Mail Steamer's Hazardous Experience R.M.S. Victoria in a Gale. London
The P. and O. steamer Victoria, from Sydney to London, encountered. terrible weather between Gibraltar and Plymouth, The gale on Friday…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908
139 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 7
The Hysterical ex-Mayor Accusations Against Alderman Gartrell Alleged Disloyal Employees Attempt to Wreck the Gasworks
At a convivial gathering tendered to the Bathurst aldermen last night by Alderman F. B. Kenny to mark his accession to the mayoralty, Alderman E. T. Webb…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mail Steamer on Fire LONDON
Router's correspondent at Marseilles telegraphs that the R.M.S, Mongolia, from London February 28, arrived at Marseilles with a fire aboard. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mail Steamer Wrecked LONDON
The Union liner, Newark Castle, has been hopelessly wrecked on the South African coast, north of Durban All the crew and passengers have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Unable to Leave. Sydney
The Newcastle and Hunter River Coy's steamer Hunter was unable to leave for Newcastle to-night owing to the seamen striking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Story of the Eclipse. How the Ship Foundered. Horrors in an Open Boat[?]
“Weak from lack of food and drink, worn and racked from long exposure on the open sea, their bones [?]ticking pitifully out,” is the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wharf Laborers’ Strike. Crew Walk Off Steamer. a Revolver Used. Sydney
In connection with the Wharf Laborers’ trouble, the crew of the North Coast Co’s steamer “Cavandea”/walked off the steamer a couple of hours…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Steamer Founders LONDON
The German steamer Laeisz, from Sydney to Hamburg, has struck on a rock in the Red Sea, and foundered: The officers and crew have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cable News. German Steamer Founders. All Hands Saved. London, Saturday
The German steamer Laelsz, from Sydney to Hamburg, struck a rock in the Red Sea, and foundered in a few minutes. All hands were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →French Submarine Wrecked LONDON
Owing to the misunderstanding of an order, the French submarine Ventor, when manoeuvring at Cherbourg, suddenly plunged, and struck on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hurricane at Fiji Crafts Wrecked, Buildings Damaged Suva, Tuesday morning
A hurricane occurred in Suva yesterday. The British-India steamer Sangola is ashore and a number of small crafts have been wrecked. Several buildings have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wharf Laborers’ Strike Sympathy with the Wrecked Steamer. Action Against Strikers Dismissed. Sydney
Mr. W. M. Hughes, M.P., who is conducting the wharf laborers’ strike negotiations, slates that when his committee heard of the Bega disaster…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Steamer Founders Wreck Near Bega Passengers Take to Rafts Man Dies From Exposure All Other Hands Safe Sydney
News from Bega this morning announced that the steamer Bega capsized and sank off that port last night. There were a considerable dumber of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Capsized in Fine Weather and Smooth Sea. Loaded with Passengers and Cargo. Only One Fatality. Sydney
The steamer Bega, belonging to the Illawarra Coy, which left Tathra last night for Sydney, with a full cargo and a large number of passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Outrage by Arabs British Steamer Attacked London
A number of insurgent Arabs on the banks of the Tigris, subjected the British steamer Blosse-Lynch to a heavy rifle fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of a Steamer. the “Star of Japan,” London
News has been received from London that the steamer “Star of Japan, trading to Australia from London, was wrecked at Dakar, Cape de Verde…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Steamer Stranded Quarter of a Million Involved London
The Star of Japan, a well known steamer trading between Australia and London, is reported to be badly stranded on a reef at St. Cyprian's Bay,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wreck of the Bega. Detectives on the Track. Rumours Prove False. Sydney
The steamer Koomanderry, with the captain and crew of the wrecked steamer Bega, arrived this morning. The fact that several detectives…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bega Wreck. a Local Lady’s Experience
The following account is given by the “Telegraph” of the experience bf Mrs. Parkes, the wife of an Orange resident, who was a passenger on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wanted.--an Up-to-date Lifeboat
The want exists both on shore and sea-- on the beach from winch the lifeboat that goes but is operated, and on the ship's deck where the boat to escape by in the…
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