Before sunrice yesterday the sea had given up some of its dead from shipwrecks on the New South Wales coast. Early the news was abroad that a brig had gone, then a barquentine, and again a steamer. ...
Article : 826 wordsThe Russian auxiliary cruiser Tamboff has sailed for Vladivosto[?]k with 1000 troops on board. ...
Article : 33 wordsIt is believed that the battleship Victorious, which was reported on Friday to have left Malta for the Far East, is shadowing the movements of the Russian ...
Article : 53 wordsGeneral Billot, the French Minister for War, has repudiated the charge of M. Rochefort that he had intrigued with M. Matthieu Dreyfus to have the sentence ...
Article : 197 wordsAs will be seen from our correspondents' wires all parts of the colony within telegraphic reach (some parts being interrupted) have participated liberally for the most part in the recent rainfall. ...
Article : 387 wordsThe Amy was insured for £1000 in the United and another office, both offices being fully reinsured. The Malcolm is with the South British for £700, and reinsured. ...
Article : 34 wordsVery rough weather has prevailed here since Saturday night, when heavy rain, accompanied by a strong south-east wind, set in, and continued without any sign of a break until early this morning. ...
Article : 100 wordsThe steamer Marion Fe[?]wick, which was chartered by the Moruya Steam Navigation Company to replace their steamer Koonya, which was wrecked on Cronulla Beach about three weeks ago, was, during ...
Article : 125 wordsAt the trial of M. Zola on Saturday for charges made by him against General Billot and other officers of the War Ministry in connection with the Dreyfus ...
Article : 85 wordsOver 4in. of rain have fallen here since Saturday noon. The mailman from Yarrowwitch arrived to-day. While crossing the river there his horse and [?]ulky were washed down by the stream. The horse ...
Article : 3,335 wordsGreat Britain is negotiating with China for the opening of Yuen-chau-fu, in the province of Kiang-si, as a treaty port, with the right of the free navigation of ...
Article : 48 wordsBellambi jetty and 29 trucks were carried away by too heavy sea last night. The Bulli Company's screens were washed away yesterday. Nine inches of rain have fallen since Saturday night. ...
Article : 38 wordsCaptain Farrell, when seen at the scene of the wreck by a "Herald" reporter yesterday, stated that the Marion Fenwick left Moruya on Saturday morning, and crossed the bar about noon, with ...
Article : 333 wordsA fierce easterly gale prevailed here yesterday, and last night the wind was stronger than any for years past. Rain fell continuously, 7·22 inches being recorded at the local observatory for 24 hours. ...
Article : 315 wordsMadame Melba has accepted an engagement to appear in an opera in London. ...
Article : 20 wordsWadimir Bourtzeff, editor of the Russian anarchist paper "Narodovolotz" (the will of the people), published in London, has been found guilty of having ...
Article : 60 wordsThe match Victoria v. South Australia was continued to-day. The principal features were the fine innings of Hill and the splendid batting and bowling of Jones. Scores: ...
Article : 362 wordsThe Bellambi Coal Company (Mr. Cater says) have suffered considerably from the violent gales that blew during Sunday. Their jetty at Bellambi was seriously damaged, being washed away to the ...
Article : 95 wordsThe postal authorities had a long batch of telegrams yesterday from country offices reporting delays to her, Majesty's mails on account of the floods, but only in one or two cases was actual ...
Article : 451 words[?]dvices from South Africa state that [?]ne Bechuana chief, Galishwe, who took a prominent part in the rising of the natives in British Bechuanaland about ...
Article : 77 wordsThe "Standard" says that the Government programme for the increase of the Army provides for increasing the artillery by 119 guns, and the infantry by six ...
Article : 51 wordsMr. F. W. Foote, the chief engineer of the vessel, when seen at the wreck, stated that the vessel was riding the gale very well until the sails blew away. The ship was then put off the shore with steam only, ...
Article : 242 wordsThe weather to-day was showery, but no heavy rain fell. The total fall since Saturday was 4·38 inches. Reports from the towns along the course of the river are not reassuring, and grave fears are ...
Article : 146 wordsThe Afridis have been allowed until February 25 to give in their submission to General Sir William Lockhart, Commander-in-chief of the forces on the ...
Article : 53 wordsThe British, Russian, French, and Austrian ambassadors at Constantinople all support the demands of Bulgaria for the dismissal of Turkish officials at Uskub, ...
Article : 85 wordsThe following is a list of the crew:—Farrell, captain; A. Rees, mate; F. W. Foote, chief engineer; C. Grater, second mate; J. M'Farland, cook; T. Setterburg, C. E. Petersen, seamen; E. Hughes, ...
Article : 105 wordsAbout half-past 6 on Saturday evening a steady rain set in here which has continued incessantly until this evening. During Sunday night and early this morning a terrific gale of wind blow up from the ...
Article : 217 wordsThe steamer Veedam, bolonging to the Netherlands-American S. N. Company, has sunk ia the Atlantic. Her crew and passengers, numbering 210 souls, were ...
Article : 70 wordsThe following is a list of the cargo by the vessel:— 1300 cheeses, 30 bags corn and bark, 2 bales wool, 4 coops fowls, 6 pigs, a large quantity of butter, eggs, and fruit, and sundries. ...
Article : 39 wordsIt is reported that the brig Amy was driven ashore last evening six miles south of Clifton, and that nine lives were lost. BULLI, Monday. ...
Article : 104 wordsThe masts and rigging of a schooner are sticking out of the water about 200 yards out from B[?]lli jetty. They are supposed [?] be those of the schooner Malcolm which left Wollongong an hour after the ...
Article : 105 wordsThe gale which blew yesterday and to-day proved exceptionally severe along the coast and in Hobson's Bay, and threatened danger to the shipping. Throughout Saturday afternoon the ...
Article : 173 wordsThe United States Government expects that Spain will disavow or explain the letter of the late Ambassador attacking President M'Kinley. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe gale had the inevitable effect of breaking many of the telegraph lines, but Mr. P. B. Walker, Engineer-in-Chief for Telegraphs, stated yesterday that nothing very serious had occurred, and gangs ...
Article : 128 wordsHeavy and continuous rain fell from the southeast since Saturday night, with strong wind. Showers are still falling. Six inches 65 points was the amount registered this morning. ...
Article : 93 wordsThe lifeboat belonging to the Amy came ashore uninjured. The police have been patrolling the beach since daylight this morning. Wreckage is lying all over the beach. There is only the remains ...
Article : 124 wordsThomas Keogh, master, age 56, native of Ireland. Owen Martin, mate, age 33, native of England. (There is a doubt about Mr. Martin having left this trip.) ...
Article : 78 wordsThe "Standard" states that Nubar Pasha, who was formerly chief minister in the service of the Khedive of Egypt, is reported to be the Sultan's candidate for ...
Article : 42 wordsMr. Cecil Rhodes advises that the States of British South Africa should federate. He says that the federation of British South Africa is just as important ...
Article : 61 wordsKatoomba has just been visited by one of the heaviest rainfalls experienced for many years. Rain commenced to fall late on Saturday night, and for about 30 hours it fell in sheets, deluging streets, ...
Article : 104 wordsLike the telegraph lines, the railways came through the gale comparatively unscathed. From a large batch of reports received yesterday by the secretary for railways it appears that on the South Coast [?]ue ...
Article : 228 wordsThe Amy, brig, was built at Terrigal, New South Wales, in 1873. She was owned by Mr. C. G. Warburton. The Amy is a vessel of 200 tons, length 107·4ft., breadth 25·0ft., and depth 11·7ft. ...
Article : 123 wordsThe latest news from the wreck of the brig Amy is to the effect that only one body has been recovered, that of the captain. The vessel has become a total wreck. It is feared many of the bodies will ...
Article : 175 wordsMuttaburra reports nearly 1[?] inch rain fell on Saturday. Heavy falls are recorded on the surrounding stations. The creeks are flooded, and tho mails have been delayed. It is not expected ...
Article : 247 wordsThe Hon. W. R. Scott, Secretary of State, Canada, speaking in the House of Commons at Ottawa, said that after August the Government intended limiting ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Hunter River overflowed its banks here (anticipated) shortly after 10 o'clock last night, but the overflow was slight, and confined to small areas of lowlying places. It did no damage. The waters ...
Article : 158 wordsThe "Sporting Life" this morning has an article on the recent international cricket match, Stoddart's English Eleven v. New South Wales Eleven. It says that ...
Article : 88 wordsImmediately the news of these disasters reached Sydney Captain Webber hunted up all available relatives as far as the information went, and tendered any requisite assistance. He will be glad to hear ...
Article : 79 wordsWhen the Amy struck the beach the crew lowered a man on a plank to try to take a line to the shore, but the current was too strong, so they took him aboard. The winchman was the only one seen alive ...
Article : 137 wordsJohn Roberts, jun., has defeated E. Diggle in a billiard match by 881 points. ...
Article : 24 wordsIn the midst of all the excitement yesterday the schooner Garron returned to port, after being all but given up. The Garron left here in ballast on Saturday, was caught in the gale on Sunday, and ...
Article : 188 wordsPhenomenal rain has fallen here during the last 36 hours, no less than 13 inches of rain having been registered. Considerable damage has occurred to the roads generally. The railway line, however, is ...
Article : 416 wordsThe storm on Sunday was of a most tempestu[?]us character and dozens of trees were uprooted. The fruitgrowers of Parramatta, have suffered considerably, a great deal of the late summer fruit having ...
Article : 77 wordsNearly £1200 [?]ving been raised in Auckland by public subscription for the purpose of erecting a statue of the Queen to comm[?]morate her record reign, the committee in charge of the fund to-day ...
Article : 164 wordsSeveral of the spectators state that they saw a woman and a child on board when she struck, but they were never seen afterwards. ...
Article : 33 wordsMr. Cater, of the Bellambi Colliery, returned to Sydney yesterday morning, and gave the particulars to a "Herald" representative. He said: "When the vessel struck there were about 100 people on the ...
Article : 379 wordsThe Australasian United Steam Navigation Company is increasing its capital to £600,000, of which £343,620 are to be paid up. It is also issuing £300,000 of ...
Article : 39 wordsHeavy rain has been falling since Saturday night, five inches being recorded up to this afternoon. The river rose with a great rush last night, submerging the bridge and all the lowlying flats. It is the largest ...
Article : 172 wordsThe large ship Langdale, bound from Port Pirie to Newcastle, has anchored about a mile and a half off Flagstaff Point. She will not be in danger unless a southerly springs up. The steamer Currajong is ...
Article : 408 wordsThe damaged cargo ex Monowai, about 150 tons, will be auctioned on Monday morning. It comprises brandy, rice, tea, tobacco, glucose, sulphur, whisky, cornsacks, woolpacks, &c. The ...
Article : 62 wordsThe death is announced of the Right Rev. Dr. Selwyn, late Bishop of Melanesia and Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge, in his 53rd year[?] ...
Article : 32 wordsOwing to the wet weather the telegraph lines in the colony were in some cases rendered unworkable, causing delays in the transmission of messages. We were informed by the ...
Article : 45 wordsSince Saturday afternoon heavy rain has fallen without once ceasing until this afternoon. Over 10 inches have [?]ready fallen, and there is every appearance of more. This is the heaviest fall ...
Article : 157 wordsThe Orotava arrived at Plymouth, homewards, on February 11. The Orizaba arrived at Suez, homewards, on February 12. ...
Article : 87 wordsThe death is announced of Count Kalnoky, late Austro-Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the age of 66 years. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe ballot for the election of a committee of the School of Arts closed yesterday. So large was the poll that the scrutineers were unable to finish the count last ni[?]. From the returns ...
Article : 62 wordsThe rain has continued to-day, but not so heavily. There are indications that it will keep up. The Namoi River and Narrabri Crook have risen considerably, and are still rising. With the water ...
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Advertising : 36 wordsThe following names are shown on the ship's articles at the Sydney shipping office as forming the crew of the brig Amy:- James M'Kee, master, age 50, a native of Belfast, ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 15 Feb 1898, Page 5
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