Missing Lifeboat and Nineteen Occupants. Still No Track. New York
There is no trace of the missing lifeboat, which, with two officers and 17 men was launched when the crew of the burning ship Columbian decided…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914
534 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 8 of 27
Big Steamer Launched. London
The White Star liner, Acquitania, has been launched at Clyde Bank. The vessel is the largest of her kind afloat, and is built in such a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arms Seized Steamer From Baltimore. "Fowling Pieces for Dublin. "Dublin
Customs officers seized 20' cases of arms from the, steamer Lord Charlemont, from Baltimore. The contents were described as fowling pieces, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gang Hold Up Steamer. Two Men Killed. Sydney
News of another piracy near Hong-kong, involving the loss of two lives, has been brought to Sydney. The vessel was a small Chinese river steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Work of Spiteful Thieves. Office Property Wrecked. Sydney
Thieves entered the office of the Clyde sawmilling and shipping company, in Barker-street, last night, and completely wrecked the [?]nce…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suspicious Sickness. German Steamer in Quarantine. Brisbane
The German steamer Prinz Siquismund, from Yokohama, arrived this afternoon flying the yellow flag. There was a suspicious case of sickness…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Explosion on Steamer Officer Fights Negro Passengers. a Woman's Bravery. New York
The old Dominion liner Jefferson, on which an explosion occurred, killing eight of the engine-room crew, has arrived. Passengers state that when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attempt to Wreck Express. Melbourne
Railway headquarters have been informed that an attempt to wreck the Melbourne to Sale express was made near Sale on Wednesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sensation on a Steamer. Mudgee Hotelkeeper's Death
A sensational affair occurred on the steamer Themistocles, which arrived at Sydney this morning, from London, via ports. It is stated that a mail named H. Franey, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Food for Sharks Prisoner Leaps From Steamer. Melbourne
Some time since, two men, named Norman. Mahohey and Gerald Downey, escaped, from Launceston (Tasmania) Gaol, where they were awaiting trial…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bid for Freedom Prisoner Leaps From Steamer. Provides Food for Sharks. Melbourne
Some time since, two men, named Norman Mahoney and Gerald Downey, escaped from Launceston (Tasmania) Gaol, where they were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Tale of the Sea Crew's Unenviable Experience. Steamer Hepless in Midocean. Sydney
The steamer Cairnhill, 4000 tons, left Naruru near Ocean Island, for Stettin with a load of phosphate. When four days out the vessel lost her propeller…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Ashore. Landing Party Attacked. Rome
The steamer Sofferino, stranded near Bardia, Tripoli. Bedouins attacked a party of Nassenzeis amongst the crew, on landing. A fireman and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Find of Opium. in Steamer's Coal Bunkers. Fremantle
The customs officers who boarded the steamer Ashburton to-day discovered 491 ½ lb. tine of opium, to the value of £3000, in the coal bunkers. This,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mexicans' Threat. British Steamer Attacked. San Francisco
Ninety American refugees escaped on board the British steamer Cetriana, while an angry Mexican mob from Moozanillo threatened to board the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Harbor Collision Ferry Steamer Damaged. Passenger Jumps Overboard. Sydney
An alarming harbor collision, the consequences of which at one time seemed almost appalling, occurred between Fort Dennison and the P. and O…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Refugees Thrilling Escape. Threat to Sink British Steamer. London
A thrilling story is told by 90 American refugees who made their escape from Vera Cruz aboard a British steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wrecked Columbia Survivors' Terrible Privations. Men Become Insane. Nova Scotia
The U.S.A. revenue cutter Seneca has arrived with four survivors of the ill-fated steamer Columbian, which caught fire at sea. The condition of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer in Distress. Galveston
The steamer Atlautlis, carrying 100 oilmen back to Tampico, has wirelessed, asking help, and reporting that the steamer is ashore and pounding,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Aground. Assistance by War Vessel. London
A wireless call for assistance was received at Galveston, Mexico, stating that the Norwegian steamer Atlantic, carrying 100 oil men, was in a perilous…
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