Coasting Steamer Aground
The coasting steamer Bellinger, of Allen Taylor and Co.'s line, went aground inside the training-wall at Camden Haven Heads yesterday morning, at half-past 7. For some time…
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New Steamer Launched
A new steamer, called the Zephyr, has been launched by Mr. Rock Davis, at his well-known yard, Blackwall, Brisbane Water, for Messrs. M'Ilwraith, M'Eacharn, and Co., who intend…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Turbine Steamer. Chief Engineer Missing
BRISBANE, Thursday.--Tha A.U.S.N. Company's new turbine steamer Bingera arrived at Brisbane to-day, in charge of Captain MacFarlane. The vessel left Southampton on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck at Vancouver. Valencia a Total Loss. More Than One Hundred Lost. London, Jan. 24
A wreck of a fine steamer, with great loss of life, is reported from British Columbia. The Pacific Coast Company's steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreckage on Wollongong Beach. Wollongong
This morning several cases and pieces of timber were picked up on the beach below the town, and also on Fairy Creek beach. Some of the cases contained rice and oatmeal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tragic Shipwreck. Great Loss of Life. Only Fifteen Survivors. Out of Over 150 Persons
LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The Pacific Company's steamer Valencia is ashore near Vancouver. Sixty of the passengers and crew have…
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The fact that the weather on Thursday night was threatening no doubt had the effect of making the steamer traffic on the harbor rather light. The morning broke very dull, and hardly…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Anniversary Day. Great Demonstration. Imposing Aquatic Display. Sports Gatherings Ashore
The State of New South Wales celebrated its anniversary yesterday with a lighthearted gaiety which betokened satisfaction with the present and confidence in the future…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Motoring World. Afloat and Ashore. Cars. New Victorian Track-- Built at Cost of Two Thousand Pounds
Several members of the Automobile Club of Australia, are to-day away on the Mountains taking part in a three- days' tour. A day or so is to be spent at Medlow Bath,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Valencia Wreck. Rescued From a Raft. London, Jan. 25
A number of bluejackets belonging to H.M.S. Egeria, at Vancouver, manned the surf boats and attempted to save the survivors of the Valencia, wrecked at Cape…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Valencia Wreck. 107 Persons Drowned. London, Friday Afternoon
Latest information concerning the loss of the steamer Valencia, wrecked at Cape Beale, near Vancouver, states that the total loss was 107…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Wreck. Great Loss of Life—whole Family Drowned
The steamer Valencia, belonging to the Pacific Coast Company, went ashore at Cape Beale, near Vancouver, British Columbia, and became a total loss…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Casualties. Washed Ashore. Adelaide
The body of Herbert Hall, aged 20, who was drowned at Henley Beach on Tuesday, was washed ashore on Saturday morning 3½ miles from the scene of the accident. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Robberies on a Steamer
During the passage of the R.M.S. Ventura from San Frnncisco to Sydney a number of robberies occurred, passengers being the victims. Among the sufferers was a lady,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Robberies on a Mail Steamer. Mysterious Losses
The Oceanic Co.'s mail steamer Ventura arrived in Sydney from San Francisco on Saturday morning, and it was at once reported that a number of mysterious robberies had taken…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Warrego Sunk. in Brisbane River. a Peculiar Accident
BRISBANE, Saturday.--The A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Warrego sank at her moorings at the company's Kangaroo Point Wharf last night. For some weeks past the Warrego,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Harbour Tragedy a Man and His Wife the Victims. Ferry Steamer and Launch
A scarf of mourning is worn across the breast of the city to-day. Everyone is lamenting the said and shocking happening on the harbour and the sympathy of the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →As Seen From the Manly. the Captain's Report. Ferry Steamer's Gear in Good Order
The steamer Manly left Circular Quay at 2 p., and was carrying large number of passengers at the time of the accident. She rounded Macquarle's Point under easy steam,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shocking Disaster. Collision in Harbour. Ferry Steamer and Launch. Two Persons Drowned. Four Children Rescued
A sensational collision, unhappily attended with loss of life, occurred yesterday afternoon in the harbour between the Port Jackson Co-operative Ferry Company's ferry steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Harbour Boating Fatality. Manly Steamer Runs Down Motor Launch. Family Thrown Into the Water. Father and Mother Drowned
A sad boating fatality occurred on Sydney Harbour yesterday afternoon, when the ferry steamer Manly ran down the oil launch Agnes, and precipitated a family of six into the water,…
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