General Cable News. Wreck of a Mail Steamer. LONDON
The Messageries Maritimes steamer Niemen has been wrecked between Marseilles and Colombo. The mails were lost, but the passengers and…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1893
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Wreck of the Thekla. Terrible Privations of the Crew. Driven to Cannibalism. [By Telegraph.] London
A horrible account of suffering and cannibalism in connection with the wreck of the Norwegian ship Thekla is to hand…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queensland Floods. The Condition of Brisbane and Ipswich. Further Bodies Found. The Oxley Bridge a Wreck. [By Telegraph.] Toowoomba, Wednesday. A Messenger from Brisbane
Information has reached here, via Gympie, concerning the condition of Brisbane, which still remains practically isolated. The particulars…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Reporter Reaches the City. His Account of Brisbane. Five Hundred Houses Wrecked
A reporter of the Queensland Times left Ipswich on Monday, and reached Brisbane safely, getting back to Ipswich last night. He gives a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck at Gympie. List of the Flooded Mines. Explosions of Compressed Air. A Great Column of Water. GYMPIE
Rain began to fall in Gympie on Saturday, January 28. From that time up to Wednesday 16 inches fell. The river rose steadily until Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Cable News. Wreck and Loss of Life. LONDON
The Anchor liner Trinacrea has been lost off Corunna, on the Spanish coast, exactly at the same spot where H. M. S. Serpent foundered. No…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck Near the Cape. Survivors on Tristan d'Acunha Island. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
The ship Hesperides, which has arrived here from Europe, brings tidings of a sensational wreck which has occurred in the neighborhood of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Coastal Wrecks. Six Lives Lost. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Particulars of two shipping disasters during the recent severe weather experienced on the coast were received last night involving, it is feared the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Disabled Steamer. LONDON
The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Ruahine has been obliged to put in to the island of St. Helena in a disabled condition. During…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Steamer Founders. Five Exciting Minutes. All Hands Saved. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
The Bay was last evening the scene of an exciting accident which, fortunately, however, resulted in nothing worse than loss of property. For some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck and Loss of Life. LONDON
The French gunboat Labourdonnias has been wrecked off the coast of Madagascar, in the Indian Ocean Twenty-three of the crew were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of an Australian Collier. LONDON
News has been received, via San Francisco, that the ship Lady Lampson, bound from Sydney to Honolulu, laden with coal, foundered during a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Disabled Steamer Ruahine. LONDON
The steamer Ruahine, which was obliged to put in to St. Helena in consequence of a fire breaking out amongst the cargo, having had the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood and Gale. The Newcastle District Inundated. A Large Part of Maitland Submerged. Three Lives Lost at Branxton. The Steamer Federal Stranded. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
As telegraphed to the MINER yesterday, there have been severe gales along the coast, and heavy rains resulting in floods, both in the capital and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood and Gale. Farther Damage at Newcastle. Maitland Completely Cut Off, The Brig Hebe Wrecked. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Friday Afternoon
The weather in the city is again fine, but rain still threatens. The Railway Commissioners have received a report stating that 6ft. of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Reported Wreck. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
A party of excursionists who were yesterday spending the day on the Ninety-mile beach picked up a bottle containing a paper, signed by four…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck in the Pacific. LONDON
News has been received of the wreck of the ship Templemore (bound from Wallaroo, South Australia, to London) in the South Pacific. The crew were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Steamer Wrecked. Two Men Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Auckland
The Ruby, a small coastal steamer, while attempting to cross the Mangawa bar, has been wrecked, and two of the crew have lest their lives by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Steamer Ashore. LONDON
The steamer Horsa has gone ashore on one of the group of Scilly Islands. There is as yete no tidings of the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire on a River Steamer. The Florence Annie Afire. [By Telegraph.] Wilcannia, Saturday Afternoon
The Darling River steamer Florence Annie arrived here from Bourke this morning. Her captain reports that while on the down trip, at 3 o'clock…
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