The War. America and Spain, An American Cruised Ashore. The Terms of Peace. London, August 3
The American cruiser Columbia is ashore at Pones, on the South Coast of Puerto Rice. The Spanish reply to the American…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1898
177 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 9
A Reported Shipwreck. LONDON
There are persistent reports that an Atlantic liner has foundered in the Straits of Bellisle, between Labrador and Newfoundland. The reports have not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Barque Wrecked. Eleven Persons Drowned. Only Two Survivors. [By Telegraph.] Launceston
When the mail ketch Linda entered Tamar Heads yesterday Captain Dargaville reported that 10 days ago the barquentine C. C. Funk, built in San Francisco in 1882, had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the C. C. FUNK. Names of the Drowned. Story of the Survivors. Five Days on a Strange Island. [By Telegraph.] Hobart, Monday Afternoon
Fuller particulars are now available regarding the barquentine C. C. Funk, bound from Puget Sound (U. S. A.) to Melbourne. The list of the drowned is as follows:—…
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The American barque C. C. Funk has been totally wrecked in Bass Straits. Only two lives were saved out of thirteon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wreck of the China. LONDON
Salving operations are still proceeding at the wreck of R.M.S. China in the Red Sea. Ninety-two tons of lead were recently taken out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of a French Cruiser. London, August 18
The French cruiser, La Perouse, encountered a tidal wave at Madagascar and was totally wrecked. The crew were all saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision in Sydney Harbor. a Steamer Sunk. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon
During the fog in Sydney harbor to-day the Manly steamer Narrabeen came into collision with the Government steamer Kate, which was towing a lighter containing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Steamer. in Peril. a Coastal Experience. [By Telegraph.] Perth, Saturday Evening
The intercolonial steamer Adelaide, having put back to Albany, arrived there on Friday night. Captain Lockyer, who is in command, reports that the vessel was for a time in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Alaskan Trader Wrecked. LONDON
Tho Stickeon Chief, an Alaskan trader, has been wrecked on a voyage along the North American coast. Of the vessel's passengers and crew…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Soudan. In Sight of Omdurman. Cavalry Skirmishes. Wreck on the Nile. Narrow Escapes. [Reuter's Message.] London
News from the Soudan states that the Zafiro, the flagship of the British gunboat flotilla on the Nile, sprang a leak at Shendy and sank within…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Ship Wrecked. LONDON
The ship Firth of Cromarty, bound from Glasgow for Sydney, has gone ashore on Cornwall Point, Wigtown, on the Scottish coast, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Vessel Ashore
LONDON, AUGUST 29. The ship Firth of Cromarty is ashore in Scotland, and is expected to become a total wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of an Alaska Vessel. London, August 28
The Strickeen Chief, a vessel trading to Alaska, has been wrecked and 40 persons drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Stricken Chief Wreck. London, Sept. 1
All the passengers and crew were saved from the wreck of the Stricken Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Alaskan Wreck. LONDON, Thursday Afternoon
All the passengers on the Alaska trader Stickeen Chief, which was wrecked on the North American coast early in the week, were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Mail Steamer on Fire. LONDON
The German mail steamer Oldenburg, from Sydney to Antwerp, reports her cargo having been on fire during the voyage, before…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the China. LONDON
The R.M.S. China, which went ashore in the Red Sea, has been successfully floated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the China. LONDON, Friday Afternoon
Divers are now engaged repairing the bottom of the R.M.S. China, which has been refloated in the Red Sea…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Steamer Wrecked. [By Telegeaph.] Auckland, Saturday Afternoon
The coastal steamer Mapourika has been wrecked on the Greymouth bar. Her passengers and mails have been saved…
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