The R.M.S. Orizaba is now on what is known as the five-fathom bank, a plateau consisting of sand and weed and patches of limestone, and extending from Rottnest to ...
Article : 251 wordsIt is rumoured that a bomb outrage has been committed at the Kremlin (the citadel of Moscow). Another report is that a bomb was ...
Article : 91 wordsIn the House of Commons last night the debate was continued on Mr. Asquith's amendment on the Address in Reply, urging that the time had come for an appeal ...
Article : 594 wordsFive hundred Russian cavalry advanced to Chan-tai-tzu, on the Japanese left, and another force reached Rau-chang-tzu. The Japanese attacked and dislodged the ...
Article : 52 wordsWhen seen this evening by a press representative, the Chief Harbour Master, Mr. Irvine, said he had just come back from the scene of the wreck. The Orizaba, he said, ...
Article : 216 wordsPrivate letters give details of terrible brutalities perpetrated by the police at Moghilev, North-western Russia, under the pretext of demonstrations in the ...
Article : 57 wordsGeneral Bilderling has succeeded General Kaulbars in command of the third Manchurian army. General Cripenberg, who transferred his ...
Article : 32 wordsLloyd's surveyor stated very late to-night that the Orizaba may go to pieces at any moment. Between 500 and 600 tons of dry cargo has been removed from the wreck. The ...
Article : 60 wordsMr. H. W. Venn, who, with his wife, has returned from a trip to England, said there was no excitement to speak of. "I really do not think," he added, "that there was any ...
Article : 270 wordsDuring the morning five boxes of specie, consigned to the Royal Mint, Melbourne, were taken from the vessel and brought to Fremantle in the steam lifeboat Lady Forrest. ...
Article : 90 wordsThe third division of the Baltic fleet has sailed from Liban for the Far East. Two Danish torpedo boats will escort to fleet through Danish waters. ...
Article : 32 wordsMr. Anderson was informed by telegram early yesterday morning that all the passengers by the Orizaba had been safely landed at Fremantle. The message further stated that ...
Article : 94 wordsCaptain Coe, master of the steamer Julia Percy, who has been trading from Fremantle to Geraldton for the last five years, made a somewhat remarkable statement to-day ...
Article : 276 wordsThe situation generally presents few or no fresh features. General Kaulbars is active on the Russian right, but according to reports, evidently from a Japanese source, he has ...
Article : 1,284 wordsCaptain R. Archer, who is in command of the Orizaba, has been in that position for three years. Previously he was for many years on the vessel in subordinate positions. ...
Article : 102 wordsA reserve battalion of troops at Opo[?] chka, in the government of Oskow, mutinied when ordered to St. Petersburg to assist in maintaining order. Finally ...
Article : 59 wordsNo time was lost yesterday in completing arrangements for salving as much of the cargo as possible, and the work is already proceeding, in the first instance it was hoped ...
Article : 236 wordsOne of the men who were engaged in the sounding gave some particulars of the events which immediately preceded the disaster. He said:—"When we made our last observations ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 431 wordsBerlin correspondents of the newspapers state that the German Emperor sent to the Czar by a special messenger newspaper cuttings revealing the events ...
Article : 68 wordsAs soon as the tug Gannet reached the Orizaba, Captain Archer gave orders to have all passengers' baggage placed on board, and when this was completed, the ...
Article : 94 wordsThe Orizaba's cargo consists of 2500 tons, made up as follows:—290 tons for Western Australia, 120 tons for Adelaide, 800 tons for Melbourne, 1270 tons for Sydney. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe students at Moscow University have resolved to discontinue their studies. The medical students at Kieff University have declined to proceed with their ...
Article : 49 wordsSo far no arrangements have been made for, replacing the Orizaba in the service between England and Australia, and in all probability the difficulty will be overcome by missing a ...
Article : 135 wordsIt would, of course, be premature to say that the Orizaba will never make another trip to England. To the modern engineer few feats are impossible, but none viewing the ...
Article : 230 wordsLondon merchants complain of irregularities in regard to the New Zealand-San Francisco mails. Of the last l8 mails only three arrived to time. Last week's mail ...
Article : 39 wordsPresident Roosevelt, in transmitting the protocol respecting the agreement with Dominica, informed the United States Senate that no territorial aggrandisement ...
Article : 130 wordsThe French Senate has passed the Two Years Military Service Bill (reducing the period of compulsory training from three years to two) by a majority of 239 votes ...
Article : 34 wordsUnder ordinary circumstances Fremantle is an easy port for vessels to enter. Abreast of the town lie Gardon and Rottnest Islands— two long, narrow strips of sand and rock, ...
Article : 821 wordsBefore taking further evidence to-day the Tariff Commission sat in private to consider how far it was justified in eliciting from witnesses in business evidence concerning their ...
Article : 415 wordsSalvage operations are being proceeded with, and the fittings of the vessel are being removed without delay. Tho collier Ouraka and the tugboats continued their salvage ...
Article : 132 wordsCaptain Archer, in the course of a statement to the press this morning, said:—"The cause of the accident was a dangerous strong current, the vessel having overrun her correct ...
Article : 404 wordsThe Countess of Montignoso (formerly the Archduchess Louise of Austria) has barricaded her villa at Florence, in order to prevent the forcible removal of her ...
Article : 66 wordsAn inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the wreck will probably be commenced next Thursday before Mr. Fairbaira, resident magistrate, and two nautical assessors ...
Article : 31 wordsThe price of silver is 2s 4 1-16d per oz. ...
Article : 14 wordsThe mails from the wrecked steamer will be sent on by the Bombala to-morrow (Saturday). Most of the through passengers will leave by that steamer, and others will leave ...
Article : 52 wordsInayat Ullah Khan, son of the Ameer of Afghanistan, who is returning from Calcutta, whither he had proceeded to offer the Ameer's congratulations to the ...
Article : 49 wordsA shocking burning fatality occurred yesterday afternoon at the chemical works of Messrs. N. Guthridge, Ltd., at Vimicra-road, Marsfield. The victim was Victor Cutbush, ...
Article : 403 wordsThe Orizaba's cargo is a general one, comprising no special lines. The vessel carries 2 00 tons, and this morning unloading was begun. Shipments for this State include a ...
Article : 37 wordsBy the explosion on the submarine A5 at Queenstown (Ireland) 11 persons were injured. The commander and several others were severely injured. ...
Article : 88 wordsHaving regard to the pains and penalties attending the landing of coloured allens, and in view of the trouble which arose in Melbourne over the Petriana case, the question ...
Article : 238 wordsFrom inquiries from the engine-room staff it was learned at the time of the accident the whole of the staff were on duty. The engines were going at dead slow speed when suddenly ...
Article : 155 wordsThe marriage has been celebrated of Mr. John Baird, of Urie, Consul-General for Great Britain in Abyssinia, to Lady Ethel Sydney Keith-Falconer, daughter of ...
Article : 91 wordsThe second engineer, on being interviewed, said:—"I was down below when we ran aground. There was not much shock, but there was a grinding and tearing as the vessel slid on ...
Article : 176 wordsSales:—No. 2 North Oriental, 3¾d; North Smithfield. 5s. Quotations:—No. 1 North Columbia, new, b 3¼d, s 3¾d; No. 2 ditto, b 9d, a 1s; South ...
Article : 142 wordsIt appears that at dawn on Thursday the atmosphere was greatly obscured by a haze, and smoke from the bush fires. Captain Archer and most of ...
Article : 329 wordsDuring yesterday Mr. David Anderson, the general manager in Australia for the OrientPacific Company, received a message from the agents in Western Australia, which tended to ...
Article : 349 wordsFrom about 2[?] miles southward of the east extreme of Rottnest Island, the northern [?] tion of the Five Fathoms Bank, which is from a half to three-quartors of a mile broad, ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 18 Feb 1905, Page 11
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