The Centennial Wreck. Salvage Operations
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—Salvage operations at the wreck of the steamer" Centennial at Broughton Island haTe resulted in the recovery of the engines, boiler, winches, propeller,…
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Northern Notes. Tho Wrecked Steamer Orara. NEWCASTLE
Messrs. Fenwick's tug Hero returned from the wrecked steamer Orara last night. Captain Peuner states that he succeeded in laying the salvage gear safely, although a nasty…
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The steamer Orara still remains ashore at the Tweed River. Mr. G. W. Nicoll, the owner of the vessel yesterday received a telegram from Captain Williams stating that pumps had been placed on…
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The German mail steamer Prinz Regont Luitpold arrived at Fremantle from Colombo at 9.50 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Anglo-australian Notes. the Largest Steamer in the World
LONDON, January 20. -- I well remember the sensation created in Liverpool 29 years ago by the arrival of the old Oceanic, the first of the now famous fleet of White Star liners. She was a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News by Cable. [Copyright] I The Atlantic Storms. Fifteen Steamers Overdue. the Steamer Bulgaria. Reinsured at 85 GUINEAS
LONDON, February 21, 3.40 p.m.—Fifteen Atlantic steamers are overdue. The Hamburgh-American Company's steamer Bulgaria has been reinsured at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Schooner Talbot. a Total Wreck
A telegram from Nelson's Bay yesterday stated: -- "The schooner Talbot, that was ashore in Fingal Hay, has become a total wreck. The heavy, sea of Monday and Tuesday swept clean over her…
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The steamer Yukon, which, as mentioned in yesterday's "Daily Telegraph," has been purchased by the U.S.S. Co. for the Tasmanian trade, is quite a now vessel. She was built last year by…
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PARTH (W.A.), Thursday.—When the German, mail steamer arrived at Fremantle a large crowd assembled to welcome General Booth, who was a passenger; but it was soon discovered…
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There is still a possibility of the steamer Orara being rescued from her perilous position at the Tweed River entrance. The tug Hero, which took the salvage plant to the river, returned to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Smallpox on a Mail Steamer. General Booth Quarantined an Awkward Development
PERTH, Wednesday. -- The German mall steamer Prinz Regent Luitpold, with General Booth on hoard, arrived at Fremantle at 11 o'clock last night. An enormous crowd, composed chiefly of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Orara. (Some of the Following Items Appeared in our Late Editions of Yesterday.) Salvage Operations. Hopes of Getting the Vessel Off
MURWILLUMBAH, Wednesday Afternoon.—The tug Hero arrived at the Tweed Heads with pumps and salvage gear for the wrecked steamer Orara on Sunday. These were discharged, and…
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The Sydney Underwriters' Association has received the following telegram from captain Bentley, their salvage officer, now at the stranded steamer Orara, at the Tweed River:--"Both…
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PERTH, Thursday.--General Booth and staff, contrary to expectations, went into quarantine at Woodman's Point this afternoon, along with other passengers. Dr. Hope gave the Army…
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All hopes of saving the Orara has been abandoned. This fine little steamer, the best of Mr. G, W. Nicoll's line of only 10 months old, got aground, it will be remembered,…
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The steamer Orara, when entering the Tweed River Heads at 1 p.m. on February 16 struck the bar, and drifted on to the northern beach, and was. caught on the rocks. The accident occurred…
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The new steamer Orara, which while gaily dressed in bunting made a successful trial spin up tin Parramatta River in bright weather as recently as Saturday, October 22, and has since been engaged in…
Continued on Trove, page 445 →The Steamer Germanic. Successfully Refloated
LONDON, February 24, 2.55 p.m.—The White Star line steamer Germanic, which sank at the wharf at New York, owing to the pressure of ice tilting the vessel, so that the water flowed into…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Design for a Harbor Steamer, (See illustration on this page.)
Au invention iu the construction of steamers of the class adapted for harbor traffic has been registered under patent rights by Mr. A. Donaldson, of Forest Lodge, who is an old and…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →The Atlantic Storms. the Steamer Bulgaria Safe. a Terrible Experience
LONDON, February 24.—The Hamburg-American Company's steamer Bulgaria, which, was last seen in a sinking condition in the Atlantic with sixty-five persons remaining on board,…
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