Seven for £300 Warship Wrecks Go Cheaply San Francisco
A San Francisco company has bought for £300 the wrecks, of the seven American destroyers which were wrecked in September on the…
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Fire on Steamer
A fire broke out shortly before 9 a.m. to-day in the hold of the Huddart Parker steamer Riverina. which was lying at No. 3 wharf, Darling Harbor…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Is It Smallpox? Steamer Arafura
All precautions to prevent the spreading of any disease on the steamer Arafura are being taken by the Quarantine authorities. The sailor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Leaking Steamer Boambee in Port
Owing to a leak breaking out the steamer Buamliee. while coming to Sydney from the Tweed In tow of tho steamer Cobaki, had to run Into Port Stephens…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Steamer Australpeak. Seamen Demand Australian Rates
The steamer Australpeak, recently sold by the Federal Government to a British firm, is held up at Sydney owing to a dispute regarding a new crew. The agents…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lost in Gale Well-Known Island Planter Schooner Burnt Brisbane
A steamer from the Solomons yesterday brought news of tragedies in the islands. The first was caused by the violence of the weather during the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Suspicious Illness On Steamer at the Quay Patient Quarantined
A Chinese member of the crew of the steamer Arafura berthed at Circular Quay was found to have a suspicious rush on him yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Toy of Big Seas Wreck of the Pruth
Great seas were smashing over the Pruth. and the vessel was breaking up. The bottom was going from under her…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →First Picture of Port Elliot Wreck.'
A striking view of the port Elliot,which want aground on Orutus Beach north of East Cape at midnight on January 12 She is now hard and fast…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wrecked by Lightning Inquiry Into Dixmude's Loss LONDON, Tuesday Night
French naval investigators who inquired into the loss of the airship Dixmude, report that the ship proved her airworthiness in a gale, but that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck for Sale The Stranded Pruth
The steamer Pruth, which went ashore on Nateara Reef, outside Port Moresby, Is still hard and fast, all efforts to move her being unavailing…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Small Steamer Sold. for Queensland Coastal Trade
Having received a month's notice of the termination of their charter of the steamer Duranbah, John Burke, Ltd., of Brisbane, has purchased the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Palmer Purchased. Brisbane-northern Rivers Trade
The steamer Palmer, of 279 tons gross register, has been purchased by John E. Burke, Ltd., of Brisbane, for trading between Brisbane and the northern river ports of New South Wales in place of the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Island Planter Drowned Schooner Destroyed
Passengers by the Melusia, which arrived in Sydney yesterday from the Solomon Islands, brought news of the burning of the auxiliary schooner Houto,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Son Stop-press Wreckage Ashore Not From Pacifique
Wreckage consisting of a vessel's hatches and spine soft, timber and other flotsam has been washed ashore between Seal Rocks…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Island Schooner Burnt at Tulagi Crew Arrived Yesterday--schooner Houte a Total Loss--covered by Insurance Sailor Badly Injured
The members of the crew of the auxiliary[?] Hou[?] which was [?] to the water-line in Tulagi Harbur on the 21 inst. arrived in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Pukaki. Sold to Eastern Buyers
Another well - known Australian trader has been sold to Eastern buyers. The sale of the steamer Pukaki was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Sold for £22,000" Steamer Australpeak
The latest numbers of "Fairplay" (an English weekly shipping journal) that have reached Sydney, announce that the price paid for the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Idle Fleet Dwindling Another Steamer Sold
The sale of the steamer Pukakl was completed yesterday, and the vessel will commence loading wheat for Shanghai almost at once. she will sail from Sydney about…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Steamer Pacifique No Fears Entertained Communication Interrupted
No fears are entertained for the safety of the French steamer Pacifique, which left Sydney for Noumea on January 17, and of whose arrival no…
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