The Wreck of the Voorwaart
LONDON. January 5.—The captain, officers, and several of the Crew of thy Norwegian steamship Voorwarrs, which was wrecked off Penzance i the late gales, perished when…
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The Wreck of the Voorwaarts
After the wreck of the Dutch steamer. Voorwarts off Penzance the captain and mate of the vessel, as well as several of the crew, perished while endeavouring to reach the…
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LONDON, Thursday.--After the wreck of the Dutch steamer Voorwarts, off Penzance, the captain and mate of the vessel, as well as several of the crew, perished while endeavoring to reach…
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The Marine Board has agreed to reaoind the resolution passed at its meeting on October 28, that a charge of careless navigation be preferred against William John Simpson, captain of the…
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At the meeting of the Marine Board to-day, reports were received from the engineer of survey and inspector of shipping as to the injuries to the propelling gear of the steamship Paroo, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Hereward Wreck. Sympathy with the Owner
A CONSIDERABLE amount of well-deserved sympathy was expressed for the owner when it became known that the Hereward had become a total wreck a few hours after being successfully…
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According to the returns respecting tbe number of vessels that met with disaster on this coast during the year just closing it would appear that no fewer than twenty-four came to grief, and…
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EARLY last Sunday morning a loud report attracted the attention of the very few (watchmen, policemen and new year drunks) who were about Circular Quay…
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A considerable amount of well deserved sympathy was expressed for the owner when it became known that the Hereward had become a total wreck a few hours after…
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Stormy weather in the English Channel and elsewhere has resulted in disastrous losses. The peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Victoria landed at Plymouth the…
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The London Missionary Society's steamer John Williams returned to Sydney yesterday afternoon from an extended cruise among the islands. She was expected here five days ago, but Captain…
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The local Marine Board, which held an inquiry last Wednesday respecting the loss of the steamer Centennial on Broughton island on the morning of Friday, the 30th December,…
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A leviathan on wheels has just been introduced on the system operated in connection with the various works of the Carnegio Steel Company. The locomotive is the largest and heaviest in the world,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fracas on a Steamer. a Seaman Stabbed--- His Condition Critical. Another Seaman Arrested
What is reported as a serious disturbance took place last night on board a steamer at present lying in Woolloomooloo Bay. The result was that a seaman named Charles…
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Shortly before midnight on Monday, the police at Woolloomooloo received word that a quarrel had taken place on a steamer lying at one of the whar[?]es. Senior-constable Whelan and Constable…
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The steamer Falls of Keltic, now bound to Sydney from New York reported upon arrival at Melbourne that when in lat [?] long [?] a large field of floating bergs was fallen in with, these obstructions extending at…
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The Sydney underwriters yesterday received news from Singapore that the British steamer Abana, laden with coal for Port Arthur, had been wrecked near Labuan. The Abana is a steel…
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NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—No[?]nan Bain, mate of the steamer Centennial, which was wrecked at Broughton island on Dec. 30, appeared before the Marine Board yesterday to show cause why his…
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The local Murine Board this afternoon summoned Captain Norman Bain, who, at the time of the accident, was acting as mate of the steamer, to show cause why his master's…
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Norman Bain, mate or the steamer Centenmal, the loss of which, on Broughton Island, on the 30th December, was attributed by the local Marine Board to his failure to steer the course…
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