Christmas at Sea. a Schooner in Distress
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—The five-masted American schooner The Louis, from Eureka, California, to Melbourne, with a cargo of redwood timber, put into Newcastle late on Monday…
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Watson's Bay Ferry. a New Steamer
The Watson's Bay Ferry Co. have decided to increase their capital to £11,000 by the creation of 4000 new £1 shares. A large portion of the new capital is already underwritten…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Western Australia. Steamer on a Reef. Perth
The A.S.S. Company's cattle steamer Ras Elba, when steaming for Long Jetty yesterday in Fremantle Harbour, got on a reef and since floated off. It is not yet known the extent of the damage or if…
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The steamer Siam arrived at an anchorage this afternoon with the Adelaide Steamship Company's steamer Moonta in tow. The Moonta, which was on her way from Albany to Kembla, did not carry any…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →News by Cable. [Copyright.] Collision at Sea. a Steamer Founders
LONDON, January 7, 2.40 p.m.—The steamer Alfonso has foundered off Cape Finisterre, Spain, after having been in collision. All the crew, numbering eighteen, all Liverpool men, were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Broken Tail-shaft. the Steamer Moonta Disabled. Towed Back to Adelaide
ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--This morning the Austro-Hungarian steamer Slam, which left Adelaide on Friday last for Antwerp, with a cargo of wool, returned to her anchorage, having in…
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LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon. -- As the result of a collision off Finisterre. the steamer Alfonso foundered, and the crow of eighteen Liverpool men were drowned…
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The steamer Alfonso, 1325 tons, was in collision off Cape Finisterce (North-west Spain). The vessel foundered, and the crew (18 Liverpool men) were drowned…
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According to news to hand from Wellington (N.Z.) this morning, the overdue Union Co.'s steamer Waikare turned up at 4 a.m. to-day. She left here on January 4 last, and…
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There is no sign at present of the Waikare from Sydney bringing passengers for the West Coast Sounds excursion…
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Since the publication of the cable news that the R.M.S. Ophir will convey the Prince of Wales to India, for the proclamation of the King as Emperor of India, at Delhi, In…
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The monthly meeting of the committee of the Royal Shipwreck Relief and Humane Society of New South Wales was held in the Royal Exchange yesterday afternoon when there wree present:—Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Smallpox at Melbourne. Case on a China Steamer
MELBOURNE, Friday Afternoon.—A case of smallpox has been discovered on the steamer Eastern, from Chine, The patient is G. W. Elliott, third officer, who took ill on December 19…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Salvage Claim for £10,000. A Steamer Under Arrest. ADELAIDE
The steamer Moonta was yesterday placed under arrest by order of the Admiralty Court, in consequence of the refusal of the Adelaide S.S. Co. to recognise a claim of £10,000 made…
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The steamer Eastern, of the Eastern and Australian line, arrived this morning from Hongkong, via ports. The vessel was bourded by Dr. M'Lean, of the Health Department, and he pronounced Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Smallpox Scare. a Case in Melbourne. On the Steamer Eastern. MELBOURNE
A sensation was created in Port Phillip this morning when it was reported that a case of illness like small-pox was on the steamer Eastern, which had just arrived from Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Collision at Sea. Twenty-seven Lives Lost. Terrible Scene on a Sinking Steamer. (By Cable from Our London Corresnondent.)
The story of another terrible marine disaster is to hand from the Pacific coast. The steamer Walla Walla, from San Francisco to Puget Sound, with 36 first-class passengers, 28 second-class,…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →A Case of Smallpox. on a China Steamer at Melbourne. How Did It Escape Detection? Vessel Called at Several Ports
MELBOURNE. Friday. -- A case of smallpox was unexpectedly discovered on board the E. and A. steamer Eastern, which arrived from Japan V and China via Intermediate ports this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Disabled Steamer Moonta. Repairs Almost Completed. Claim of the Siam for Salvage. Moonta Arrested, But Subsequently Released. Adelaide
Yesterday afternoon the steamer Moonta, which was towed to the semaphore anchorage on Tuesday by the Siam from a position about 200 miles south-west of Cape Borda, where she became…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Shipwreck Relief Society
The monthly meeting of the committee of the Shipwreck Relief and Humane Society was held in the Royal Exchange on Thursday. Mr. J. H. Storey was in the chair…
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