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Upon arrival in the river this morning of the steamer Beatrice from Geelong her master reported that the steamer Burrumbeet was ashore at a spot about a mile inside the red buoy below Werribee…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Burrumbeet went ashore on the west shore of Hobson's Bay early this evening. She has not yet been floated off…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Burrumbeet is reported, to have gone ashore near Werribee, on the western shore of Hobson's Bay. At the time of the mishap the vessel was on her way…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steam collier Helen Nicoli, employed in the Newcastle coal trade, broke down off Sow and Pigs lightship yesterday while proceeding to son. The tug Esther went to her assistance, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A sailor named Albert Ditchfield, 44, was assisting to lower a gangway on the steamer Elingamite yesterday when it slipped and [?]ll upon his left leg, fracturing it. Ditchfield was removed by the Civil…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The bush fires which have been raging for some days around Wagga have almost burnt themselves out. The most disastrous (the Eunonyhareenyha outbreak) did even more damage than was at first…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Whilst the steamer Duke of Devonshire was proceeding to Brisbane from Northern ports she ran aground at the mouth of the river, but the tide rising she floated off. The vessel again grounded near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Venezuela has offered the sum of £2000 and the value of the cargo for the capture of the steamer Ban Righ which has been rechristened the Labertador. The vessel has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. R. Fricker, shipping agent, of Port Adelaide, on Thursday received a telegram stating that the schooner Lady Daly was driven ashore during a gale of wind on Thursday, at Wardong…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The steamer Burrumbeet, which has been ashore in Hobson's Bay, near Werribee, since Tuesday, was floated off last night, after lightering about 200 tons of coal. She resumed her…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The following, dated Portland, Oregon, December 4, appears in the "San Francisco Chronicle:"—With 28 men on board, the British ship Nelson, bound for Queenstown, is reported to have turned turtle some distance out of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In the first number of "The World's News" full particulars were given of the loss of the Caister lifeboat during the recent severe gales on the British coast…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →During the recent British gales some exciting scenes were witnessed in Dover Bay, England. The Jasper, one of the large Admiralty Harbor Works barges, broke from a tug and was driven…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, January 4.—The steamer Wallawalla, bound from San Francisco to Puget Sound, with 36 first-class passengers. 28 second-class passengers, and a crew of 60, came into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Saturday. -- The story of another terrible marine disaster is to hand from the Pacific coast. The steamer Walla Walla, from San…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Walla Walla from San Francisco for Puget Sound carrying 36 firstclass passengers, 28 second-class passengers, and a crew ol 60 men came into collision at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The American five-masted schooner Louis, bound from Eureka to Melbourne with a cargo of timber, was towed into Newcastle yesterday leaking badly. She had been in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The adjourned special meeting of the Marine Board, In connection with the lire In the coal bunkers of the steamer Wilcannia, was held today. The meeting started on Friday last, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Louis, a five-masted American schooner, bound from Eureka, California, to Melbourne, with a cargo of redwood timber, put into Newcastle in distress at 3.30 this afternoon. The narratives of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is understood that the five-masted American schooner Louis, which put into Newcastle yesterday in a leaky condition, will be towed to her destination, Melbourne, by the steam tug Champion. She…
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