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The brigantine Prosperity, bound from the Richmond River to Brisbane with a cargo of machinery, was wrecked at Point Lookout at 1 o'clock yesterday morning. It appears…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The usual monthly meeting of the Shipwreck Relief and Humane Society was held at the Royal Exchange on Thursday evening, Mr. J. H. Story presiding. After relief had been granted…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →BRISBANE, Friday.--Mr. W. R. North reports that his stockman has just ridden in to Dunwich from Point Lookout, and reports that the brigantine Prosperity, from the Richmond…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The following memo, was received on Thursday night by the Collector of Customs at Brisbane from Mr. W. North, of Dunwich: "The schooner Prosperity was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A wire from Port Darwin on Friday stated:—Mr. Jolly received a telegram from Borroloola on Tuesday announcing the arrival of the ketch Venture, and stating that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The steamer Tagliaferro, from Melbourne, bound to Newcastle, in ballast, arrived at Twofold Bay yesterday morning in tow of the steamer Ramazan, with her shaft…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Collector of Customs at Perth (W.A.) has received from the Customs office at Bunbury a wire to the effect that Captain Yorck, of the Norwegian barque, Langstone,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Particulars of the wreck of the Prosperity show that the vessel left Sydney on Jannuary 5 to load coal at Newcastle. She left Newcastle on January 7, arrived at Ballina 16 days later. After discharging…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ADELAIDE, Sunday.--Captain "Worcester, of the R.M.S. India, which arrived tills afternoon, reports that on the way from Freinantie on Friday he passed the steamer Agapanthus, of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The steamer Tngliaferro, a well-known Melbourne collier, arrived in the harbor late last evening in a disabled condition. The Taglieferro, which belongs to Messrs. M'Hwraith,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The survivors of the brigantine Prosperity, which struck Stradbrooke Island o[?].i Friday, toll a thrilling story. The disaster occurred at 1 a.m., and the men clung to the rigging…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Sunday.--Further news of the wreck of the brigantine Prosperity on Stradbroke Island shows that the vessel struck at 1 o'clock on Friday morning. The survivors clung to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The new cable steamer Colonia has been launched. She will be capable of carrying 3000 miles of submarine cable, and when completed will be engaged in laying the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →HOBART, Monday.--This afternoon the steamer Wakanui, from London, anchored in the river, and reported that 32 days ago one of the passengers developed smallpox, and was immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. G. W. Nicoll's now steamer Dorrigo was out for a trial run in the harbor yesterday, and, at the invitation of her enterprising owner, n number of gentlemen interested in the North…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →According to a document lodged with the shipping master of the port, the following was the personnel of the crew of the schooner Prosperity when that vessel left Sydney on January…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →William Harris (31), fireman, who is undergoing a sentence of four months on a charge of being on the steamer. Waikare with intent to steal, was sentenced to a further six…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →China papers by the Chingtu report that the A British steamer Nanning was fired into while steaming along the West River, by Chinese, who were believed to be soldiers. The Rev. Charles…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Captain Peterson, of the wrecked brigantine Prosperity, interviewed on arrival at Brisbane, said that ho joined the vessel, as master, at Richmond River, about a fortnight ago. She was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Taal monument at Burghersdorp (South Africa) was wrecked Christmas night. The vandals knocked the head off the statue and threw the body to the ground. The…
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