Mail Robbery. On Steamer Marsina. Registered Articles and Gold
The entire contents of a mailbag, comprising registered articles from New Guinea, were stolen from the steamer Marsina, which arrived at Sydney yesterday…
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Fireman's Dismissal. Melbourne Dispute. Departure of Steamer Delayed. Melbourne
Owing to a dispute between officials of the Seamen's Union and the Melbourne Steamship Company, the departure of the lnterstatt passenger steamer Dimboola for Sydney and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Wreck of the Manuka
The Manuka, of the Union S.S. Company, went ashore in a heavy fog at Long Point, about seventy miles from Dunedin, on December 17, and became a total loss, the vessel striking at 11 at night, when the passengers Were in their beds…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Romance and Adventure Nearly 50 Years Afloat Last of Old Schooner
WHEN Captain Ozanne, his wife son and daughter and his crew of 13 Samoans took to the lifeboats earls on October 14,100 miles south of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Demented Mother Beheads Pretty Child and Then Kills Herself in Storm Three Men in Boat Washed Ashore Thrilling Experiences Brisbane
Buffeted by a severe storm in Moreton Bay, their boat leaking badly, and with sail torn by terrific wind, three young men…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Two Escaped, But "Baby" Was Wrecked
George Binsdale (23), of the Promenade, Sans Souci, and his sister both escaped injury though their "baby" car was wrecked when it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Limited Express Smashes into Pilot Engine Three Injured As Dining Passengers Reel Both Engines Derailed-- Empty Carriage Wrecked Women Faint with Shock
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A terrific collision with a pilot engine near Seymour at 7.15 tonight sensationally stopped the career of the speedy limited division of the Melbourne to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mail Robbery on Steamer
When mailbags on the island steamer Marsina were opened on the vessel's arrival in Sydney, it was found that one bag, which had contained the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Ashore Steamer Mariston
The British steamer Mariston is ashore on the Maria Riedersberden Bank, 270 miles west of Sourabaya according to private advices received…
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The steamer Mariston Whyalla, bound for Rotterdam, ran ashore on the Marie Riegersbergen Reef. She is lying quietly, and not leaking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →All Saved Chilean Steamer Wrecked Lima (Peru)
The Chilean steamer Mapocho (2600 tons) was pounded into a total wreck 200 miles north of Callao. All the passengers were landed safely in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mariston Ashore. While En Route to Rotterdam
According to a private message received at Sydney yesterday, the British steamer Mariston has gone ashore on the. Maria Riedersberden bank, 270…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chilean Steamer Is Total Wreck Passengers Land Safely in Boats LIMA (Peru)
The Chilean steamer Mapocho has been ponded into a total wreck 200 miles north of Callao (Peru). All the passengers were landed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Opium Outfit in Steamer's Bunkers Search Continued
Though the contraband found on the steamer Cabarita last evening was evidently intended for the use of the crew, who are not thought to have…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wreck at Peru Mapocho's Fate Mariston on Reef Lima, Peru
THE Chilean steamer Mapocho, 2652 tons was pounded into a total wreck 200 miles north of Callao last night. All the passengers were landed safely in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Wrecked Manuka. Seamen Reach Melbourne. Melbourne
A number of seamen from the Union Company's steamer Manuka, which was wrecked on Long Point, South Island, New Zealand, on December 16, reached Melbourne by the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Heard Calls and Rang Up London Listener Tells Life-boat Station LONDON
A ship has been saved by wireless, through the intervention of an arm-chair listener-in. THE story is revealed by a letter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Ashore, But Is Refloated Melbourne
The Broken Hill Co.'s steamer Iron Knob grounded near Port Albert, on the Victorian coast, early on Saturday morning, but was refloated two hours…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mariston Ashore on Java Coast
Private advice was received in Sydney on Saturday that the British steamer Mariston, 4557 tons, bound from Whyalla, South Australia, to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wreck at 4 A.M. Lugger's Crew Reach Cairns Cairns
The crew of a lugger which was wrecked on Sudbury reef, 35 miles from Cairns, about 4 a.m. on Saturday, readied Cairns at 5 p.m. the…
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