Skipper's Death Schooner Tragedy Inquest Opened
Mow Fred West, the skipper of the American schooner John A. Campbell, met his death on Tuesday week (March 1(1.) was told at the inquest conducted…
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Motor Schooner Tacoma. to Be Offered for Sale
Ono of the most important public shipping sales held in Sydney for some time will take place at the rooms of F. R. Strange, 106…
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Our South Australian correspondent wired last night that the French barque Notre Dame d'Arvor ran aground on the south-west of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Steamer Fares. Over 20% Increase Expected. Federal Government's Liability. Rush Oversea
Fares by inter-State steamships are going up. The public has had some hint of that from the more or less cryptic messages from Melbourne recording the Federal Controller's…
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Judge Cohen, with him Captains Vine Hall and Chudleigh, assessors, inquired into the loss of the steam collier Lubra, at Catherine Hill liny, on the night of February 19 last…
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The city [?] (Mr. Jamleson) held an inquiry yesterday into the death of Captain W. A. West, master of the schooner John A. Campbell, on March [?]. Alexander Thomson, who is charged with murder,…
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A cablegram was received yesterday by Messrs. Scott, Henderson, and Co. advising that the four-masted schooner Irmgard, bound from Eureka to Sydney with lumber, had put…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Quarrel on Steamer Storekeeper Killed
WELLINGTON, N.Z., Wednesday.--Robert M'Nab, a storekeeper on the steamer Waikawa, has died from injures suffered allegedly at the hands of a member of the crew, during a…
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Owing to the increased cost of running steamers freight rates are to be increased. The manager of one company stated…
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The steamer Canadian Raider, which arrived at Newcastle from Melbourne this morning, entered port with her flags flying at half-mast. The chief officer, who was in…
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Captain Winter, of the steamer Canadian Raider, en route to Melbourne from Newcastle, was reported missing from the vessel when it was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Kidderpore to Load Wheat. a New P. & O. Steamer
The new P. & O. steamer Kidderpore, of 5241 tons gross, and built only last year, is to come to an Australian port to load wheat for the United…
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TOWNSVILLE, Thursday.--At 11.45 last night an affray occurred on the steamer Burwah, as a result of which a fireman, Alfred Bailey, was rendered totally blind…
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The Commonwealth liner Eudunda is to be launched at Cockatoo Island on Monday next. She is a vessel of 5500 tons, and will be employed in the cargo trade between Australian ports. The steel plates from which she is constructed were imported. Her engines were made at Castlemaine (Vic.)…
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The wooden steamer Jubilee, owned by Arthur William Miller, was damaged by fire at Long Cove, Balmain, early this morning. The blaze was…
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The Port Kembla, built by Messrs, Hawthorn, Leslie, and Company, of Newcastle, for the Commonwealth and Dominion line, and intended for the Australian trade, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEW C. AND D. Steamer. London, March 22
The commonwealth and Dominion Line steamer Port Kemb[?]a, built especially for the Australian trade, has been launched at Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Great Tragedy Recalled Woman Escapes With Murderers Three Months' Cruise in Ketch Zara White's Death at Long Bay
The death of Zara White at the Long Bay Reformatory for Women removes the last of the three concerned in the great Barrier murder near Auckland, New Zealand, on June 19, 1886, when Robert Taylor was shot by John McCaffrey while his mate, Henry Albert…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Destructive Hurricane. Vessels Driven Ashore Loss of Life at Levuka
SUVA, March 3.--A hurricane visited Tavluni and Levuka on Tuesday and raged until Wednesday night. Telephonic connection between the two town was destroyed, and when…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.--In March last year the Papuan Government's steamer, Morrie England, a new vessel, caught fire in the harbor of Port Moresby, and had to be sunk…
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