Pilot Steamer
The Newcastle pilot steamer Ajax has arrived at Sydney for docking. It is understood that the Captain Cook will relieve the Ajax, and the Victoria will go to Watson's Bay…
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Wreck of a Steamer. Over Twenty Lives Lost
LONDON, Monday.--The steamer Upupa, from Cardiff to Cork, with coal, has foundered in Bally cotton Bay, near Queenstown, County Cork. The Upupa had a crew of 20 persons, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Steamer Off the Heads
At 3 o'clock this morning a steamer, seven miles off the Heads to the south-east, signalled for a pilot…
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LONDON, January 19.—Some of the passengers by the Transatlantic liner St. Louis, which took 14 days in the passage from Southampton to New York, are suing the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News by Cable. [Copyright] a Steamer Founders. Passenger and Crew Perish
LONDON, January 19.—The steamer Upupu, of the City of Cork Steam racket Company. Limited, proceeding from Cardiff to Cork with a cargo of coal, foundered off…
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The steamer Upup[?], of the City of Cork Steam Packet Company, Limited, proceeding from Cardiff to Cork with a cargo of coal, foundered off Ballycotton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Elingamite Wreck Inquiry. the Court's Decision. All-round Blame Apportioned. Captain's Certificate Suspended
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Monday.—The postponed decision was given to-day by the Elingamite wreck inquiry Court. Mr. Haselden, S.M., in delivering judgment,…
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THE circumstances attending the loss of the E[?]gamite, what time she went to her doom on the Three Kings, are still fresh enough in the public mind to render…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Elingamite
After a long and patient inquiry into the causes which led to the wreck of the Elingamite on the coast of New Zealand on November 9 the Court dolivered its decision…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Elingamite. Decision of the Court. Captain and Officers to Blame. Defective Engines. Captain's Certificate Suspended. Auckland
The Court of Inquiry into the wreck of the Elingamite gave its decision to-day. After reviewing the case at length the Court states that owing to some defect in the engines the reversing gear would not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Elingamite Wreck. Finding of the Court. Master Guilty of Gross Negligence. First and Second Officers Severely Censured. Captain's Certificate Suspended for Twelve Months
AUCKLAND, Monday.--The finding of the Court of inquiry into the wreck of the Elingamite was given to-day by Mr. Haselden, stipendiary magistrate. It is contained in a bulky…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A New Island Schooner
A schooner of 60 tons, for the island trade, is now being built for Messrs. Kerr Brothers and Co., of Sydney, by Messrs. Brown and Sons, shipbuilders, of Northern Wairon, New Zealand. The vessel, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Speedy Japanese Mail Steamer
The Japanese mail steamer Kumane Maru arrived at Sydney from the East early last evening, after an exceptionally fine run down the coast. She left Townsville at noon on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Arrival of the Maize Steamer Vine Branch
The steamer Vine Branch, from Buenos Ayres, via South Africa, which was sighted off Cape Otway recently, and ordered to proceed direct to Sydney, arrived here early yesterday morning with a cargo of 29,235 bags of maize—…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Elingamite Wreck
The New Zealand Court of Inquiry into the wreck of the Elingamite gave its decision at Auckland on Monday. After reviewing the case at length the Court states that owing to some…
Continued on Trove, page 175 →The Elingamite Wreck Inquiry
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Monday.— The postponed decision was given to-day by the Elingamite wreck inquiry Court. Mr. Haselden, S.M., in delivering judgment,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →News From the Islands. Arrival of the Steamer Tambo. From the New Hebrides Group
The well-known steamship Tambo, which was recently acquired from Messrs. Huddart, Pariser, and Co., by Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co., for their island trade, returned to Sydney yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New Steamer Hobart
The latest addition to the fleet of Australian steamers is the Hobart, of the Melbourne Steamship Company, Limited, which is now due at Sydney from Cardiff, via South Africa. She was built at West Hartlepool by Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Ferry Steamer Guthrey
A deputation representing the Annandale Ferry Company waited upon the Minister for Labor (Mr. J. Perry) yesterday, in reference to the steamer Guthrey…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Vessels in Collision. a Steamer Sunk. in Sydney Cove
At About a quarter past 3 p.m. yesterday a collision occurred in Sydney Cove, resulting in the sinking of the well-known steam launch Pacific. It appears that the steamer Fairlight was…
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