Steamer Ashore. Captain Washed Overboard
AUCKLAND, Thursday.--The Northern s.s. Company's Steamer Ngatiawa, 151 tons, is stranded on the Oootiki bar. The vessel is now high and dry. Captain. Stein, the master, was…
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The Ocean Island Steamer
The steamer Promise, which arrived at Sydney this morning, had an uneventful trip from Ocean Island. She left there on December 19. Mr. Telfer-Campbell, British Resident in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shocks at Sea. Steamer Witnesses Messina Burning
Early on Monday morning, when 36 miles from Messina, the passengers of the Messageries Maritimes' steamer Orenoque felt several shocks, and rushed on deck…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →World Wreckers. Chapter Xxii.-- (Continued.) Property of the Redwood Mining Co
He rend the inscription as he flashed past, and Suddenly bent low in his saddle. Here be sentinel had been posted; this was the world wreekers own ground, and a volley…
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The wrecked ship Falls of Halladale is rapidly breaking up. The decks have burst and the cargo fund timber are being driven ashore in large quantities. A large…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Five-masted Schooner Arrives
The five-masted schooner. Irra. an American vessel, made her reappearance at Sydney this morning, having arrived with a full cargo of timber from Puget. Sound. She left the Sound…
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The Lane Cove steamer Lady Maiming broke down this morning at Northwood while doing the 8 o'clock trip from Fig Tree to Circular Quay. Just as she was within a few yards of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →German Mail Steamer Arrives at Fremantlle Fremantle
The G.M.S. Yorok arrived at 5 o'clock this morning. The passengers for Sydney are:--Messrs. Hall and family, Robertson and family, Ray, Carter, Goodfellow,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wreck and Rescue Crew's Refusal to Leave Without a Dog
A thrilling story is told of rescue from a wreck on the count of County Down (Ireland). The wrecked veasel was the French barque Crolsette, which was driven ashore…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →SHIPPING Coastal Steamer's Smart Steaming
At midnight to-morrow the Union Company's steamer Atna Will sail from the Murgaret-street wharf for Fiji, Touga, Samon, and Auckland. A number of passenger are travelling by the vessel, among them…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer in the Gale. Wyreema Unable to Berth
The A.U.S.N. Company's big passenger steamer Wyreema, of 6338 tons, which arrived here from Queensland ports during the height of the southerly gale last night, was unable to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Storm in Melbourne. Houses Unroofed. Steamer Persic Breaks Adrift. Carries Away Portion of Pier. Melbourne
A windstorm of extraordinary violence burst over Melbourne and its suburbs early this morning. The disturbance was of comparatively brief duration, and reached its highest…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer Harburg Aground
Messrs. Tyser and Co. were advised by cable yesterday that the United Tyser liner Harburg grounded at the entrance of New York Harbour whilst crossing in, as the resilt of which her departure for Australian ports…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tasmania. Attempted Larceny on Steamer. Hobart
When the Loongana arrived at Launceston on Saturday the police were called on board, and at the instance of Captain Suffren arrested a steerage passenger named Charles Bryan…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →SHIPPING Dutch Mail Steamer Pericles Record Passenger List
The Aberdeen-liner Pericles, which is to pay her second visit to Sydney on Friday, left London and November 2s with 99s passengers, which is a record. There were still 701 aboard when she called at Melbourne on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Influx of Chinese. Patrol Steamer May Be Necessary. Perth (W.a.)
A joint deputation from the A.N.A. and Trades and Labour Council waited upon the Minister for Defence to-day and urged that some measures should be taken to prevent a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Harbor Catastrophe. Fifteen Bluejackets Drowned. Collision Near Garden Island. Steamer Guts Down Crowded Boat. Eighty Men Struggle for Life. Encumbered by Heavy Accoutrements
A terrible accident occurred in Sydney Harbor this morning, as a result of which 15 bluejackets lost their lives. It appears that a party of 80 man-of-wars…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →As Seen From Macquarie Point. Bluejacket Swims Ashore
There were few civilians about at the time the steamer cut down the pinnace. Four persons, however, were seated at Macquarie Point soon after half-past 6, and they had a full view…
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LONDON, Tuesday.--Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co. have placed a contract with the Clyde Shipbuilding Company for a 4500-ton passenger steamer, fitted with refrigerating…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Steamer Paparoa. Jettisons 16,000 Casks Ok Butter
LONDON, Tuesday.--The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Eaparoa, from Wellington for London, which put in at St. Vincent (Cape Verde Islands) on December…
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