Attempted Safe Robbery. on Board a Mail Steamer
An attempt was made to rob the safe in the purser's cabin on board the American mail steamer Sierra on Saturday night. Fortunately the thieves were disturbed. The…
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Dastardly Act. Steamer Adelaide Disabled. Machinery Interfered With
The discovery of an audacious attempt to disable the machinery of the steamship Adelaide, and to thus jeopardise the lives of her officers and crew, just as she was on the eve…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire on a Sydney-bound Steamer. Cargo of Kerosene
Messrs. Scott, Fell, and Company, of Sydney, this afternoon received a cable from Sumatra, stating that a fire had broken out on the steamer Netherton, bound to Sydney, via…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Adelaide Detained. Machinery Tampered With. Emery Powder in the Bearings
What appears to have been a dastardly attempt to damage the machinery of the steamer Adelaide was discovered just as she was on the point of sailing from Sydney for the Far East…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Late Cable News. Received This Morning. The City of Panama. Reported Wreck Contradicted
LONDON, Monday Evening.—Mexican advices report that the Pacific Mail steamer City of Panama is safe. [A cable received yesterday stated that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of a Barque. the Eden Holme Strikes a Rock. Launceston
The barque Eden Holme, which left Hobart for Launceston on Friday last, to discharge part of her cargo, was wrecked on the Bell Rock, Hebe Reef, about a mile from Low…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Control of the Natives. Wrecking of United Protest. London, Jan. 7
Mr. Loveday, speaking at Barberton, explained that he had quitted the Nationalists because the latter on the eve of letters patent granting a Constitution…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wreck of the Eden" Holme. on the Tasmanian Coast. All Hands Saved
LAUNCESTON, Monday.--The barque Eden Holme, from London via Hobart, which port she left for here on Friday morning, drifted ashore on Bore Reef, about throe miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lifeboat for Manly Beach
The matter of securing a lifeboat for the Ocean Beach, Manly, is now engaging the attention of local residents, Consequent upon recent bathing accidents in this quarter, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Steamer Disabled
A profound sensation was caused in Sydney shipping circles a few days ago when it became known that a dastardly attempt to damage the machinery of the steamer Adelaide had…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Oil Steamer on Fire. the Netherton in Flames
Messrs. W. Scott Fell and Company yesterday received a cable from Sumatra to the effect that the steamer Netherton was badly on fire at Aroe Bay, and fears were entertained that she…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The City of Panama. Steamer Reported Safe. London, Jan. 7
Advices from Mexico state that the Pacific Mail Company's steamer City of Panama is safe. The vessel was reported to be wrecked near Pescadero, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Oil Steamer on Fire. the Netherton Ablaze at Sumatra. While Loading for Sydney
According to private cable messages received it Sydney yesterday, the big tramp steamer Netherton, a vessel of 1226 tons, which was in this port six or seven weeks ago, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Loss of the Eden Holme. A. Hopeless Wreck
LAUNCESTON, Tuesday.--News from the wreck of the Eden Holme, near Tamar Heads, shows that she is a hopeless wreck. She has no list, and is on the rocks the full length of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Went Ashore Without Leave
John Leoney, 35, cook on board the Penrhyn Castle, now in port, this morning was charged at the Water Police Court with being absent from his ship without leave…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →For the Surf Bather. Lifeboat for Manly. Decision of the Manly Council
The recent exciting bathing incident in the breakers at Manly was discussed at Tuesday's meeting of the local council. The matter of providing a more effective and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Missing Dredge Walrus. Steamer Kent Searching
It was announced some days ago that arrangements had been made by the Victorian Government for the steamer Kent, of the Federal line, to visit certain islands between South Africa and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sensational Runaway. an Office Partly Wrecked
A sensational bolting incident occurred in Argyle-street yesterday morning. Shortly before 10 o'clock two horses attached to a large bread waggon were left standing in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer Ashburton to Load Wheat
The steamer Ashburton, of 4445 tons, which has been fixed to load wheat at Sydney for the United Kingdom, will arrive here this morning from Newcastle, and will be berthed at Darling Island. It is anticipated…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire on the Steamer Nethert0n. Vessel a Total Loss
The steamer Netherton, which took fire while loading oil at Sumatra for Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney, is a total loss. Messrs. W. Scott Fell, and Co., the local agents, yesterday…
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