YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS.
[by submarine cable, per press agency.] Bombay, August 22, 11 p.m, Sulieman’s army have not yet crossed the Balkans. He passed Kezanlik on the 19th. A Russian official despatch says that the affair on the 17th was merely to divert attention from a movement on Terkukassan. After a prolonged engagement, chiefly between artillery, the Russians returned to Kurakdara. Bombay. August 22. There have been disastrous Hoods in Scotland. INTERPROVINCIAL. Stranding of the Schooner St. Kilda. Auckland, August 23. The s.s. Stella has returned from Cape Maria Van Dieman. Indignation is expressed that she did not visit some of the islands near Otoro Beach, which is strewn with wreckage. Fifteen miles out of the Stella’s course would have set at rest the suspicions entertained that some survivors may be starving there. Captain Fairchild had no instructions regarding the matter. G-reymouth, August 23, The three-masted schooner St. Kilda, from Melbourne, while being towed in this morning by the Dispatch, caught the current with her bows, and was thrown on the north beach. The tug tried to take her out, but nearly shared the same fate, as the tow-line caught on a snag and was lost. The St. Kilda is in a bad position. The cargo will be saved, but the vessel will require to be lifted and launched.
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Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 987, 24 August 1877, Page 2
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