Orient Company's New Steamer
Our London correspondent wrote on December 27:--"The outlook in the shipbuilding industry at present is not a bright one, so much so that the inquiry of the Orient Company…
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Big Gale in Great Britain. Seven-masted Schooner Wrecked. Heroic Deeds and Loss of Life
GREAT damage and loss of life were caused by the big gale which swept over Great Britain, beginning on Friday night, December 13, and only moderating late on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Strange Visitation. the Old Skipper and His Schooner. Wonderful Instance of Telepathy
THOSE Who take an interest in telepathy and its kindred subjects (writes A. H.) may, perhaps, welcome two well-authenticated stories; the first of which was re…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Big Steamer Saved. the Thode Fagelund. Dragged From the Rocks at Cronulla
The Norwegian, steamer Thode Fagelund, which stranded on a reef near Cronulla Beach nine days ago. was floated again this morning between 6 and 7 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cronulla Beach Mishaps. Stranded Steamer Thode Fagelund Unsuccessful Attempt to Float the Vessel
The attempt to float the stranded steamer Thode Fagelund yesterday morning was unsuccessful. With the rising tide shortly after daylight, a big strain was put upon the three…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Saved From the Rocks the Stranded Steamer Re-floated Thode Fagelund Safe in Fort
Much surprise was occasioned in shipping circles this morning, when the signal master at South Head reported the steamship Thode Fagelund coming along to port from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Modern Crusoes. Wrecked on a Desert Island. Thrilling Story
Like a page out of Defoe's immortal story, "Robinson Crusoe," reads the narrative unfolded by Donald Morrison, a resident of Dundee, and one of the survivors of the ill-fated…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →World's Biggest Sailer Wrecked on the Scillies
There was nothing about to match the Thomas W. Lawson, the big American schooner which was wrecked last, month on the Sallies. To begin with, she was the largest…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Galatea a Total Wreck
The ketch Galatea is a total wreck on Cronulla Bench. The vessel, it will be remembered, sprang a leak, and was run ashore for the safety of the vessel and those on board. The southerly…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Shipping Casualties. Steamer Myall Wrecked
TOWNSVILLE, Sunday.--Messrs. Howard Smith's steamer Myall, which was wrecked in Challenger Bay, has been abandoned, with her back broken…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Floating Baths Adrift. a Yacht Ashore
Some excitement prevailed in Neutral Bay by Farmer's new floating baths breaking away from its mooring and floating out into the bay. The structure was blown some distance up…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Big Steamer Breaks Away
There was quite a sensation in nautical circles late on Saturday night when the report gained currency that the big oversea steamship Hawkes Bay, of 4583 tons, had…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Steamer for the Island Trade
Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Company's new steamer Munlara, recently purchased for the trade, signalled at Wilson's Promontory at a.m. on Saturday, on route from Hull via…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Union Co.'s New Steamer. Korosviko at Fremantle
PERTH (W.A.), Sunday.---The Union S.S. Company's new cargo steamer Korowlko reached Fremantle from Liverpool at 7 o'clock on Saturday evening. after a good run of 19 days from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Easterly Gale. Magnificent Spectacle at the Gap. Expedience on a Ferry Steamer
Crowds of people travelled to the Gap, Watson's Bay, on Sunday to witness one of the grandest sights that could be seen. As a result of the high wind on the previous night a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Salvage Feat. Steamer Thode Fagelund Refloated. Saved Just Before the Gale. Exciting Experiences on the Way to Sydney
The resurrection of the big Norwegian steamship Thode Fagelund from her grave on the reef near Cronuila Beach represents the greatest salvage feat yet performed in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Accident on a Steamer
About 4 p.m. yesterday George Williamson, 46, a wharf labourer, residing at Union-street, North Botany, was working on the steamer Vienna at Woolloomooloo, when he fell down…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →New Island Steamer. Muniara Due This Morning
The steamer Muniara, the latest addition to the island fleet of Burns, Philp, and Co., Limited, passed Jervis Bay at 4.10 yesterday afternoon on her way from Hull, via Capetown,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer Aground
A message received from the signalmaster at Crookhaven Heads yesterday morning stated that the Illawarra and South Coast Steamship Company's steamer Moruya grounded on the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Another Shipping Disaster. Steamer Wrecked on W.a. Coast. Chief Englineer Drowned
FREMANTLE, Wednesday.—The steamer Windsor, 2892 tons, Captain Walters, which left Fremantle at 5 o'Clock on Saturday evening for Hongkong, with a cargo of 2400 tons…
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