A New Steamer. for the Eastern Trade. London, Jan. 5
Burns, Philp, and Co. have contracted with the Clyde Shipbuilding Company for the building of a passenger steamer of 4500 tons, with refrigerated space aboard…
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1,892 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 95
Coach, Steamer and Mail Service. The New Time Tables. Parramatta to Carlingford Coaches— Leave Parramatta Railway
STATION at: 6.45 a.m., 8.45 a.m., 12.10 p.m., 3.10 p.m., 1.25 p.m. SATURDAY additional: 2.10, 0.30, 10.10 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Naval Disaster at Sydney. an Early Morning Tragedy. Pinnace Run Down by Steamer. Fifteen Bluejackets Drowned. Bodies Recovered by Divers
A pinnace from H.M.S. Encounter, conveying about 60 bluejackets from the ship to the shore, was run down and capsized by the coasting steamship Dunmore soon…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Harbourcalamity Naval Pinnace Wrecked. Fifteen Sailors Drowned. Collision with the Dunmore. All Bodies Recovered. Graphic Statements by Witnesses
The greatest disaster that has ever happened in the maritime history of Port Jackson, resulting in deplorable loss of life under most sensational circumstances,…
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The pinnace was recovered from the water during the morning, and was taken to Garden Island, where it now lies on the wharf, alongside H.M.S. Encounter, with a large hole in Its…
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The pliot at Beal Rocks, on the North Coast, telegraphed to the Department of Navigate on Sydney, this afternoon, that a small sch oner was in distress off that port. The capt[?]al of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Schooner in Distress. Steamer Duranbah to the R[?]scue
Yesterday morning the signal-master at Seal Rocks noticed a small schooner some distance out to sea flying an inverted ensign —a signal of distress. The steamer…
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The Signalmaster at Seal Rocks forwarded a message to Sydney shortly before 11 o'clock this morning, intimating that a small schooner, flying an ensign upside down, had…
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The steamer Pearl, lying at the Balmain Ferry Company's Works, Waterview Bay, Balmain, was this afternoon burnt to the water's edge. No cause can be ascertained, but…
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LONDON, Thursday.--The American Committee at Rome has chartered the North German Lloyd steamer Bayern, which starts to-day from Civita Vecchia for Reggio--a…
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The American committee at Rome has chartered the North German Lloyd steamer [?]ayern, which is starting from C[?]vita Vecchia, 37 miles west-north-west of Rome, for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Big City Fiee. Outbreak in Engine-street. Furniture Factory Wrecked. Damage Over £25,000
Just after 10 a.m. yesterday a fire broke out in the rear of Mr. T. S. Madetey's furniture factory in Engine-street. It spread with marvellous rapidity, and in less than…
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The identity of the little schooner which signalled for assistance off Seal Rocks on Thursday has not yet been established. She was sighted by the mission yacht John Williams just after the steamer Duranbah…
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Several marine underwriters interested in the wrecked steamer Aeon at Christmas Island have received an offer of £300 for the wreck and cargo as It now lies. It Is not yet known…
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At about 3.30 yesterday afternoon the Terry steamer Pearl. belonging to the Balmain New Ferry Co. Ltd. was burned to the water's edge She was berthed in Waterview Bay. at the foot…
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A fire broke out on board the Balmain New Ferry Company's steamer Pearl shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday as the steamer was moored in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on a Ferry Steamer the Pearl Severely Damaged
The ferry steamer Perth, owned by the Balmain Ferry Company, was damaged by fire this afternoon. She was moored at the foot of Waterview-road, Ba[?]ain, When…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Schooner in Distress. Captain and Mate Dead
A telegram received from Cape Hawke yesterday afternoon stated that the schooner Eugenic, from Solomon Islands, bound to Sydney, arrived there at 12.30…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Model Mine Wrecked by Explosion. 125 Miners Believed to Be Killed. New York, December 2
A terrible disaster occurred yesterday at the model coal mine at Marianna Penn-sylvania. At least 125 men are reported to be in the mine, and there is practically…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Schooner Eugenie
The schooner Eugenie, bound from the Solomon Islands to Sydney, put into Cape Hawke on Saturday. It appears that on the 6th inst. the master,…
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