Motor Schooner Mascot
NORFOLK ISLAND. Friday.--The motor schooner Mascot, which was 14 days out from Sydney to Suva, called here, short of lubricating oil. The Mascot resumes her voyage to-day…
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Steamer on Fire Perth
A telegram from Carnarvon states that the Government steamer Kwinana arrived at that port at daylight on Monday, with her bunkers on fire, and is now in a critical position…
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While the steamer Kurnalpi was being loaded at Bunbury Jetty yesterday with cases of benzine, an explosion occurred in the hatch in which were four lumpers…
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Telegrams from Carnarvon state that the Government steamer Kwinana has arrived at that port with her bunkers on fire, and is now in a critical position. The bulkheads…
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NEWCASTLE, Saturday.-At an early hour this morning the fire brigades of Newcastle received an urgent call from the Adelaide Steamship Company's…
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FREMANTLE, Saturday.-The State steamer Kwinana, formerly the Archibald Currie steamer Karius, is lying on the beach near Carnarvon jetty (North-West…
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NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--A fire which broke out early On Saturday morning on the steamer Jounce did much damage. The outbreak was in the engine storeroom and extended to other…
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NEWCASTLE, Monday.--Examinations of the steamer Junee, on which a fire occurred last Saturday, have failed to show any damage other than has been mentioned…
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Frederick Adam Fletcher and his son, Fredrick Charles. left Kurnell for Sandringham yesterday in a rowing boat. The boat was subsequently capsized…
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A stack of goods in the engineer's storeroom on board the steamer Junee, lying at a dolphin near the steel works, at Newcastle, was ignited at…
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A telegram received at Perth on Thursday last from Carnarvon reported that the State steamer Kwinana arrived from Fremantle on…
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A fire broke out on board the interstate collier Junee, lying at Dolphins, Port Waratah,. The flames, which originated in the engine-room store, spread to other parts of…
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A camping party which has just returned to Sydney from Wreck Day and Sussex Inlet, on the South Coast, reports that the carcases of eight…
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The missing steamer Santa Isabel (2488 tons), of Barcelona, has been wrecked at Corunna. There were 200 on board…
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A message from Madrid states that the Spanish steamer Santa Isabel is a total loss on the coast of Villa Garcia, near the Island of Salvor[?]…
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PERTH," Tuesday.--The latest report from Carnarvon is that the State steamer Kwinana is gutted' forward, but It is expected that the salvage pumps brought by the tug Wyola will…
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The Spanish steamer Santa Isabel, of Barcelona, has been wrecked at Corunna. Two hundred persons are reported to be missing…
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There were two collisions on the harbour on Monday, but only slight damage was done. The Sydney Ferries' steamers Kirrule and Kookaburra were on their way from Taronga…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mexican Dollars Lead Chinese Into Trouble Chew Walked Ashore
On enteritis the Central Police Court to-day it was easy to imegine oneself as having been suddenly transported to Shanghai or some other…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire on Steamer Kwinana. Perth
A Carnarvon telegram states that the steamer Kwinana is gutted forward, but it is expected that the salvage pumps, brought by the Wyola, will extinguish the fire, and save…
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