Accident to the Steamer Narrabeen
An exciting incident occurred at Circular Quay yesterday morning on the arrival of the steamer Narrabeen from Manly. The vessel was being taken alongside the…
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Arrival of the New Steamer Empire. Successful Maiden Voyaue
The fine new steamship Empire, the latest addition to the fleet of the Eastern, and Australian Steamship Company, arrived at Sydney last night on her maiden voyage from London, Japan, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Northern Rivers Produce. Palmer's Island. Wednesday.--The steamer Kyogle
left at noon to-day with the following cargo:--30 bags maize, 5 bags bones, 5 bags scrap iron, 4 bags pumpkins, 30 bags potatoes, 100 bales wool; 50 cases eggs, 7 cases fruit. 40 cases fish, 2 cases cucumbers, 70 hides, 330 kegs…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Trade with the East. New Liner for the E. and A. Company. Arrival of the Empire. a Magnificent Passenger Steamer
Ablaze with the electric light, and presenting a most imposing appearance, the now E. and A, liner Empire dropped anchor in "Watson's Bay last evening, after a quick run from the East…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Steamer Empire. Return of Captain Green. a Few Impressions
As she lies at moorings in Neutral Bay, the E. and A. steamer Empire—the latest of that company's fine fleet-looks a really magnificent ship. She improves on acquaintance, for the Empire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Barque From Newcastle Sights a Wreck
The master of the Earl D[?]ven, which arrived at Acapulco on Oct. 28 from Newcastle, reports:—C[?] 25, in [?] 16.45deg. N., long, 102.16deg. W., passed the capsized wreck of a wooden vessel, about 200ft…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wreck of the Durban Floating Dock
There is something near akin to irony in the late which allowed the large floating dock, constructed by Messrs. C. S. Swan and Hunter, of Durban, to get so far on its way as Mossel Bay without…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A New Lifeboat
Official trials of a new lifeboat have been carried out at Hoboken. The apparatus is collapsible, and when folded is about 10in, high. A few turns of the lever in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Empire. a New Eastern Steamer
Lying in Neutral Bay at her moorings, looking spick and span after a very successful maiden voyage, is the E. and A. Company's new steamer Empire, just from the builders'…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Zealand. the Steamer Service in the Cook Group. Wellington
Colonel Gudgeon, the British resident at Raratonga, has informed the Government of New Zealand that the traders of the Cook Group have been greatly inconvenienced by the withdrawal of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Wreck of the Elingamite. Effort to Recover Lost Treasure
A diver named Warwick, who has had experience in the Torren St[?]its fisheries, is leaving for the wreck of the Elingamate to endeavour to recover £617,000 worth of gold which was lost with the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wreckage From the Elingamite
A quantity of wreckage, apparently from the wrecked steamer Eltngamite, was passed by the brigantine Vision, which arrived here yesterday from New-Zealand. The Vision was 129 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A School Wrecked. Boys Sent for Trial
Archibald Donald Brings, 12, James E. Ruckingham, 13, John Doyle, 12, and James Doyle, 10, four boys who were arrested in connection with the wholesale wreckage of…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A Ketch in Peril
YAMBA, Saturday.--Some excitement was caused here this evening, when it was noticed that the ketch Alfred Fenning was aground on the reef just inside of the Clarence River…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mishap to a Ketch. Yamba
This evening the ketch Alfred Fenning was seen to be aground on the reel just inside of the Clarence river entrance. It appears that the ketch left Newcastle three weeks ago bound for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Telegraphic and Cable News a Ketch in Trouble. Yamba
This evening the ketch Alfred Penning was seen to be aground on the reef just inside of the Clarence River entrance. It appears that the ketch left Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News by the Canadian Mail. Explosion of Oil Tanks on a Steamer. Twelve Men Missing. Brisbane
The following items are c[?]lled from files which arrived by the A[?]rangi from Vancouver at Brisbane on Saturday:—While the steamer Progresse was lying at Fulton ironworks wharf. San Francisco, on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Saved From Wreck. at North Head
At about 3 o'clock on Sunday morning, while the pilot steamer Captain Cook was at her moorings in Watson's Bay, the signal station holsted the order to proceed. Immediately after this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreckage From the Glenelg
A quantity of wreckage is coming ashore along the Back Bench, near the Lakes entrance. It is supposed locally to be from the Glenelg, which a was wrecked on the coast near Paynesville. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gairloch Ashore. a Total Wreck
AUCKLAND, Tuesday Morning.—The Gairloch, bound from Onehunga to Opunake, Wanganui, went ashore at 2 o'clock this morning in thick weather, at Oakura, 10 miles from New…
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