Is It Wreckage?
The master of the steamer Wareatea has reported to the Victoria Department of Ports and Harbors that on passing Cape Woolamal he saw a quantity of timber painted white. Near…
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Danish Steamer Founders—fifteen Drowned
The Danish steamer Volmer foundered on Christmas Day during the terrible gale in the English Channel. Her captain and one sailor were picked up off The Lizard after two days' suffering in an open boat…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Sprang a Leak. 98 Saved From Sunken Steamer. London, Saturday Morning
The Cunard liner Syria picked up near Bona, Algeria, seven boats containing 98 passengers and crew from the French steamer St. Augustin. The St. Augustin sprang a leak and sank…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mail Steamer Abandoned. Lost in the Atlantic. Ninety-Eight Passengers Saved. LONDON
The French liner St. Augustine was abandoned in the Atlantic on New Year's Day. Seven of her boats, containing 98 passengers, were picked up by the Tyria. The mails…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ketch Porbes Bros
During the Christmas holidays the ketch Forbes Brothers missed stays in Newcastle Harbour. A preliminary inquiry was held at the Navigation Department on Saturday in regard to the mishap…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Steamer Hastings
After an absence of some years, the Steamer Hastings is, it is reported, to resume her running in the New South Wales coastal trade. The vessel, it…
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Messrs. George Hudson and Son, Ltd., recently received cable advice of the departure of the steamer Christian Bors from Puget Sound for Sydney on December 11 last. She has a full cargo of oregon,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →French Steamer Sinks. London, Jan. 4
The Cunard liner Syria picked up seven boats, containing 98 of the passengers and crew of the French steamer Saint Augustin, near Bona, the Algerian seaport…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Typhoon in Philippines. Steamer Sunk in Moji Harbour. Tremendous Seas. Numbers of Small Craft Wrecked
The Empire, which arrived at Sydney on Saturday from Japan, Manila, and other ports, brought details of the effect of the recent typhoon which swept over Moji Harbor and the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Damaged Steamer Narrung. Re-shipping the Australian Cargo
The Sydney Marine Underwriters' Association was advised by cablegram on Saturday that the undamaged cargo belonging to the steamer Narrung, which put back to London in distress,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Went Down Like a Stone. Another French Steamer in Trouble. London
The sensational sinking of a steamer, from which the passengers and crew had been rescued Just in time, is reported from the Algerian seaport of Bona…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shipping Disasters. a Steamer Sunk. Terrible Weather. Many Lives Lost. New York, Jan. 4
It is reported from Newport News that the steamer Julia Luckenbach has been sunk, as a result of a collision with the British steamer Indrakuala in Chespeake Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gales and Wrecks. Steamers in Collision. Many Lives Lost. Vessel Founders. New York
It is reported from Newport News that the wteamer Julia Luckenback has been sunk, as a result of a collision with the British steamer Indrakuala in Cheaspeake Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Maritime Mishaps. a Steamer Ashore. Rio De Janeiro, Jan. 6
News has been received here that the steamor Worwman (6116 tons) is ashore. Her cargo is insured for £150,000. It is feared that she will prove a total loss…
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Monday.--The British liner Workman (3981 tons not) is ashore. The cargo is insured for £150,000. It is feared the vessel is a total loss…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Storm in Pacific. Vessels Blown Ashore
SAN DIEGO, Monday.--An immigration yacht and two fishing craft were blown ashore and dashed to fragments by the storm raging on the Pacific coast…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Van Waerwyck. Quarantine Officers Satisfied
The Royal Packet S.N. Company's steamer Van Waerwyck, which was not allowed to go alongside the wharf on her arrived here from Batavia and ports recently owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Rings Stolen. Steamer Thieves at Work
Steamer thieves continue to ply their calling with success, and the latest robbery reported is from the steamer Orsova, the victim, being Mrs. Stimmon, of London, now…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer's Record Trip. Sonoma's Fast Passage
At 10 o'clock yesterday morning the American mail steamer Sonoma entered the Heads, completing wh[?] is a record trip from [?] Franciso, in [?] days [?] hours. The Sonoma landed English newspapers in 2[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Geared Turbines. The Cargo Steamer Cairnross
A ship launch of more than ordinary interest took place at Sunderland a few weeks ago, when Messrs. W. Doxford and Sons put into the water the…
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