Moorish Pirate Raid. British Steamer Seized
A New Orleans (N.S.W.) message states:— How a band of Moorish pirates boarded their vessel in…
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Dutch Steamer Mined London, Friday Night
A message from Rotterdam reports that the steamer Maashaven struck a mine in the North Sea. Twenty- two members of the crow were rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Battleship Which Is Now a Total Wreck
The H.M.S. Argyle, which was caught on the rocs of the East Coast of Scotland, and became a total wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →8 Days in Agony on Raging Sea Torpedoed Clan Steamer Crew Reduced by 50 24 Survive in Open Boats Submarine Gave No Warning. London, Saturday Morning
The steamer Clan Macfarlane was torpedoed without any warning when travelling in a heavy sea. The look-out on the vessel did not see the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sale of a Schooner. Brisbane
An order was made by the Supreme Court recently for the sale of the four-masted schooner "Coquitiam City." The schooner was put up for auction by the ba[?]ff on…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Spanish Steamer Sunk
LONDON, Sunday.--Lloyd's report that the Spanish steamer Bayo (2131 tons) was mined and sunk off Chassiron. Twenty-five members of the ship's company were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fight on Ferry Steamer
At the North Sydney Police Court, to-day Henry Hayes, aged 49, was charged with maliciously wounding William Roach, occasioning him grievous bodily harm on board…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Steamer's Missing Passenger Newcastle
Mr. C. Furness, a commercial traveller, representing the Goodyear Rubber Co. hoarded the Namol here on Friday night, but was missing when the beat reached Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →American Steamer Manila. Reported Sold to Australia
The American steamer Manila (says a San Francisco exchange), which several parties have in the past couple of years unsuccessfully attempted to put…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Mutlah. As She Appeared Ashore at Bramble Cay
The work of repairing the Mutlah is one of the most extensive undertakings of the kind ever done at Sydney, repairs costing in the vicinity of £30,000. the vessel was on the due list was not…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Spanish Steamer Sunk
The Spanish steamer Belgiea (2063 tons) has been sunk. Twenty-three of her complement were picked up…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Due To-day
Ventura, from San Francisco, via ports, Moorabool, from Geelong. Wyandra, from Melbourne. Age, from Melbourne and Geelong…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Steamer Damaged. Hurricane Off Fiji
The Colonial Sugar Refining Company. Limited's steamer Fiona, which arrived from Fiji yesterday, ran into a hurricane when about a day out from Fiji. The hurricane…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →German Steamer Founders London, Tuesday Morning
A German naval auxiliary steamer has foundered off Aero Island, in the north of Kiel Bay. Uniform caps have been washed ashore…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cargo on the Austrian Steamer Orsova
A meeting of Orsova consignees was held at the Sydney Chamber of Commecr on the 12th inst., to discuss the undermentioned goods received from…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →American Steamer Manila. Reported Sold to Australia
The American steamer Manila (says a San Francisco exchange), which several parties have in the past couple of years unsuccessfully attempted to put…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Earthquake. Many Houses Wrecked at Rabaul. a Causeway Disappears
Officers of the steamer Marsina, which arrived in Sydney yesterday from Rabaul, were able to supply further details of the earthquake which occurred in the neighbourhood [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Aftermath of Wreck. Sailors Charged With Stealing
Cape newspapers contain particulars of a somewhat unusual case of prosecution in connection with the wreck of the steamer British Prince. It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ketch Held Up
The Brothers, a small ketch trading between Sydney and Broken Bay, was held up at the Heads at 11.40 a.m. yesterday by a shot being fired across her bow. The vessel was boarded…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Schooner in Distress
News was received yesterday by the American mail steamer Ventura that the four-masted schooner William Bowdon had put into Honolulu on December 30 in distress. She is bound…
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