Fire on Steamer. Calulu's Cargo Damaged
An outbreak of fire was discovered in the coal on board the steamer Calulu while the vessel was unloading cargo at Hongkong on Wednesday. The fire was extinguished…
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Sailer Wrecked on English Coast
The Danish four-masted barque, Morgens Koch, was one of the vessels driven ashore on the English coast during the recent gale. The crew was rescued by the Newhaven lifeboatmen who had themselves been out all night trying to rescue another vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seven Lives Sailor's Adventures Limpopo Wreck Capetown
ONE of the crew of the steamer Limpopo, which was wrecked off Sylvia Hill, 90 miles north of Luderits, South-West Africa, while on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Destiny at the Gangway Henry Parkes stepped ashore to Poverty & Fame
IN the year 1839, if anyone had had the temerity to say to Sir John Jamison, member of the Legislative Council and lord of the…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Back to Wreck Sailor's Heroism on Behalf of Suffering Mates CAPETOWN
THE Government tug arrived from Luderwitz this morning, bringing the crew of the steamer Limpopo, who had been shipwrecked on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shut Up Threeos Slipped Badly Wrecked Big Rolls
SECOND at Warwick Farm after dashing to the front from No. [?] marble, Thr[?] looked like being a tough nut to crack in the third heat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mysterious Disappearance of Maisie Wilson Their Witness "Spirited Away" Say Police of Girl Who Charged Men With Vile Assault on Xmas Day the Kellys As Camera Wreckers
WHILE three men are charged with indecently assaulting a young woman named Maisie Wilson in Palmer-street, Woolloomooloo, on Xmas Day, the girl herself cannot be found. "TRUTH" last week endeavored to probe the mystery behind the cause of her non-appearance at court in the case in which she is the chief Crown witness…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Clarice Kennedy Wrecks World's Record Brilliant Hurdles Dash Jim Carlton Flies Over 100 Yards in Wonderful Time Lermond on Impossible Handicap
CLARICE KENNEDY, of the Western Suburbs Amateur Athletic Club, during the week was clocked at 12[?] seconds for 80 Metres Hurdles, beating by three-tenths of a second the world's record of Miss Von Bredow, of Germany, and critics were sceptical that there must be something wrong with the watches…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wreck That Put Maroubra on the Map When the Tekapo Was Lost Three Disasters
Thirty-one years ago Maroubra Bay was practically unknown. Its "discovery" is associated with…
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The Burns, Philp Island mall steamer Makambo will reach Sydney to-day from the New Hebrides, berthing at No. 10, Walsh Bay…
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The N.Y.K. liner Tango Maru is due to arrive here to-day from Yokohama, to the agency of Burns, Philp and Co. She will berth at No. 7. Walsh Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bondi Stir Wood Adrift Looked Like Man Is It Wreckage?
THERE was a stir at Bonds in day when what appeared to be an uplurned boat with a man clinging to it, was seen being…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →On Isle 3 Months' Exile Launch Wreck Auckland
AFTER having been wreck in Nukapu Island, 30 miles from Santa Cruz, an elderly trader named Lazarus, and four natives spent…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Manuka Wreck Finding. Captain Guilty of Negligence. Wellington (N.z.)
The Nautical Court which, inquired into the wreck of the Manuka, found that Captain Ross Clark had been guilty of negligence, but that the third mate was not guilty. The…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Captain Was to Blame Wreck of Manuka Nautical Court's Finding
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday. THE Nautical Court, consisting of A Mr. H. W. Bundle, S.M., and Captains Worrall and Stringer, assessors…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wrecked St. Genny. Heroic Rescues. Swamped by Terrific Seas. London, Jan. 14
After the survivors of the wrecked naval tug St. Genny were landed at Plymouth from the Snapdragon, and were equipped with new kits at the naval barracks, Lieutenant Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Steamer Barwon
Captain Felliateras, two officers and two engineers, arrived in Sydney yesterday by R.M.S. Orsova, to recommission the steamer Barwon, which was recently sold by Huddart, Parker, Ltd.,…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →For the Island Trade. a Three-masted Auxiliary Schooner
A three-masted auxiliary schooner for service in the Gilbert and Ellice Group of South Sea Islands has been ordered from the Grangemouth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chinese Wile River Steamer Raided Shanghai
A serio-comic case of opium "hijacking" occurred on the Yangtze' on Wednesday night. When the British steamer Tuck-Wo…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Pirates' Ruse Steamer Boarded Hail of Bullets Shanghai
POSING as revenue officers [?] search of opium. a ba[?]d of "hijackers" boarded the Bristol river steam Tuck-Wo between…
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