Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Shipwrecks & the sea, all years

Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1897

133 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 4 of 7

The Orerdue steamer. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 17 July 1897 · page 3

No tidings have been received of the overdue steamer Tandis…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Steamer Tanais. Grave Alarm Felt. Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 19 July 1897 · page 3

The feelings of anxiety concerning the safety of the steamer Tanais from Noumea are developing into alarm. The vessel is several days overdue, and the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Steamer Ashore. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 22 July 1897 · page 3

The Atlantic liner Baltimore City has good ashore in the Straits of Belle Isle, near Newfoundland…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

A Schooner Founders. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 24 July 1897 · page 3

The schooner Marshall, 8., foundered on the voyage from Mackay to Townsville. The ofew were [?] by the steamer Whampoa…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Wreck in the Manning River. SYDNEY, Sunday night

National Advocate · Monday 26 July 1897 · page 3

The trading Ketch, Alfred Fenning, has gone ashore on the bar at the Manning River in heavy weather. The crew are safe, but there is little hope of…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Wreck in Trial Bay. SYDNEY, Tuesday night

National Advocate · Wednesday 28 July 1897 · page 3

The ketch Candidate, was driven ashore on Monday in Trial Bay during the gale, and was totally wrecked. All hands were saved…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Dense Fog. Vessels Ashore. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 30 July 1897 · page 3

A dense fog hung over the harbor this morning. The German steamer Solinger and the Newcastle steamer Balmain want ashore, but the former was floated uninjured…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Intercolonial Steamer Wrecked. All Hands Saved. Three Boats Missing. Great Excitement in Sydney. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 30 July 1897 · page 2

The steamer Tasmania, from Sydney to New Zealand, was totally wrecked yesterday, and sank within an hour. All hands were saved…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

A Steamer Ashore. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 31 July 1897 · page 3

The steamer Balmain from Neweastle with a cargo of coal, ran ashore at Taylor Bay this morning during a heavy fog. Efforts are being made to tow her off…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

A German Steamer Ashore. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 31 July 1897 · page 3

The German Australian steamer "Solingen" outward bound from Sydney to Singapore went ashore neat Laing's Point, Watson's Bay. She, however,…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

A Steamer Wrecked

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 31 July 1897 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday (noon).—The steamer "Tasmania," from Sydney to News' Zealand, has been totally wrecked. She sank within an hour. All hands saved…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

The Wrecked Steamer Tasmania. Auckland (N.z.), Friday Afternoon

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 31 July 1897 · page 3

The following telegram has just been received from Gisborne:—" Two men are on outside of breakers at Mahanga hanging on to capsized boat, Am trying to save them…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Terrible Shipwreck. AUCKLAND

National Advocate · Saturday 31 July 1897 · page 3

The steamer Tasmania struck a rock on Table Cape, and disap eared within on hour. She soon became a total wreck. The vessel sank in deep water,…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Wreck of the Tasmania. AUCKLAND

National Advocate · Monday 2 August 1897 · page 3

Captain M'Gee states that owing to heavy weather the steamer did not coll at Gisborne, but went on to Napier. The weathar was very dirty and thick. He…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Wreck of the Tasmania. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 2 August 1897 · page 3

The latest particulars regarding the wreck of the steamer Tasmania at Table Cape (N.Z.), show that 11 persons have been drowned, and two others are still unaccounted…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Wreck of the Tasmania. Several Lives Lost. Fuller Particulars. Wellington, Monday morning

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 August 1897 · page 3

"As already stated, the occupants of the carpenter's boat managed to get to land, with the exception of two, It appears that the carpenter's boat was…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

A Ketch Ashore. SYDNEY, Tuesday night

National Advocate · Wednesday 4 August 1897 · page 3

The ketch, Alfred Fenning, which went ashore at the Manning River heads, has been successfully floated…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Wrecked Steamer. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 4 August 1897 · page 3

A party of men, accompanied by a direr, has started for the scene of the wreek of the steamer Tasmanis, off Table Cape (N.Z.), to eudesvor to recover the mails. The…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

A Barque Ashore. BRISBANE

National Advocate · Thursday 5 August 1897 · page 3

A telegram from Thursday Island says that the Italian barque Lazzra, 1300 tons, bound from Newcastle ito Mocassak, with coal, went ashore on…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

A Ship Wrecked. LONDON, Wednesday night

National Advocate · Friday 6 August 1897 · page 3

The ship Nonautuna, from Newcastle to Panama, baa been wrecked on Easter Island. The crew were saved…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →