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Considerable alarm was caused in the city to-day by a report, which appears to be unfounded, to the effect that two ketches had been wrecked on Stockton Beach, near Port Stephens. A telegram from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Marine Board held an Inquiry this afternoon into the circumstances surrounding the wreck of the steamer Koonya. Evidence was given by Captain Nicolson, the master…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"I admit it is impossible for the vessel to have gone ashore on the course I have stated I steered,'" said the captain of the coastal steamer Koonya, which on January 25th became a total wreck in the vicinity of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BRISBANE, Monday.--Reports from Bundeberg state that the wreck of the Ranelagh shows indications of going to pieces…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following was received yesterday by the Telegraphic department:—Stanley (Tas.) reported by post, via West Devonport, the line being interrupted: "February 7th. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The loss of the schooner Victoria was reported yesterday from Tasmania. A telegram to the Superintendent of Telegraphs staled that the Victoria, in charge of Captain Collins, left West…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Malekula, from Rotuma, yesterday arrived with 40 tons copra. Captain Fraser reports leaving the island on January 23, so that the run up to Sydney has cecupled but 16 days. The vessel encountered the tail end of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The London Mission Society's steamer John Williams is expected to reach Sydney this morning from her cruise among tho Islands, having signalled at Port Stephens at 7 o'clock last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Following quickly on the loss of the steamer Fitzroy near Port Stephens, the A.U.S.N. Company have received news that the Ranelagh is in a bad way in Queensland waters. A report…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Messrs. Dunn Brothers, of Berry's Bay, have just completed a smart-looking screw steamer for the Gippsland Lakes trade. The new vessel, which is named the Sea Bird, has been built to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Saturday there were the usual number of races down for decision, but, unlike the previous Saturday, there was so little wind on hand that late starts and late finishes were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BUNDABERG, Tuesday.--Captain Bacheler, Lloyd's Sydney representative, returned from the wreck of the steamer Ranelagh to-day. An offer will be submitted to him to-morrow by a local…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The French mail steamer Caledonien, now at the quarantine ground, will come up to the Quay to-morrow morning to discharge her cargo. The Noumea portion of the cargo will very likely be taken by the Fiado, which is due here…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Messageries Maritimes Company have added another Dupleix to their fleet. The old steamer of that name will be remembered in Sydney as the Sydney-Noumea boat, and aftewards the Jubilee in the Sydney-New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Messrs. W. Howard Smith and Sons. Limited, with a view to meeting the growing requirements of the Australian trade, have just made a further addition to their already fine fleet of intercolonial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The South British India Company has received a cable from Auckland, New Zealand, to-day notifying the wreck of the schooner Oscar Robinson at Norfolk Island on January 16. All hands were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A cablegram from Auckland was received by the Scuta British Insurance Company this morning,(as briefly mentioned in our first edition on page 4), which stated that the schooner Oscar Robinson had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Letters received from Bebera, Somalland, give a remarkable account of the efforts made to salve the cargo of the P. and O. Company's Aden, wrecked on Scootra Island last June. It appears that two Aden firms contrated for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The steamer Fiado, Captain Bauret, chartered by [?] Philp, and Co.., left Sydney on Wednesday, January 12. with a cargo of 850 tons, besides bunker coal, two decked luggers, another smaller boat, and a small quantity of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Another well-known Sydney vessel has been wrecked at Norfolk Island. The unfortunate vessel was the schooner Oscar Robinson--a vessel of 61 tons, which had been identified with the trade…
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