A Leviathan Steamer
To Germany again goes the credit of sending out here the biggest ship to enter Australian waters. The record breaker is named the Grosser Kurfurst, and has a registered…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1901
56 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 3
Wreek of a Mail Steamer
LONDON, SUNDAY.—The French mail steamer Russie has been wreeked at Marseilles. A high sea baffled efforts to rescue those on board, who numbered one hundred,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Great Steamer
BRITTANNIA rules the waves, but she will have to look out. Germany is coming on at a great rate. She has now built and started on the Australian trade the Grosser Kurfurst, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Relic of a Wreck
MR. JOHN M'DONALD, of Ballarat (Vic.) who is staying at Princetown, on the Victorian coast, found the other day an interesting relic at the mouth of the Loch Ard Gorge. It consists of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Warship Wrecked
Particulars of the total loss of H.M.S. Sybille early in the morning of the 15th January were received from Capstown. It appears the Sybille was lying at anebor in Lambert's Bay—which, by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Shipwreck. 150 Lives Lost. London
The Pacific Mail S.S. Company's steamer City of Ric de Janeiro, 3548 tone, from Hongkong to Yokohama, struck the ledge of the entrance to the Golden Gate San Francisce, in a fog. The crew…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Boat That Washes Itself Ashore
On the Great Lakes, according to the New York press, has appeared a new style of lifeboat, invented by Captain Mayo, of the life-saving service, He has tested it himself, and believes it…
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WRITING on the 23rd instant, Mr. F. Buckle states that part of the new machinery for his steamer has arrived at Melbourne, and will soon be fitted in the Baden-Powell. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Supposed Wreck Thirty Lives Lost. Sydney, Wednesday Night
GABO ISLAND reports that a quantity of wreckage is floating in the sea in that vicinity. It is feared that the wreckage is that of the collier Federal which is overdue…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wreck of the Rio de Janeiro
THE wreck of the above named steamer just within the Golden Gate Hill caused grief and horror in San Franscisco. The vessel was two days late from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maritime Disasters. Wreck of the Collier Federal. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
ALL hope of the safety of the collier steamer Federal has now been abandoned. More clothing has been washed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Recent Ship-Wrecks
FURTHER proof concerning the fate of the missing steamer Federal was obtained by the discovery of five bodies on the beach between Cape Everard and Gabo Island, together with a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Federal
FURTHER confirmatory and interesting news has come to hand regarding the loss of the steamer Federal. Messrs. M'Ilwraith, M'Eacharn, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Insult to Australians. How It Was Resented. a Newspaper Office Wrecked. London
PRIOR to embarking for home on the s.s. Tongariro, some of the Australians wrecked the office of the South African News on account of that paper having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Federal
MR ALEC. CAMERON, who accompanied Mr. Wilson, formerly second mate of the Federal, overland on his search for wreckage and bodies, made a statement that places the disaster in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newspaper Office Wrecked. Libelling Australians
THE Cape " Times " gives the following account of the wrecking of the office of the " South African News," reported by cable last week : A body of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Tale of Shipwreck
The survivors of the ancient Italian barque Marie Madre B. were picked up at sea and landed at New York on March 28 by the American barque Silicon. The men declare…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wreck of the Barque Angola. Fearful Suffering at Sea
SYDNEY, FRIDAY.—The barque Angola from Newcastle, bound to Manila, went on a reef at the Philippine Islande, Of a crew numbering 19 only two survive the disaster. Their story forms one of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Jack Ashore
At last a German sailor has fallen in. The writer has frequently referred to the outrageous conduct of some of the German sailors o' nights, in Sydney, and now it is a pleasure to sea that one has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Seizing a Steamer
A REMARKABLE fact which bas apparently hitherto escaped the attention of the legal fraternity and members of the Legislature has just presented itself to the Newcastle polies authorities,…
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