. The…
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LONDON, Friday.--The steamer Duke of Buckingham has returned to London Docks for repairs, having been in collision with a steamer, name unknown, at Holehaven, on…
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News has been received of the loss of the steamer City of Agra, which became a total wreck off Corcubian, on the coast of Spain. Thirty-five of those…
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The steamer City of Agra has been lost off the Spanish port of Coroubion, near Cape Finisterre. Thirty-five of those on board were…
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The North Coast S.N. Company's steamer Burrawong still remains ashore at the Macleay River entrance. A wire from Kempsey yesterday stated every effort has been made to get…
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LONDON, Sunday Night.--News has been received that the steamer City of Agra has been lost off the Spanish port of Corcubion, near Cape Finisterre…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Small-pox Scare Outbreak on a Steamer. Excitement at Melbourne. The Nineveh in Quarantine- Many Passengors Landed. MELBOURNE
There was a good deal of excitement in the city to-day over the discovery of two cases of small pox on board the Aberdeen steamer-Nineveh. The…
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The secretary of the Marine Board yesterday received a telegram from the pilot at the Macleay River with reference to the stranded steamer Burrawong. The pilot reports that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Langton Grange. London, Feb. 9
The steamer Langton Grange, of the Grange Line, which put into Buenos Ayres on 6th January in a disabled condition, has resumed her voyage to London…
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