Wreckage Found. on the Queensland Coast
BRISBANE, Thursday.--A telegram from Gladstone states that a member of the staff of the lighthouse at Gateombe Head found on the outer beach some wreckage, apparently from a…
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Steamer Due To-morrow
Cufic, from Liverpool, via ports…
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The steamer Coramba made her first crip here this morning with a large cargo of coal. She is some what after the company's Canonbar or Tintenbar type…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Adventurous Stowaways. There and Back on Same Steamer
Thirteen young Scotsmen have returned to the Clyde after performing the somewhat unusual feat of stowing themselves away on hoard the same vessel on her outward and homeward voyages…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mutiny on Steamer. Officers Attacked. Wild Scene Off Athol Bight. Sixteen Chinese Arrested
A mutiny--the third that has taken place in Sydney Harbor within two months--occurred on the steamer Cranley, lying in Athol Bight, off Cromorne Point, yesterday, afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mutiny of Girls. Reformatory Partly Wrecked. Paris, Jan. 5
Three hundred girls mutinied at a reformatory in Clermont. They wrecked the dormitories, smashed 1500 window panes, and kept the police at bay…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →How the Ship Was Wrecked. First Mate's Story
From what the first mate says, the cause of the wreck was a treacherous current off the Elizabeth Reef, which took, the vessel of her proper course and lauded her, bump,…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Castaways Is Sydney. 300 Miles in an Open Boat. Followed by Sharks. Crew of the Wrecked Askoy
The mate and nine shipwrecked sailors from the Norwegian ship Askoy, which, owing, apparently, to treacherous currents, struck on December 27 on the Elizabeth Reef, arrived in…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Norwegian Ship Ashore—crew's Perilous Journey
The Norwegian ship Askoy, on the night of December 27, ran ashore on Elizabeth Reef in a thick haze. Efforts to free her were unavailing, and the crew left in two boats. That in charge of the first mate entered Clarence…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Steamer Turns Turtle. Perilous of the Crew—two Drowned. London, December 2
The steamer Eastern Counties, 458 tons, of Yarmouth, which was making a voyage from Yarmouth to Hull, turned turtle at the mouth of the Humber. Two of the crew were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →The Missing Pandora Four Months Overdue, Believed to Have Foundered. London
It is now three months since any tidings were received of the Pandora, the Australian yawl in which Captain George D. BL[?] the and Captain Peter Arapakis are sailing round the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Piracy in China. Attack on British Steamer. Londoner Killed. Officers Make Bold Defence
The whole of the Canton delta is seething with pirates, and there are deplorable tragedies daily. The British naval authorities are despatching four torpedo-boats in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Brooklyn Broken Up. the Shoalhaven Wreck
The coastal steamer Brooklyn, which was wrecked at Crookhaven Heads on December 15, has completely broken up. She was floated off succcssfully, but almost immediately got…
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The steamer Federal returned to Sydney last week with a quantity of salvage from the stranded steamer Brooklyn, which was wrecked at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Severe Storm in the North-west Wreckage at Collarenebri and Avondale
COLLARENEBRI, Saturday.--Last night a severe storm visited this town. Cottages, fences, and verandahs were blown away. Ma[?]'s receiving store was unroofed, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wreck of the Brooklyn
The salvage steamer Federal has returned to Sydney from the wreck of the steamer Brooklyn at Crookhaven Heads. She brought up a lot of salvage, including the engines, boiler,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railroad Wrecks. at a Paris Station
PARIS, Sunday.--An electric workmen's train collided with a stationary engine at the Gared' Austerlitz (Paris) yesterday. Seven coaches were wrecked and one took fire…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Askoy Wrecked. Ashore on Elizabeth Reef. Crew Rescued
Elizabeth Reef, which lies some 470 miles away from Sydney, has been the scene of another disaster. The news was received early on the 2nd inst…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fire on Mail Steamer
A fire train out in the third-class stewards quarters on board the French mail steamer Pacifique, Miller's Point, on Monday evening about [?] o'clock, but fortunately, it was [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shipwrecked. Two Days in an Open Boat. Australian on the Askoy. Ashore at Elizabeth Reef. Saving the Ship's Cat
Wandering about the face of the ocean for two days, in a small boat, with adverse winds to contend with, and a sea that threatened at any moment to engulf their tiny craft…
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