Melbourne was thrown into a great state of excitement early this morning by the announcement that a terrible shipping catastrophe had taken place in Port Phillip Bay, resulting in the sinking ...
Article : 1,664 wordsSerious riots have taken place in Russia, arising out of the desperate state of affairs in the famine-stricken districts. The mob made strenuous efforts to seize a train ...
Article : 60 wordsEight thousand of new issue V. D. L. Bank shares have now been applied for. Some opposition has been shown by a few of the National Bank shareholders to amalgamation, but the ...
Article : 53 wordsThere is a superstition of some antiquity that the drama demands of its aspirats certain attributes and a special training. All men are not gifted with the theatrical temperament—the temperament, that is, ...
Article : 961 wordsThe Gambier was insured for £15,000, of which £7500 was in the Southern Insurance Company, and £7500 in the Commercial Union Assurance Company. Both companies had re-insured, and ...
Article : 41 wordsAt a meeting of the A. M. A. executive held at Kadina to-night the reply of the directors of the Wallaroo and Moonta Mining Company was considered. After discussion it was resolved that the ...
Article : 129 wordsHuddart, Porker, and Co. are building a new passenger steamer for the Sydney and Hobart trade, of 3000 tons, with a speed of 15 knots. ...
Article : 38 wordsMr. Hughes, a passenger by the Gambier, states that he left Sydney at 5 o'clock on Tuesday and passed Port Phillip Heads at 1.15 a.m. this (Friday) morning, and was just ...
Article : 108 wordsThe Gambier (then known as the Ocean) first came to Australia in 1878, having been purchased by the A. S. N. Company, and was brought out by Captain Robert Edmondson. She was built by ...
Article : 181 wordsIn the saloon w[?]re—Mr. G. Strutters, Mr. J. Simms, Mr. Milne, Mr. G. W. Jefferson, Mr. Hill, Mr. H. M'Millan, Mr. Johnstone, Mr. Maloney, Mr. W. A. Kalbe, Mr. E. H. Shaw, Mr. John ...
Article : 199 wordsThe election for East Bourke took place to-day, the result of the poll being:—Robert Harper, 954 votes; John M'Mahon, 739. Mr. Harper was declared duly elected. ...
Article : 64 wordsMr. H. M'Millan, a saloon passenger, says that everything was most orderly. The captain remained perfectly cool, and the feeling on board was that it was his coolness and bravery ...
Article : 135 wordsAn inquest on the body of Freitag, who was murdered, was held at Stratford to-day. Several witnesses were examined. Essie Freitag, daughter of the murdered man, was put in the witness-box, ...
Article : 336 wordsOn ship's account there were 700 tons of coal on board, and in addition the following cargo shipped from Sydney, giving the names of the shippers:—For Melbourne: R. Harper ...
Article : 426 wordsCaptain Frank Bell, master of the Gambier, only took charge of that vessel at Sydney on the trip which proved so disastrous, but he knows the boat well, having had charge of her twice previously[?] ...
Article : 612 wordsThe Brisbane Liedertafel gave a concert this evening, at which the Governer and the Admiral and officers of the squadron were present. There was a large attendance, and the affair was very ...
Article : 120 wordsA number of painful scenes were witnessed throughout the day at the offices of the owners of the Gambier. The relatives of passengers known to have booked in the steamer began to make ...
Article : 747 wordsCaptain Franck Bell was newly appointed to the command. He is a young man, and has the reputation of being a vigilant and cautious seaman. He has had experience of a previous ...
Article : 294 wordsCaptain Richard William Prideaux, of the steamer Easby, evinced no hesitation in giving a full narrative of what occurred. He is a strongly built man of middle age, but the all-night watch ...
Article : 882 wordsNegotiations are still pending for a settlement out of Court of the charges against the Melbourne ironmoulders who declined to carry out their contract with Fulton and Co., in consequence of a ...
Article : 202 wordsThe Royal Agricultural Society's show was very largely attended to-day, and was favoured with excellent weather. The high jumping contest excited the keenest interest, ...
Article : 200 wordsOn a question of privilege raised by Mr. Richardson, ex-Minister of Lands, complaining of the statement of the present Minister of Lands (Mr. Mackenzie), to the effect that the late Hon. R. ...
Article : 143 wordsIt is feared that the harvest in the Victoria district will be little short of a failure. If rains fall soon the crops at Dongarra may come on, but those at Greonough are regarded as past saving. ...
Article : 116 wordsNothing was further from people's thoughts yesterday morning than to hear that a shocking calamity such as the foregoing had occurred. One o'clock in the morning—the hour on board a ...
Article : 1,095 wordsSir,—The opposition has at length opened fire in the shape of a lotter in this morning's Herald signed " W. W.," and if the "objections " therein raised are the only ones to be brought forward I have very ...
Article : 513 wordsMarket firmer. Balstraps, 8s; Central Dundas, 8s 9d; Grey Ore, 3s 4d. ...
Article : 17 wordsCaptain Logan states that he courts the fullest inquiry into the recent grounding of the Manapouri off Cape Schanck, as he is convinced that the allegation of misconduct will be found ...
Article : 61 wordsShearing has commenced in this district, Borambil Station having started with a full board. WAGGA, FRIDAY. Shearing starts at Barellan Station on Thursday. ...
Article : 122 wordsIn the Assembly, the motion for the extension of the Derwent Railway from Glenora to Ouse was rejected by a large majority, the Ministers opposing. ...
Article : 29 wordsJohn Bell, the doukeyman, whose watch ended at midnight, said that the Gambier had 103 souls on board, of whom 21 went down with the vessel. The Gambier had many women and children on ...
Article : 909 wordsNathaniel Rippon, a miner in the Lambton colliery, was severely crushed by a fall of coal yesterday. It is feared the unfortunate man is internally injured. ...
Article : 37 wordsThe cruisers Tauranga and Mildura, and the gunboat Boomerang, come up the river this evening. The arrival of the squadron has not been marked by any enthusiasm on the port of the ...
Article : 173 wordsThere have been great examples of precocity in authors, and Bishop Thirlwall and Leigh Hunt had written books at as early an age as M. Froment de Beaurepaire. But then the British boys were not, ...
Article : 420 wordsA terrible accident has just occurred between here and Demondrille Junction. Three fettlers, with Inspector Cornthwaite, were proceeding from the latter place towards Murrumburrah station when they were ...
Article : 116 wordsThe following are the names of those lost:— SALOON PASSENGERS. Mrs. Johnson Mr. Thorpe ...
Article : 134 wordsSir,—I have read "W. W.'s" letter in your issue of to-day with much amusement. "W. W." and his two relations, who have all had their artic[?] given to them, "and a small salary besides," are ...
Article : 221 wordsA further mishap has occurred to the steamer Bancoora. While lying at the Ann-street pier to-day one of the bulkheads burst away, resulting in a considerable additional inflow of water, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 138 wordsThomas Buckley, the chief officer of the Easby, stated that it was his watch, and he was on the bridge with the captain at the time of the collision. The Easby was on her proper ...
Article : 233 wordsThe New South Wales footballers arrived at Rockhampton yesterday, and were entertained at a ball in the evening. A public reception took place to-day. ...
Article : 37 wordsA successful experiment was made the other day on the Wannsee, near Berlin, with a new boat, the Donnenberg, provided with the motive power from petroleum. The petroleum is in a cistern ...
Article : 325 wordsGreat complaints are made here at the delay of the Government in declaring the whole of the Condobolin district, within the infested area, under the Rabbit Act. A few of the selectors oppose such ...
Article : 104 wordsGreat anxiety was felt here on account of the loss of the steamer Gambier. Amongst the passengers from Newcastle were three children of Mr. J. M. Rooke, lately a ...
Article : 87 wordsSir,—Permit me as one intimately acquainted with the Western coast of South America, more particularly Chili, in which county I lived for close on seven years, to deplore the ignorance of my ...
Article : 114 wordsJohn Dewar, a retired farmer, residing at Geelong, on returning home from a church meeting last night about half-past 8, found his bedroom in flames. His wife was crouching in a nude state in ...
Article : 64 wordsWilliam Jackson, the second officer of the Easby, makes the following statement:—" I came off watch at 12 o'clock, and had just turned in, and was dozing, when I heard the telegraph giving ...
Article : 530 wordsThe Easby was greatly battered about, her bows and cutwater having been stove in, and the plates on the port side having been torn away. Her forward water-tanks were at once emptied, which ...
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Advertising : 82 wordsAt the weekly meeting of the Marine Board this afternoon the board inspector reported the fact of the collision between the steamers Gambier and E[?]sby. The president said of course no report had ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 29 Aug 1891, Page 10
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