The Steamer Eastern Badly Damaged
Advices received from Brisbane state that the E. and A. steamer Eastern was floated into dock yesterday morning, and an examination of the ship's…
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Theft on Board a Steamer
At the Water police Court the [?] Jope telfer Peartion, was [?] charge of sealing from the Union [?] steamer Moans, tour electripasted [?]…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.--The steamer Eastern was flouted into dock to-day, and was inspected. It was found that the principal damage is on the port side of the keel, the whole of the…
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The Richmond River Co-operative Steam Company having resolved to build a new passenger and cargo steamer for the Ballina-Woodburn service, an order for the construction of the [?] has been given to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Squadron. Long Cruise for the Challenger. Deserter Swims Ashore
The most talked of event among sailors who come ashore from ships of H.M. equadron now in Sydney Harbor is the project cruise of the Challenger, which will begin on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on a Steamer. Three Stowaways Suffocated
LONDON, Thursday Evening.—The Liner Hero from Dunkirk arrived at Hull to-day with a fire in the hold. When the flames were extinguished the bodies of three…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer Intercepted. Value of Morse Signalling at Night
The South Head signalmaster and his assistants indulge in a lot of practice with the Morse signalling lamp, and were last night able to put up a record for the New South…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Passenger's Booty. Cutlery From the Steamer Moana
John Telfer Pearson, 23, was charged at the Water Police Court this morning with stealing from the Union Co.'s steamer Moana 4 electroplated fruit dishes, 6 electroplated…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—The barque Speculant, a regular trafer between New Zealand and Victorian ports, weat ashore at Cape Patten, Victoria, this morning, and became a total…
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Word has been received that the schooner Jessie Niccol was wrecked on Macquarie Islands on Christmas Day, and that the captain, mate, and cook were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Barque Wrecked. Russian Sailer Glenbank. Twenty-two of the Crew Missing. Fremantle
The Russian barque Glenbank has been wrecked off Cossack, North-west Australia. She was bound from San Nicholas (Philippine Islands) to Balla Dalla (N.W…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Barquentine Wrecked. All Hands Saved. Melbourne
The Speculant, a barquentine, bound from Portland to Tally, has been wrecked at Cape Patten. All hands were saved…
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AUCKLAND, Thursday.--News has just been received that the schooner Jessie Niccol was totally wrecked on Macquarie island on Christmas Day…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.-- The barquentine Speculant, owned in Warrnambool, and a well-known trader along the Victorian coast, ran ashore at 2.40 tills morning at Cape Patten…
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Messrs. Clus Forrester and Co. have received instructions from Messrs. Elder, Smith, and Co., Ltd., on behalf of the London Salvage Association, to offer byauction, at 15 Queen-street, Melbourne, on…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Coastal Navigation. Steamer's Tail Shaft Goes
A telegram received from the feignal station at Smoky Cape by the secretary of the Navigation Department yesterday, stated that the steamet Our Elsie, owned by Messrs. A. H…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Mitchell Life-boat in Which "Bobby" Leach Intends Going Over Niagara Falls
It would be difficult to imagine a more tremendous feat of daring than voluntarily to shoot the Falls of Niagara, however, strong and specially constructed might be the vessel in which the terrific descent was made. This feat, however, is to be attempted by "Bobby"' Leach, of Niagara Falls. Ontario, in the Mitchell life-boat shown…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Steamer Eastern. Work of Repair. Brisbane
The finding of the Marine Board in respect to the recent grounding of the steamer Eastern, has now reached the Treasurer. The report stated that the board found that…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Stowaways Burned to Death. Fire on the Steamer Hero
LONDON, Thursday.-- The liner Hero, from Dunkirk, arrived at Hull with a fire in the hold. When the fire was extinguished the bodies…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Three Men Drowned. Wreck of the Jessie Niccol. Wellington (N.z.)
Those drowned by the wreck of the Jessie Niccol on Macquarie Island the week before Christmas were Holmes, the captain; Paterson, the mate, and Mercer, the cook. The…
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