The Overdue Mail Steamer. Sydney
The overdue Canadian mail steamer Aorangi arrived last night. She was delayed owing to an accident to the machinery…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1897
166 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 9
The Missing Steamer Tanais. Sydney
The missing steamer Tanais arrived at Lytton, near Brisbane, this morning. TUESDAY…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Atlantic Liner Ashore. LONDON, Wednesday Evening
A brief message reports that the Atlantic liner Baltimore City is ashore at Be'le Iele Strait, off the coast of Newfoundland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Capsize of a Steamer—Over 100 Lives Lost. Sydney
A. steamer conveying about 200 Europeans, Malays and Chinese, which left Singapore for Malacea, was capsized in a squall over 100 lives were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disasters at Sea. Wreck of the Port Douglas. The Gulf of Martaban on Fire. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The Sydney Underwriters' Association has received a cable message stating that the ship Port Douglas struck a reef at Cape Recliffe and was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of an Australian Trader. Sydney
The Australian trader Port Douglas has been wrecked on the African coast. The captain and crew landed [?]fely at Port Elizabeth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Loss of the Tasmania. Wrecked on the New Zealand Coast. Strikes a Kock and Sinks in Deep Water. Passengers and Crew Saved. [By Telegraph.] Auckland
News is just to hand that the steamer Tasmania, from Sydney, struck a rock on Table Cape, and disappeared in an hour. She soon became a total wreck. The vessel…
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The steamer Tasmania from Sydney to New Zealand, has been totally wrecked. She sank within an hour. All hands were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wreck of the Tasmania. Other Supposed Victims. Further Details of the Disaster. [By Telegraph.] Wellington, Sunday Night
Amongst the passengers by the wrecked steamer Tasmania for Gisborne were Mr. Crysell and three natives. Two of the latter were landed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Tasmania. Further Particulars. Position of the Ship. An Inquiry to be Held. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Mr. Webber, secretary of the National Shipwreck Relief Society, has received a cable message from Captain M'Gee, of the wrecked ship…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Tasmania. Sydney
Further particulars of the Tasmania disaster show that 11 parsons were drowned, and two others are still missing. Six more bodies have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Tasmania. [By Telegraph.] Wellington
The Marine Board inquiry into the wreck of the Tasmania has been postponed till Monday next. The Daily Telegraph says that a great…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Newcastle Coal Ship Wrecked. LONDON, Wednesday Night
The ship Nonantuna, of Newcastle, trading from that port to Panama, has been wrecked on Easter Island. The crew were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident on an Intercolonial Steamer. One Killed and Another Badly Injared. ADELAIDE
A fatal accident happened on board the steamer Buninyong during her passage down the Port River yesterday. Two hands were engaged putting on hatches, and they…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Tasmania. [By Telegraph.] Auckland
All the bodies of those drowned in the wreck of the Tasmania have now been recovered except those of Henderson, Bidmead, and Loughan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Tasmania. The Inquiry Opened. [By Telegraph.] Auckland
The inquiry into the wreck of the Tasmania was opened to-day. The Crown prosecntor in his opening address said the application for an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Tasmania. The Inquiry Opened. [By Telegraph.] Auckland
The inquiry into the wreck of the Tasmania was opened to-day. The Crown prosecutor in his opening address said the application for an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Disabled Steamer. LONDON, Tuesday Evening
The New Zealand mail steamer Kaikoura his been towed into Rio Janeiro with her crank shaft damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Aden. LONDON
Owing to the loss of the captain and chief officers of the steamer Aden, which was wrecked near the entrance of the Red Sea, the Board of Trade…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Disabled Steamer. LONDON, Tuesday Evening
The New Zealand mail steamer Kaikoura has been towed into Rio Janeiro with her crank shaft damaged…
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