The Plover Ashore. London, March 20
H.M. gunboat Plover is ashore below Kiu Kiang, a treaty port on tho Yangtsze Kiang, 480 miles north-north-east of Canton. The gunboat Redpole has gone to the assistance…
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Fire on a Steamer. the Jumna's Cargo Damaged
LONDON, Wednesday.--The British India Steam Navigation Company's steamer Jumna arrived at Plymouth yesterday with a general cargo from Queensland ports, after an…
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News received from Fiji states that on the 13th and 14th instant the group was visited by a terrific hurricane, which caused great damage. At Levuka the damage is estimated at £20,000 Six native…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Wednesday Afternoon.- The steamer Taviuni, from Fiji and the Islands, brings news of a disastrous hurricane at Levuka on March 13 and 14. Fortunately no large vessels…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Wednesday.--A disastrous hurricane occurred in Levuka and neighborhood on March 13 and 14. The town was practically wrecked, the total damage being estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on a Steamer. Exciting Experiences. a Narrow Escape
LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The fire which broke out on board the steamer Jumna, from Queensland ports for London, was first discovered in the steamer's bunkers, on the 9th…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision at Sea. a Steamer Sunk. Thirteen Persons Drowned. LONDON, March 21
A collision has occurred between the German- Australian steamer Chemnitz, of 2709 tons, which left Sydney for the Continent on January 14, and the steamer Tay, off…
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The guard boat Thelma and the horse boat Benelon, of the Sydney Ferries' Company, Limited, collided off Macquarie Point yesterday morning. At the time of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Terrible Hurricane in Fiji. Vessels Driven Ashore—seven Persons Killed
News received from Fiji states that on the 13th and 14th instant the group was visited by a terrific hurricane, which caused great damage. At Levuka the damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tasmania. the Pateena Ashore in the Tamar. Georgetown
The Pateena, on the way down the Tamar, bound from Launceston to Melbourne, took ground on the cast side of the river about 6 on Saturday evening, owing to a portion of the steering gear carrying away…
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Advices by the last mail mention that the Fairfield Ship Building Company has received an order to build for the Orient Steam Navigation Company, a twin-screw steamer of greater dimensions…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Deliberate Suicide. a Man Jumps From a Manly Steamer
Considerable excitement prevailed on board the Manly ferry steamer Manly on the 9.30 trip from Sydney last night, the cause being the deliberate suicide of a passenger. The Manly, it appears,…
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EDEN, Monday.--The ketch Violet, from Sydney to Melbourne, put into Twofold Bay to repair damage to her rudder head, sustained through heavy weather to the south-west of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tasmania. a Schooner Wrecked. Launceston
News was received by the Yambacoona to-day from King Island that the fore-and-aft schooner Bruthen, bound from Burnie to Adelaide with a cargo of palings, went ashore in Sea Elephant Bay…
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WELLINGTON, Monday.--The yacht Ariadne, bound from Sydney to Dunedin, has gone ashore near the mouth of the Waitaki River, The crew are safe…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Yacht Ariadne Ashore. Crew Safe. Wellington
The yacht Ariadne, bound from Sydney to Dunedin, has gone ashore at the mouth of the Waitaki River. All repotted well on board. The owner of the yacht Ariadne, Mr. T. C. Ke[?]ry,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Yacht Ariadne. Wrecked at New Zealand
AUCKLAND, Monday Afternoon.—The yacht Ariadne, bound from Sydney to' Dunedin, went ashore to the south of the Waitaki River, near Oamaru, at 8 o'clock last night, end was wrecked…
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The yacht Ariadne, while en route from Sydney to Dunedin, went ashore to the south of Waitaki River last night, and was wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Supposed Shipping Disaster. Wreckage at Gabo Island. a Body Washed Ashore. S.s. Federal Believed to Have Foundered. with All Hands
A quantity of wreckage, apparently from a vessel that has been wrecked off the coast, was washed up at Gabe Island yesterday morning. The lighthouse-keeper telegraphed to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Reported Shipping Disaster. Wreckage at Gabo Island. the Body of a Man Washed Ashore
The signalmaster at Gabo Island, Mr. H. Stafford, yesterday wired that some wreckage had been washed ashore there, and amongst the debris was a male corpse. The following report was received last…
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