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The Manly steamer Fairlight, while coming into Circular Quay from Manly, about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, ran into the launch Pacific, and sank her off the P. and O…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →As a result of a special meeting of the Victorian Shipwreck Relief Society, the secretary (Mr. W. S. Lambort) has forwarded to the secretary of the Elingamite relief fund at Auckland, New Zealand, a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →AUCKLAND, Thursday.--News has been received at Rarat[?]nga that the search of the K[?] made by the schooner Countess of Ranfurly revealed no trace of the Elingamite's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Once more an ingenious lifeboat has been invented. It consists of an outer rotatable shell, an inner banging carriage, and a centreboard, which is longitudinally attached to the shell in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Passengers aboard the Lake Megantic, of the Elder Dempster line, bound for Bristol, report from Halifax, N.S., a thrilling rescue of the crew of the Grenada, a steel screw steamer of…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →As Sir William M'Millan will be leaving on a brief business trip to England in a few days' time, he was interviewed yesterday by a "Herald" reporter, and asked to make a statement regarding the present…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Though it may be little consolation to those who lost friends in the wreck of the Elingamite, it is some satisfaction to the public that the Court of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The decision of the Court of Inquiry into the wreck of the steamer Elingamite, which occasioned the loss of many lives and horrors on a raft, was given at Auckland on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. Charles Ranson, manager of the Northern Steamship Company, and Captain' Plunkett, surveyor to the Underwriters' Association, returned to Auckland from New Plymouth a few days ago after having paid a visit to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Inverlochy wreck is now firmly on the rocks, but salvage is being, done at considerable risk, owing to the danger of the mainmast coming down, through the rivets and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another attempt is to be made shortly to recover the sunken treasure of the steamship Tasmania, which was wrecked in July, 1897, at Table Cape. near Napler, New Zealand. When the Tasmania was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The fine new steamer Corinthia (writes a Dunedin correspondent) may be classed as an unfortunate vessel, owing to the accidents which have occurred on board. At Hobert,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Salvage operations in connection with the sunken steamer Pacific in Sydney Cove were resumed to-day, but so far without success. It is understood that the vessel is not seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A collision occurred at the Heads yesterday between the three-masted schooner Sliver Cloud and a mud punt in tow of the Government steamer Dayspring…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A collision between a mud punt and a wellknown 3-masted schooner occurred at Sydney Heads, yesterday. It is stated that the schooner Silver Cloud, a smart little craft of 292 tons,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wm. Woodley (25), fireman, was charged, at the water Police Court, before Mr. Payten, S.M., with having, on the 22nd inst., stolen £25 3s and 35 franc pieces, the property of R. H. Homfrey. Evidence was tendered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reference was recently mode in the "Evening News" that the non-appearance of the steamer Ausgar at Sydney from New York was occasioning some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Some amount of anxiety has been entertained for the safety of the Norwegian steamship Anagar, which is reported to have left New York with a cargo of flour and barley for Sydney on December 3 last. Messrs. John…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The steamship Ausgar, bound from New York to Sydney with a cargo of wheat and flour, is long overdue, and the greatest anxiety is felt for her safety…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Considerable anxiety has been caused at Sydney by the non-appearance of the Norwegian steamer Ansgar, which left Now York for Sydney on December 3 with a full cargo of wheat…
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