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  2. AN APPALLING WRECK. TOTAL LOSS OF THE STEAMER WAIRARAPA.

    A gloom such as has not fallen upon Sydney for many years cast itself over the metropolis yesterday. While yet the wound in the public mind was fresh from the railway ...

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  3. SPECIAL CABLES. FROM THE HERALD'S LONDON CORRESPONDENTS.

    The Czar of Russia has rallied slightly, and is now sleeping. NOVEMBER 1. A bulletin from Livadia states that the ...

    Article : 50 words
  4. IN PARLIAMENT.

    Yesterday after a futile attempt in the Legislative Council on the part of the Vice-President of the Executive Council to secure the rejection of a formidable motion ...

    Article : 1,714 words
  5. SYMPATHY WITH THE COMPANY IN SYDNEY.

    Many of the shipping houses and other business places in the city lowered the flags on their buildings to half-mast on receipt of the appalling news. Many letters of sympathy and condolence ...

    Article : 141 words
  6. REFERENCES TO PASSENGERS.

    James Charles White who is supposed to have been drowned was the father of the Hon. R. H. D. White, M.L.C. He was entering upon his 85th year the exact day of the wreck. The deceased ...

    Article : 254 words
  7. LIST OF THE CREW DROWNED.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 74 words
  8. NIHILIST PROCLAMATION.

    A Nihilist proclamation, couched in violent terms, has been issued in Switzerland, rejoicing over the Ozar's approaching end. ...

    Article : 24 words
  9. OFFICIAL CONDOLENCES.

    In the Legislative Assembly last evening the Premier Mr. G. H. Reid made a short reference to the disaster, in the course of which he said he was sun that the members of the House would ...

    Article : 105 words
  10. REFORM OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

    The Times this morning contains an article upon the proposed crusade against the House of Lords. It considers that the reform of the ...

    Article : 54 words
  11. SECOND EDITION.

    Mr. A. J. Chamberlain, who represents Harman Brothers ond Houston, of Sheffeld, in the Australian colonies, was amongst the passengers by the fatal vessel. He says the trip across ...

    Article : 802 words
  12. SYMPATHY OF NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Mr. G. H. Reid has sent the following telegram to Mr Seddon, Premier of New Zealand:— "The Government and people of this colony most deeply sympathise with those who have been ...

    Article : 107 words
  13. MR. D. DRYBOROUGH.

    Mr. D. Dryborough was a comparatively young man, 36 years of age, and connected with the firm of Sandeman and Co., wine and spirit merchants, of Pitt-street, Sydney. He was a married man, ...

    Article : 59 words
  14. MILITARY DEFENCES OF FRANCE.

    Captain Dreyfus, who holds a position in the French army, has been arrested for selling plans of the defence of the Alps to Italy, plans for the mobilisation of the ...

    Article : 64 words
  15. THE CAPTAIN AT HIS POST.

    The captain was observed up to the last moment at his post, and as the bridge was carried away he was seen to plunge into the sea, but was not again observed. When daylight broke, and the sea had ...

    Article : 175 words
  16. EXCITEMENT AT THE UNION

    Never in the history of the Union Company in Sydney has such a rush taken place as that of yesterday. From the moment the office opened until 10 o'clock last night the office was besieged. ...

    Article : 121 words
  17. MR. W. FERGUSON.

    Mr. W. Ferguson is the chief engineer of the Wellington Harbour Board, New Zealand. ...

    Article : 17 words
  18. NARRATIVE BY A SURVIVOR.

    Miss Jone Williams, one of the survivors, had a most thrilling experience, being in the water for 12 hours. For a part of the time she was clinging to a spar with her hair wound round it, ...

    Article : 798 words
  19. MR. M. SMITH.

    Mr. M. Smith is an articled clerk in the employ of Messrs. Laurence, M'Lachan, and Williams, solicitors of Sydney. ...

    Article : 22 words
  20. MISS BUCKLETON.

    Miss Buckleton is an assistant of Mr. Paterson, dentist, of Liverpool-street, Sydney, who stands, as it were, in loco parents to this young lady. Yesterday morning he received a cable message ...

    Article : 65 words
  21. A STEAMER FOUNDERED.

    The steamer Aloraca, of Newcastle-onTyne, has foundered in the Gulf of Finland. Sixteen persons were drowned. ...

    Article : 27 words
  22. WHAT THE SECOND OFFICER SAYS.

    The second officer of the Wairarapa says:— "We passed the Three Kings at 8 o'clock on Sunday morning, the weather being thick and foggy. At 12 o'clock we were off Spirits Bay, ...

    Article : 395 words
  23. THE CHIEF STEWARD.

    There are few New Zealanders of late years' experience who do not know the late chief steward. Mr. Judd Indeed, there are few travellers from Sydney or Melbourne that have not ...

    Article : 95 words
  24. MISS KNIGHT.

    Miss Knight, who is supposed to have been lost, was a young lady friend of Miss Buckleton's. She was a daughter of Mr. Godfrey Knight, actuary of the Equitable Life Assurance ...

    Article : 35 words
  25. MRS. ROWBOTHAM.

    Mrs Rowbotham was a sister-in-law of Mr Rowbotham, tea broker, of George-street, Sydney She was on a visit from England, and had gone down to New Zealand for a pleasure trip. ...

    Article : 33 words
  26. THE EMPRESS OF CHINA.

    According to a telegram from Shanghai it is alleged that the young Empress of China, Ye-ho-na-la, committed suicide, owing to her husband, the Emperor, ...

    Article : 38 words
  27. THE CARGO OF THE STEAMER SHIPPED AT SYDNEY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 733 words
  28. PASSENGERS SAVED.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 262 words
  29. MISS BULLOCK.

    Miss Bullook was a sister-in-law of Mr Rowbotham's, on a visit from Melbourne. ...

    Article : 16 words
  30. MR. SCOULAR

    Mr., Mrs., and Miss Scoular are understood to be well-known residents of Dunedin. Mr. Scoular is a prominent merchant of that city. ...

    Article : 24 words
  31. THE EMPIRE MUSIC HALL.

    The management of the Empire Music Hall, which was closed last week in consequence of the London County Council refusing to renew the license unless the ...

    Article : 98 words
  32. MR. H. POUNDS.

    Mr. H. Pounds is understood to be a son of the general manager of one of the banks in Auckland. ...

    Article : 26 words
  33. MR. J. M'KENZIE.

    Mr A. Graham, of 84 George street, Eiskinoville, for very many years a resident of Sydney-brother of the late Alderman Graham, of Marrickville-told a representative of the Herald ...

    Article : 201 words
  34. THE FIRST TIDINGS IN SYDNEY.

    The first tidings of the calamity that reached Sydney were contained in the following telegram:— [BY TELEGRAPH.] ...

    Article : 284 words
  35. FLOODS IN FRANCE.

    Disastrous floods have taken place in the Department of the Nord, France. The floods have thrown 100,000 persons temporarily out of employment. ...

    Article : 28 words
  36. ACCOUNTS OF THE OCCURRENCE BY PASSENGERS.

    A passenger says:—"The vessel ran on rocks at Great Barrier on Sunday at midnight Captain M'Intosh and about 100 of the passengers and crow were lost. The weather was thick, with ...

    Article : 417 words
  37. MR. W. JOHNSTON.

    Mr. W. Johnston was a horse dealer, going out out to New Zealand to purchase horses. He was a man of about 40 years of age ...

    Article : 29 words
  38. LAND MORTGAGE BANK OF VICTORIA.

    For the 4½per cent, debentures issued by the Land Mortgage Bank of Victoria £316,000 was subscribed. ...

    Article : 25 words
  39. MR. A. GORDON.

    Mr. A. Gordon was a young man learning to be an engineer. He had been home to Glasgow for a visit, and was returning to his people in New Zealand. ...

    Article : 33 words
  40. MR. DICKSON.

    Mi Dickson was the son of a Mr Diokson residing near Edinburgh. He was coming out to the colonies to try his fortune here. ...

    Article : 27 words
  41. AUSTRALIAN MEAT IN AUSTRIA.

    The Russian Ambassador in Vienna, Prince Lobanofi-Rostovski, has protested to the Austrian Government against the authorities in Vienna allowing Australian ...

    Article : 47 words
  42. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 165 words
  43. MR. MOELLA AND MR MELLICIO.

    Mr. and Mrs. Moella, James Mellicio, and A Terraboccio were four Italian people who joined the Austral at Naples. Mr Graham says that during the voyage out they kept much to ...

    Article : 46 words
  44. MR. WEST AND FAMILY.

    Mr. and Mrs. West and three boys. Mrs. West and her children came out from England in the Austral by the last trip and were joined at Naples by Mr. West. He was a land surveyor or ...

    Article : 48 words
  45. HOW THE SHIP CAME TO BE WHERE SHE WAS.

    The careful character of the captain may in a sense be construed into one of the elements that led to the vessel's loss. He knew the coast as well as a Sydney man knows George-street, ...

    Article : 284 words
  46. COMPLETE LIST OF THE CREW.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 404 words
  47. THE VICTORIAN TAXATION PROPOSALS.

    The Times says that the Victorian taxation proposals ought to be accompanied by a simultaneous reduction in the tariff, since protection has proved totally ...

    Article : 41 words
  48. THE MISSES PERRY, WHEATLEY, AND READ.

    Miss T. M. Perry, Miss K. Wheatley, and Miss Read. Mr. Graham thinks that these three young ladies also came out on the Austral. ...

    Article : 30 words
  49. WHERE THE SHIP STRUCK.

    Where the vessel struck was a particularly dangerous locality, the only landing consisting of narrow shelves of rock at the base of the cliffs, which ran to a height of 600ft. or 800ft. Most of ...

    Article : 87 words
  50. DR. AND MRS. HARRIS.

    Dr. and Mrs. Harris and T. Harris. Dr. Harns acted for some time in the capacity of locum tenens for Dr. Watson, of Newtown. These passengers claim some distant relationship ...

    Article : 39 words
  51. THE CHIEF RAILWAY COMMISSIONER.

    It is understood that negotiations have been passing between Mr. Eddy the Chief Railway Commissioner, and the Government with regard to his continuance in office after the period for ...

    Article : 244 words
  52. MRS. WATERHOUSE.

    Mrs Waterhouse, who with her child is reported as drowned, was the wife of Mr. John Waterhouse, M.A., Inspeotor of Public Schools, residing at Dungog, N.S.W. She was taking a ...

    Article : 59 words
  53. THE PORT PIRIE'S CATTLE.

    Mr. M. C. Thomson considers that the cattle brought by the steamer Port Pirie from Sydney were landed in about as good a condition as when they started. ...

    Article : 41 words
  54. LANDED BY MEANS OF A ROPE.

    When day light broke communication with the shore was effected by means of ropes, and those in the riggrag were hauled through the water, all being saved except 21, who let go their held and ...

    Article : 99 words
  55. ONE WHO ESCAPED.

    Mr. H. M'Kinnon, late member for the Manning, had a providential escape from not being one of the passengers by the ill-fated Wairarapa. It appeard Mr. M'Kinnon had booked a passage ...

    Article : 71 words
  56. INSURANCES ON THE CARGO— NOMINAL AMOUNTS.

    On inquiry at the various insurance offices in the city, it was generally admitted that the greater part of the insurance was held by companies in New Zealand. The amount, as far as ...

    Article : 98 words
  57. RECEIPT OF THE NEWS IN AUCKLAND.

    The news of the wreck of the Wairarapa caused a tremendous sensation here, and indeed throughout New Zealand. The survivors presented a pitiable sight; they were huddled together on the ...

    Article : 582 words
  58. GOLD-MINING IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The following new mining companies have been registered:—Gold Exploration Company of Western Australia, with a capital of £150,000; and the Kanowna ...

    Article : 36 words
  59. THE PASSENGERS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 502 words
  60. CAPTAIN M'INTOSH.

    The master of the Wairarapa, says one who know him intimately, was a single man and a Highlander by birth. He had been on the New Zealand coast for a great number of years, and ...

    Article : 246 words
  61. THE CAUSE OF THE DISASTER.

    A prominent sea captain residing in Sydney, who is credited with the ability of negotiating the New Zealand coast blindfold, gives the following as his theory of the cause of the wreck:— ...

    Article : 159 words
  62. A CHAPTER OF DISASTERS ON THE NEW ZEALAND COAST.

    The Union Company has lost several steamers during its career on the New Zealand coast, but with the excoption of the Tarara, lost at Waipapa Point, few lives have perished ...

    Article : 1,858 words
  63. BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY SHARES.

    Broken Hill Proprietary shares are quoted at £2 8s 9d. ...

    Article : 17 words
  64. Advertising

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    Advertising : 12 words
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