Sold to Japanese the Steamer Hobart
The Hobart, a well-known inter-State steamer, has been sold by the Melbourne S.S. Company to Japanese buyers in Kobe. The price paid is said to be…
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Smallpox on Steamer Thursday Island
The steamer Sussex, from Calcutta for Wellington, which called off the port on Sunday afternoon to pick up the pilot, reported a bad case…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Smallpox on Steamer Sussex. Thursday Island
The steamer Sussex, from Calcutta, for Wellington, which called off port on Sunday afternoon to pick up the inner route pilot, had a case of smallpox on board. The patient,…
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A case of smallpox from the steamer Sussex, en route from Calcutta to Wellington, was landed here this afternoon…
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Violent gales have greatly damaged shipping in Turkish waters, particularly in the Black Sea, where the big American cargo steamer Conejos, 5110 tons, with a cargo of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Black Sea Storm American Steamer Lost All Hands Perish LONDON, December 30
Reuter's correspondent at Constantinople reports that violent gales have done great damage to shipping in Turkish waters, particularly in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schooner Eric. in Port at Honolulu
Cable advice has been received in Sydney, stating that the American 4-masted schooner Eric, bound from Vancouver to Brisbane, has arrived at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Schooner for Sale Sydney's Idle Fleet Dwindling
After nearly three months of idleness at Sydney the wooden five-masted schooner H. K. Hall is to be sold. The schooner came to Sydney from…
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On reaching Sydney from Singapore to-day. the oil tank steamer Scottish Strath, was ordered to quarantine. On Christmas Day one of the crow…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Steamer Hobart. Sold to Japanese
It is reported from Melbourne that the well-known inter-State trader Hobart has been sold by the Melbourne S.S. Co. to Japanese buyers. The…
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A new steamer, constructed for Baynes Bros., Ltd., Brisbane, was successfully launched on Friday last from the new yards of Messrs. Drake, Ltd.,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Taiyuan To be Released To-day
The A.O. steamer Taiyuan, which arrived on December 30 from Hongkong, and was sent straight to quarantine, owing to a case of smallpox…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bubonic Plague Fumigating Steamer Fourth in Quarantine
Having put ashore at Thursday island a native suspected of being infected with bubonic plague, the steamer Scottish Strath, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Taiyuan. Some Passengers Released. Trespassers Still Detained
Four of the passengers of the steamer Taiyuan, which was quarantined consequent upon an outbreak of smallpox while the vessel was on the voyage from Hongkong to Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fight on Steamer. a Fireman Killed. Brisbane
The Commissioner of Police to-day received a telegram from the Cairns police to the [?] feet that John McCain, fireman on the steamer Cooma, was killed last night in a fight on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Murder Charge Brawl on Steamer Firemen Quarrel Cairns
A brawl occurred on board the steamer Cooma on New Year's Eve. Albert Arthur Jennings, a fireman, appeared in the Cairns Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Vessel Foundered Loss Off Scott Head
While being towed from Nambucca River to Port Macquarie the river timber-carrying vessel Macksville foundered off Scott Head…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pruth Ashore. Near Port Moresby
Word has been received in Sydney that the steamer Pruth ran ashore on Basilisk Reef at the entrance to Port Moresby, on the night of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Schooner Eric. in Port at Honolulu
Cable advice has been received in Sydney, Stating that the American 4-masted schooner Eric, bound from Vancouver to Brisbane, has arrived at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Hobart Sold
The interstate trader Hobart has been sold by the Melbourne Steamship Company to Japanese buyers. The vessel will load a cargo of wheat at Port Pirie for Japan. The Hobart is a steel screw steamer of 2463…
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