An Overdue Steamer. London, March 23, 2 p.m
Considerable anxiety is being felt for this safety of the Allan liner Huronian, which is now 27 days overdue at St. John's, Newfoundland…
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Smallpox in New Zealand. Suspected Case on a Steamer
WELLINGTON, Sunday.--On the arrival of the steamer Mouowal from Lyttelton tills morning, a woman suspected to be suffering from smallpox was removed from the vessel and placed in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to a Mail Steamer. the R.m.s. Moana Delayed
Just prior to the mail steamer Moana leaving Circular Quay yesterday, and while the engines were, so to speak, being warmed up preparatory to starting upon the run of 7000 miles across the Pacific, a leak…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Bi=monthly American Budget the Big Fellows and the World's Supremacy Fitz and Jeffries to Fight in May. Griffo a Mental Wreck—in the Asylum Again. Jim Hall Gets Going Once More. "You Can't Pose as a Fighter in Sydney and Act the Part of a Mechanic"—Moffatt's Hard Luck—Terry M'Gowern's Brother and the "Dusty Miller"—Wild Bill Hanrahan Goes Under to Negro Childs
AFTER a year or two of backing and filling, bluffing, and bickering, Jim Jeffries and Bob Fitzsimmons have signed to fight a second time for the championship of…
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The largest cable steamer afloat (writes our London correspondent) has been launched from the shipyard of Messrs. Wigham, Richardson, and Co., on the Tyne. She is the twin-screw steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gales in Victoria. Melbourne Suburbs Flooded. Small Sailing Craft Driven Ashore. Good Rains in the Country
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The heavy rainfall of yesterday developed early this morning into a terrific south west storm. For several hours there was not a moment's lull, and although…
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The Union Steamship Company's new steamer Apri[?]a, recently launched, is intended for the New Zealand-Calcutta trde, and its regards size and equipment is to be far in advance of any cargo steamer yet owned by the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Steamer Goodwin
Messrs. W. Scott Fell and Co. have been advised by cable that the steamer Goodwin arrived at Tjilitjap (Java) from Newcastle on Wednesday morning, after a passage of 15½…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident on a Steamer
William MacDonald, 36, a fireman employed on the steamer Drayton Grange, fractured a leg yesterday through slipping on the gangway of the vessel. He was conveyed to the Sydney…
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The North Coast Steam Navigation Company's new steamer Kyogle, which has been specially built on the Clyde for the north coast trade, is expected to arrive here within the next…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Steamer Ban Righ. London, March 28
The steamer Ban High (Libertudor), which recently put into Port of Spain, Trinidad, has been ordered to leave the port immediately, without coaling. There Venezuclan…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Steamer Ban Righ. Ordered to Leave a British Port
LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Reuter reports that the steamer Ban Righ, or Libertador, which was recently successful in running the blockade of the Venezuelan ports, has been ordered to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wreckers and Smugglers
" Tis a curious thing," once said a Cornis parish clerk, "why there be prayers in the Buke o' Common Prayer for rain and fine weather, an thanksgivings for them and for peace, and there's…
Continued on Trove, page 62 →A Ketch in a Gale
The pilot at Camden Haven sighted the ketch Wave on Saturday in an exceedingly perilous position oft shore. The southerly gale Which swept the coast on Friday and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Recent Squalls. a Dismasted Ketch
The unsettled squally weather which prevailed on the coast during Friday and Saturday gave rise to the [?] to considerable anxiety for the safety of yachts and other small craft which had left Sydney for the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Victoria. Steamer Gabo Aground. Melbourne
The steamer Gabo, which left Geelong on Saturday evening for Sydney, grounded on the south bank of Hopetoun Channel, and at 10 o'clock on Sunday night was still fast…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →General Cable News. a New Australian Steamer
LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The Adelaide Steamship Company's steamer Dilkera has been launched at Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Ban High. London, March 28
The steamer Ban Righ (Libertador), which recently put into Port of Spain, Trinidad, has been ordered to leave the port immediately, without coaling. Three Venezuelan…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coasting Vessel in the Gale. the Ketch Wave Dismasted. Adrift Off the North Coast
Dismasted and bereft of sails, the ketch Wave, a coasting vessel, was reported off the north coast on Saturday. She had been caught in the southerly gale which swept the coast, and losing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Steamer Gabo Aground. Sixty Sydney Passengers Aboard
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Word reached Williamstown at midnight on Saturday that the steamer Gabo had grounded in the Hopetoun channel, and the tug Sprightly was despatched to…
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