Capsize of a Steamer. Twenty Persons Drowned
LONDON, March 14.— A Vicksburg steamer capsized in a squall on Lake Palmyra. Twenty persons were drowned, including a few passengers…
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Disaster to a Lake Steamer; Twenty Persons Drowned. London, March 14
A Vicksburg steamer capsized in a squall on Lake Palmyra. Twenty people were drowned, including a few passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Detention of a Steamer. Melbourne Marine Board Questions Newcastle Authorities. Melbourne, Fridiy
The Marine Board to-day ordered the detention of the steamer Beckenham pending the proper stowage of her cargo of coal. The vessel was loaded at Newcastle, and, according to the report of the inspector…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dynamite Explosion in New York. Many Killed and Wounded. Hotels, Houses, and Hospital Wrecked
Dynamite cartridges in a frail shanty on a platform over the west shaft of Section 4 of the subway tunnel in Park-avenue (New York), just south of 41st-street, exploded through a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wrecked by a Whirlwind. Salvation Army Barracks Blown Over
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.--Leeston, near Christchurch, has been visited by a destructive whirlwind, followed by torrents of rain and vivid lightning. The Salvation Army barracks were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lake Steamer Disaster
A Vicksburg (U.S.) steamer capsized in a squall on Lake Palmyra. Twenty persons were drowned. The will of the late G. H. Cox, M.L.C.,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Schooner Jubilee Aground
The pilot at Port Macquarie Heads advises that the schooner Jubilee is aground on the crossing…
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John Alfred Broughton Creamer, 10 months old, died on the passage of the s.s. Tomki from Ballina to Sydney. The child was suffering from bronchitis. The death was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Suez Canal Blocked. Ships Ashore and Ablaze
LONDON, March 17.—A Russian petroleum ship is ashore and another is ablaze in the Suez Canal. The Orient-Pacific and the Peninsular and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Loss of a Steamer
The loss of the steamer Knight Companion is reported from Japan. The vessel was bound from Portland. (O.) to Japan, and had reached the Japanese coast when she ran on a reef, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Episode on a Steamer
Winnie Clifford was a passenger by the Innamincka from Brisbane to Sydney, and when the steamer arrived here on Sunday, the lady complained to the police that a fireman named…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Passengers Booked Per French Mail Steamer Annam, Sailing To-day
Following is a list of the passengers booked by the Messageries Maritimes steamer Annam, sailing hence to-day:— For Marseilles: Mr. and Mrs. Barnier, Mr. and Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Suez Canal Blocked. Three Days' Delay Expected. Ships Ashore and Ablaze. London, March 17
A Russian petroleum ship is ashore in the Suez Canal and another is ablaze in the channel of the Canal. The steamers of the Orient and the Peninsular and Oriental…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Steam Tug Runs Ashore. Narrow Escape of a Barque
As announced [?] the second edition of to-day's "Herald,' the steam tug Irresistible, belonging to Messrs. J. and A. Brown, ran ashore at 12.10 this morning immediately under Nobbys lighthouse, on the harbour side. The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Queer Coincidence. a Wreck Within a Wreck
A despatch from Ocean City, New Jersey, U.S.A., dated January 25, says: "The Sindla, the English ship which was driven ashore here on the night of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →White Australia. Deserters From a German Steamer. the Captain Fined
In the Summons Division of the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Payten, S.M., Captain William Denies, master of the German mail steamer Paknam, was proceeded against on an information…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Perils of the Sea. Supposed Disaster at New Caledonia. Wreckage Washed Up
NOUMEA, March 13.--The Marino Department here has received a telegram from the gendarmerie at Tuoho, a village on the east coast of this island, reporting that a quantity of wreckage…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Trouble on a Ferry Steamer
At the Water Police Court yesterday before Mr. Smithers, S.M., the hearing of a case was concluded in which the Sydney Ferries, Limited, proceeded against Tress Price, a fireman on the ferry…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Kaiser's New Yacht. Will Be the Finest and Largest Schooner Afloat
The yacht which is being built in the United States by the Townsend and Downey Company for the German Emperor, and to which widespread attention has been drawn because Miss…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fall on a Ferry Steamer
William Priddy, aged 23, labourer, residing at Jones-street, Surry Hills, white returning from a picnic it Clontarf on Saturday eveing fell from the top deck of the fery steamer to the bottom, a…
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