The Wrecked Barque Alexandra. Wellington (N.z.)
The insurance on the barque Alexandra, which is wreeked 50 miles from Westport, is £3000. She is valued at £10,000. IF YOU WANT TO BORROW MONEY, go to…
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The Wreck of the Alexandra
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.--There seems to be not the remotest hope of re-floaing the Danish barque Alexandra, which is ashore near Greymouth. The captain is part owner of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shipping Casualties. a Wheat Vessel Wrecked. the Savernake on the Society Islands
AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--News from the islands states that the British barque Savernake, bound from San Francisco to Queenstown, wheat laden, has been totally wrecked on the Society Islands…
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There has been an awful wreck on the Blue Mountains of big men's plans, and the old adage of fools building houses is again fulfilled. Mr. A. H. M'Culloch, ex-M.P…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arrival of the Mambare. a Schooner Ashore. Tribal Avar at Santo. Seven Natives Killed
Messrs. Bums. Philp, aud Company's steamer Mambare returned yesterday from another successful cruise among the Banks, New Hebrides, Norfolk, and Lord Howe islands…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Offenbach Aground. London, Jan. 21
The German-Australian liner Offenbach, 5424 tons, is aground at Amsterdam A por tion of the cargo was jettisoned and the remainder is being discharged into lighters…
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LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The steamer Offenbach, of the German-Australian line, is aground off Amsterdam. The forehold has been flooded, and portion of the cargo jettisoned, while…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →China. the Firing on the Steamer Nanning. London, Jan. 22
In reference to the firing of Chinese troops on the steamer Nanning, on the West River, whereby the chaplain of the battleship Glory, a passenger on the steamer, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Steamer Ras Elba. the Efforts of the Kalgoorlie. Adelaide
The steamer Ka[?]goome, [?] was [?] have taken the disabled steamer Ras Elba in tow off Cape Otway, reached Port Adelaide yesterday morning Captain M'Do[?]ald reported on arrival that the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →China and Great Britain. Firing on a British Steamer. a Satisfactory Explanation
LONDON,Wednesday.-- The Chinese Government has explained that the recent tiring on the British steamer Nanning, on the West River, was accidental. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gale in Melbourne. Government Steamer Breaks Adrift Colliding with a Tug. a Vessel in Distress at Mordialloc
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A north-westerly gale swept across Melbourne during the early hours, accompanied, as is usual when the wind comes from that quarter, by dense clouds of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Zealand. the Barque Savernake. a TOTAl Wreck. Captain and Several Men Missing. Wellington
Island news states that the British barque Suver[?]ke, from San Francisco to Queenstown with a cargo of wheat is a total wreck at Paumotu. The French authorities have sent a gunboat to search for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wreck of the Savernake. Cpatain Missing With Several Men. Wellington (N.z.)
News has been received of the wreck of the British barque Savernake, from San Francisco to Queenstown with a cargo of wheat. The vessel went ashore on a reef, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wreck of the Ariadne. a "Faked" Document. No Case Against Freke
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.--When the Ariadne case was resumed this morning the Crown prosecutor intimated that the Crown had proved to them beyond reasonable doubt, by a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Wreck Discovered. Fears for the Crew
ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--Late to-night the police received information that a cutter lies totally wrecked midway between Brighton and Glencig She is in about 20ft. of water, her…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Era in Trouble
Willie being removed from the A. A. Company's wharf to a berth at the Dyke yesterday morning. Messrs Howard Smith and Sons' steamer Era, which had the tug Commodore alongside…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Steamer Aground. Forster
The steamer Kingsley, on entering port yesterday, took the ground on the inner spit. With the assistance of the tug she got off on last night's tide…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Harbour Horror. Devoured by Sharks. Fallen From a Ferry Steamer
The remains of the body of a man were lying in the Morgue at George-street North yesterday evening. The ribs, breast-bone, head, limbs, and contents of the trunk were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The South Australian Storm. Wreck of the Yacht Alfreda
ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Speaking of Tuesday's storm, Mr. Griffiths, of the Meteorological Department, says that the cyclonic storm which developed and passed over the southern parts of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wreck of the Ariadne
The taking of evidence for the prosecution in the Ariadne case has concluded. It has been almost entirely a repetition of what was elicited at the preliminary proceeding…
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