Japanese Mail Steamer
From inju[?]ries made just before noon, it seems that the Japanese mail steamer Kumano Maru will have to sail for Melbourne to-morrow with most of her original cargo…
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Wreck at Macleay River
BOWRAVILLE, Friday.— The North Coast Company's drogher is a total wreck at the heads. She broke from her mornings and d[?] to sea, and subsequently came ashore…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Deadly Game. Rockchopper's Pathetic Letter "It Left Me a Wreck."
At a meeting of the Sydney Labour Council last night, a letter was received from an exrockchopper, whose name is suppressed by request. An extract from the letter reads…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Zealand Steamer Postponed
The Union S.S. Co. announce that the departure of the steamer Miowera for New Zealand has been postponed from to-day until 4 p.m. on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →French Mail Steamer at Fremantle
FREMANTLE, Saturday Afternoon.—The F.M.S. Dumbea, of the M.M. line, arrived at 3 o'clock this morning. The passenger are:— For Adelaide: Lieutenant Dickson and Mr. Baluck…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Position at Newcastle. Steamer Moira Discharging
NEWCASTLE, Friday.--Matters in connection with the wharf-laborers' strike are quiet here to-day. A considerable body of the laborers are congregated about the wharves, but no…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Steamer Barwon Important Shipment of Produce Delayed
A message was received in Sydney this morning stating that the steamer Barwon, which was due from Geelong on Tuesday, with a big cargo of chaff and onions, has…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Jack Ashore Exciting George-street Scene
Jack was ashore on Saturday night, and in blue sailor uniforms spent the night wandering about in quartettes, dodging the drizzling rain. Protection from the elements…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Bolt From Custody. Accident to a Policesergeant. Sailor's Life Ashore
Jack Arthur Bernard, a young seaman, last Friday left the Hotel Metropole without Settling for his room. An official from that hotel Stated that When…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of a Union Liner. Crew and Passengers Saved
LONDON, Sunday Evening.—The Union liner Newark Castle, lias been wrecked north of Durban. The vessel is in a hopeless condition…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Hopeless Wreck Loss of the Newark Castle London, Sunday, 2 p.m
The Union liner Newark Castle has been hopelessly wrecked north of Durban. The passengers and the crew were all saved…
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WEST MAITLAND, Monday.--While working on board the steamer Archer, at Morpeth, today, John Olson fell down the hold, and sustained extensive scalp wounds, besides…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Six Hundred Rescued Thrilling Incident in New York Passengers Saved From a Burning Steamer London, Monday, 3.20 p.m
Thanks to wireless telegraphy the rescue was effected in New York yesterday of 600 steamboat passengers, including many women and children, all of whom were safely…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Union Liner Wrecked. Newark Castle at Durban. London, March 15
The Union Castle Mail S.S. Company, Ltd.'s liner Newark Castle, steel twinscrew steamer, of 6224 tons, has been hopelessly wrecked off North Durban…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wreck of the Newark Castle
Cable advice received from London states that the Union Castle Mail S.S. Company, Limited's liner Newark Castle, a steel twinscrew steamer, of 6224 tons, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Little Scene. Fight on a Steamer
About half-past 12 o'clock this afternoon, while the steamer Allowrie was being discharged at the Illawarra S.S. Company's Wharf, a fight occurred between a unionist seaman and a free laborer…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wrecked Mildura
Captain Taylor, who has been in charge of salvage operations on the steamer Mildura, wrecked on the North-west Cape, returned to Fremantle to-day, and stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Damage at Tamworth. Show Ground Wrecked. Water Subsiding. Damage Estimated at £40,000. TAMWORTH
The flood is disappearing, leaving more in evidence the great destruction done. The height of the river is now only 8ft. The show ground, generally speaking, is a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Cutter Wrecked
The cutter Kathleen Maud, bound from Auckland to Tairua with a general cargo, was totally wrecked at Kennedy Bay early on March 10. Captain Chapman and the crew of two reached shore with difficulty…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Schooner Ashore
The schooner Harriet, bound for Lismore, which was weather bound at Bundaberg for several days, in attempting to resume her voyage on Monday drifted on to the outer end of the training wall at the mouth of…
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