Merry Tar Ashore and What Followed
"You are only a m[?] I will bring the Tingara down to [?] you up." Such was the indignant retort of a bluejacket. Frederich Henry Pai[?]t (35)…
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Steamer on Fire Manila, Thursday Evening
The Norwegian cargo steamer Tune, 2050 tons, is on fire in harbor, having made a 70 mile run for port. There are no casualties.—Reuter…
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When everything was in readiness for the steamer K[?]romiko to leave Port Adelaide for Melbourne this morning, the crew, being unprepared to sail…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Beam-engine Mail Steamer Nevada at Mort's Dock
Mr. C. R. Ramage, in his notes on "The Quay in the 'Seventies," mentions the name of two old-time beam-engined U.S.A. mailboats that traded across the…
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The overseas steamer Koranga, of the Ellerman Line, was proceeding down the harbor last night, bound for Melbourne and Adelaide, and when off…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →COLLISION. Uncontrolled Steamer. Strikes Coal Punt. a Remarkable Accident
The Ellerman-Bucknall liner Koranga (6616 tons), got out of control through a supposed fault in the steering gear last night, and, losing her course, collided with a punt loaded…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Saturday. The Canadian Constructor is held up at Timaru. No labor is offering to work her,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →For the North Shore Bridge Steamer Launched at Walsh Island to Carry Metal From Kiama Newcastle
The Government Dockyard at Walsh Island to-day launched the first of the three steamers ordered by Dorman, Long, and Co.,…
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When the Commonwealth chartered vessel Queenmoor arrived at Fremantle the wharf-laborers would not work the cargo, and the ship put back…
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Upon the arrival on Saturday of the Italian steamer Regina D'ltalia, it was reported that one case of smalipox had developed on the boat, and that there were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Atrato's Long Voyage First Steamer to Reach Australia
About the middle of September, 1872, the Atrato, the first steamer to visit Australia, sailed from Plymouth for Melbourne. After many adventures,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Used Too Much Gelignite Tyro Safe-blowers Wreck Room But Get Nothing for Their Trouble Melbourne
Residents in Cahep Street, Prahran, rushed into the street in their night attire when they heard a loud explosion in the shop of B…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Was He Drunk or Drugged? Wreck in Court Talk of Paraldehyde
More than the ordinary "drunk" story lay behind the tale told at the Central Court yesterday, when an elderly accountant was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Moeraki Trouble Non-Unionist Crew Engaged
Owing to a dispute on the Moeraki, on which Australian rates of pay are demanded by the seamen, the Union Steamship Company applied last week to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Most Famous Steamer Great Eastern's Career
There is no doubt that the Great Eastern, launched in 1857, is the most famous of all the steamers built during the career of steam navigation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Big Task Repairing a Steamer MELBOURNE
[?] time at North [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Steamer Seized. Alleged Rum-running. Vancouver (B.c.), Feb. 18
The Canadian steamer Coal Harbour has been seized at San Francisco, and 14 members of the crew have been arrested. The Customs officials estimate that the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tweed Heads Bar Sinister Record Long List of Wrecks
The bar at Tweed Heads is an intriguing place, so calm often, with just a line of swelling wavelets to mark the peril beneath, that one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Largest Lifeboat in the World
There has just been launched on the Mersey (Eng.) what is claimed to be the largest lifeboat in the world, it-is intended for New Brighton; it is known as the William and Kate Johnson (so named after two generous Liverpool donors). The new lifeboat is 60ft long, 15ft. beam, with a depth of 4ft 6in, and a displacement of 40 tons; it is a twin-screw boat of the Barnett type, with twa 90 h.p. petrol engines. There is accommodation on beard for 150 people, and two passenger cabins are provided…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Walked Ashore the Maramas Crew Wellington (N.z.)
Owing to the crew of the steamer Marama going ashore, the vessels departure for Sydney has been postponed until 3 p.m. on Monday…
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