The Wrecked Zvir
Our W.A. correspondent writing on the 20th inst. says: — "Captain G. Randich, late master of the Austrian steamer Zvir, which went ashore off Point Cloates in…
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Wrecks and Accidents
[?] English Letter mentions that the Norwegian barque Western Monarch, from Gothenburg to South Africa, took fire in her cabin while lying at…
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The ups and downs of life were vividly illustrated in a case which was called before the City Court yesterday (says Thursday's "Age") A venerable looking old vagrant,…
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The new steamer Mibbin, built at Balmain by Mr. Alf. Settree for trading on the Tweed River, cleared the Heads on Saturday afternoon. She put into Port…
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News has reached Auckland to the effect that the barque Gladys is ashore at Glsborne. So far all efforts to tow her off have proved-unsuccessful. She is in a bad position. The…
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AUCKLAND, Saturday Afternoon.—The "barque Gladys, 1345 tons, owned by the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company, Limited, and chartered by the New Zealand Shipping Company, Limited, is…
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The China Navigation Company's steamer Chingtu, in charge of Captain W. Beaton-Brown, was off Sydney Heads on Sunday night, bound from Melbourne to Newcastle. The vessel was…
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LONDON, Monday.--The Mumbles lifeboat cap- sized off Port Talbot, Wales, In a heavy sea, and six of the crow were drowned…
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On Saturday morning the shipbuilding yard of W Ford, jun., Berry's Bay, presented a gay appearance, the occasion being the launching of an auxiliary schooner, built to the order of Messrs…
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On Saturday morning the shipbuilding yard of W. Ford, jun., Berry's Bay, presented a very gay appearance, the occasion being the launching of an auxiliary schooner built to the order of Messrs. J. Clunn and Sons, Cooktown (Q.),…
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Mr. Laton's new steamer Hawke arrived this morning to take up the local trade, and leaves again at 11 p.m. The weather is fine, with strong north-east…
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The lifeboat stationed at Mumbles, Glamorganshire, capsized off Port Talbot, in a heavy sea. Six of the crew were drowned…
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NEWCASTLE, Monday Afternoon.—On arrival of the Chingtu at Newcastle this morning from Melbourne, the grave fears in regard to the incident off Sydney Heads last night were ni : I…
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At about half-past 10 last night, while the steamer Chingtu was proceeding up the coast from Melbourne to Newcastle. she passed close to a boat's party some miles off Sydney Heads…
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Information was received in London on December 18 by Lloyd's that the ship Lady Isabella, which left Muco, New Caledonia, on August 20 for Glasgow with a cargo of nickel ore, was ashore on Little Cumbrae Island, Firth of…
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LONDON, Tuesday-- The Norwegian steamer Avona has been lost at Denmark, and her crew of 24 drowned. The Avona hailed from Bergen, where she…
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Messrs. Hogg. Robinson, and Co. Proprietary, Lloyd's agents, have received the following cable from Lloyd's agents, Lovuka:--"The Norwegian barque La Plata went ashore, but got…
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The new steamship Pyrmont, built for Messrs. Allen Taylor and Co. for the trade of the Northern Rivers, will be taken for her official trial trip this morning, under the inspection of the officers of the Department of Navigation…
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Before Mr. Barnett, D.S.M., at the Water Police Court this morning, Thomas Douglas, 30, a labourer, was charged with stealing one hat, one coat, and one pair of braces, valued…
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LONDON, Tuesday-- The Union S. S. Company have ordered another new steamer for the New Zealand-Australian trade. She will be a sister ship to the company's steamer Moeraki…
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