A Gunboat Sinks a Steamer
LONDON, Wednesday.--It is reported that a Venezuelan gunboat sank the steamer, Libertador while repairing her boilers at Puerto Colombia, the entrance to Sabanilla, the…
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On an Island Schooner
We sighted him as the schooner ran past the low, sandy point that, fringed with palm trees, guarded the entrance to the bay-- a lonely figure in the fading light. A fire, piled…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Smallpox. Cases on a Cattle Steamer
LONDON, February 7, 2.25 p.m.—The steamer Kansas, from Boston (U.S.) to Liverpool with cattle, has landed at the latter port eighteen of the cattlemen and crew, suffering from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Casualties. Accident on the Pilot Steamer
Shortly after 9 o'clock yesterday morning an accident occurred on the pilot steamer[?] Victoria, by which a man named Edward Bramley, aged 35 years, received terrible injuries. Bramley was employed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Second Edition. Steamer and Dredge in Collision. Melbourne
The steamer Barrier while going through the Hopetoun Channel at Geelong to-day came into collision with the dredge, John Nimmo, with such force that several of her plates were badly de[?]ted…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Accident on the Steamer Victoria. a Seaman Badly Crushed
Edward Bramley, a seaman, employed on the Government steam yacht, Victoria, met with a shocking accident on board the vessel in the harbor yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Wreck of the Sydney Cove
The shipping news of New South Wales 100 years ago contains full many a harrowing illustration of the perils of those who go down to the sea in ships. Nothing could be more pathetic than the…
Continued on Trove, page 357 →Wreck of the Ariadne. Freke Discharged. Sentence on Mumford
The latest New Zealand papers publish the [?]vidence relative to the trial of Kerry, Mumford, and Freke on a charge of casting away the yacht Ariadne…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Warship Ashore
LONDON, Saturday.--The British twin-screw cruiser Amphitrite, 11,000 tons, is ashore in Suez Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Cruiser Ashore. London, February 8
The first-class cruiser Amphitrite, Captain William Stokes Rees, C.B., is ashore in Suez Bay. [The Amphitrite, which is on special…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Cruiser Amphitrite Ashore. London, Feb. 8
The twin screw first-class cruiser Amphitrite, Captain William Stokes Rees, C.B., is ashore in Suez Bay. The Amphitrite, which is on special service, is a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Perilous Experience Op the Ship Nelson. Nearly Driven Ashore
In a letter received from Mr. William Strachan, the chief officer of the ship Nelson. a vessel well known in the Australian and New Zealand trade, interesting details are to hand…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Steamer for the Tyser Line
Messrs. Workman, Clark and Co., Ltd launched on December 24, at Belfast, a new steel twin-screw cargo steamer, named the Niwaru, built for the Tyser Line, Ltd., of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Albany Breaks Down. Town to Townsville. Brisbane
The Adelaide, Steamship Company has received a telegram from Townsville to the effect that the albany broke down when 12 miles south of Cape Cleveland. She broke her main thrust shaft…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Accident on the Pilot Steamer. Death of Bramley
Edward Bramley, a seaman on the pilot steamer Victorin, who met with an accident on the vessel on Friday, died from the effects of the injuries at Sydney Hospital on Saturday morning. The deceased was 25…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Steamer in Distress. the Albany Breaks a Shaft
TOWNSVILLE, Saturday.--The steamer which was reported in distress has proved to be the Albany. Her machinery, broke down between Capes Bowling Green and Cleveland. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Returned Soldiers. Arrival of the Steamer Oonah. the Men Entertained
The Union Steamship Company's steamer Oonah arrived in Sydney about 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, having on board number of retaining invalided New South Wales soldiers. Captain Parsons, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An Island Wreck. the Danish Barquentine Puck Lost. Arrival of the Crew at Sydney
By the steamer Stettin, of the North German Ilyod line, there arrived on Saturday last Mr. P. Frees, the chief officer of the wrecked Danish barquentine Puck, also the second officer (Mr. C…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Missing Condor. Feared to Have Foundered
LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--It is feared that the missing gunboat Condor, which left Esquimault some weeks ago, and has not since been heard of, has foundered, as the result of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General Cable News. a Warship Ashore
LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The Amphitrite, which went ashore in Suez Bay, has been refloated…
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