A Disabled Steamer
The following report from South Solitary Island, which lies 250 miles north of Sydney, was posted on the G.P.O. shipping board this afternoon:—"Steamer, apparently disabled, is…
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Steamer Tango Maru
Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co., Ltd. (managing agents for Nippon Yusen Kaisha in Australasia), intimate the receipt of a telegram from Townsville advising the departure of the J.M.S. Tange [?] from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Collier's Tall Shaft Breaks. Towing a Schooner
NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--Messrs. J. and A. Brown's collier Alice was towed into port this afternoon by the tugs Bungaree and commodore, her tail shaft having broken while she was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Adrift. Schooner Cavan's Plight. Breakdown of the Alice. Newcastle
Shortly after the steamer Alice, with the schoo[?]r Cavan in tow, left Sydney for Newcastle [?] 11 o'clock last [?] the en[?]red the full for e of the [?]. Between 5 and 6…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Adrift in a Gale. Steamer's Plight Off the Coast
With the schooner Cavan in town the steancy Altco left Sydney for Newcastle on Wednesday night, but immediately ran into heavy car. All night the two vessels hattred through the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreckage Sighted. Near Lake Macquarie Entrance
A report has been forwarding in the Navigation Department by Captain Farrell, of the steamer Kyogle, that he passed a quantity of wreckage and sighted a mart on end showing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreckage. Has a Disaster Happened?
Indications that some vessel has been overtaken by disaster off the North Coast was forthcoming on the voyage of the North Coast S. N. Company's Kyogle, from the Clarence River to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Schooner Cavan. No Tidings Yet
NEWCASTLE, Friday.--There are no further tidings of the schooner Cavan, which cast off from the collier Alice, when the latter broke down near Norah Head early yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Missing Schooner. Search for the Cavan Fails Newcastle
Up till a late hour to-night the schooner Cavan, which, on Wednesday night, when off Norah Head, had to be cast off from the steamer Alice owing to, the latter breaking…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Steamer Mined. London, Jan. 1
A Danish steamer has been sunk by a mine in the North Sea. All the crew were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Steamer's Perilous Plight. a Drifting Hawser. Bodalla's Propellers Fouled
A length of hawser, drifting in a stormy sea, caused a lot of bother to the steamer Bodalla last night. The propellers of the veasel were lonled by the [?] nad Captain Baselaln had to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Signals of Distress. Adventure Off South Head. Steamer Bodalla Picked Up
The steamer Bodalla, which left Sydney yesterday for South Coast ports, was badly knocked about in the storm, and her machinery broke down last night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wreckage Off Lake Macquarie
No further news has been received regarding the wreckage sighted by the North Coast S.N. Co.'s steamer Kyogle on the run from the Clarence River to Sydney. The wreckage,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Launch Wrecked
The motor launch Ida, owned by Mr. C. Bradley, of Glebe Point, was smashed to pieces at Reef Beach, Manly, early on Saturday morning. The boat broke away from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Schooner Cavan
NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--There has not yet been any trace of the, schooner Cavan, which cast off from the collier Alice in the gale last Thursday morning. The tugs Champion and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Missing Schooner. Search Steamers Leave. Newcastle
So far the search for the schooner Cavan has been fruitless, but an extended cruise is being made by two of J. and A. Brown's vessels in quest of the missing schooner. The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Rough Weather. Steamer Delayed
The steamer Marsina, which arrived from Port Moresby, via Brisbane, was delayed by the heavy south[?]westerly gale off the coast after leaving Brisbane. She left the latter…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Detained at Newcastle. American Schooner Kona. Newcastle
The four-masted American schooner Kona, which has been in port here since September 25 left on Saturday morning with a cargo of coal for Acajulta. She was detained here as…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Good Work by Pilot Steamer
Tho Bodalla was in a serious plight when plcked up by the pilot steamer, and her rescue reflects the highest credit on Captain Sweet and his crow. It was blowing a gale, with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Adrift. Hawser Fouls Propellers. Coastal Steamer's Awkward Position
Those on board the Illawarra and South Coast Company's new steamer Bodalla had an exciting experience on Friday night last, when a rope fouled the steamers propellors…
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