Steamer Movements
The steamers are now very busy unloading merchandise and loading wool, and it is like old times to see so many people about. The recently reported…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1899
177 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 9
A Steamer Wrecked. Near Capetown. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The well-known steamer Thermopylac, which left Sydney on August 16 for London, has been wrecked near Capetown, South Africa. All the crew and passengers were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Steamer Waikato. [By Telegraph.] Wellington, Tuesday Evening
The barque Alborg has arrived at Lyttelton. She reports that she signalled the steamer Waikato on August 3 in latitude 39 degrees 12 minutes south, longitude 39 degrees…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Thermopylae. [Reuter's Message.] London, Wednesday Afternoon
The racehorses Chesney and Kiora, on board the wrecked steamer Thermopylae, are now reported to be safe, though they have suffered injury. The steamer's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shipping Disasters. [Reuter's Messages.] the Wreck of the Tekoa. Occurred in the Falkland Islands. London
Further particulars have been received regarding the loss of the New Zealand steamer Tekoa. The report that the vessel had foundered off Staten…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Wreck. On the South Australian Coast. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Wednesday Afternoon
A telegram has been received from the harbormaster at Port Lincoln to the effect that a report has come to him that a vessel has been wrecked on ton Buffalo Keels, about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Spilsby Island Wreck by Telegraph.] Adelaide, Thursday Afternoon
A carrier pegeon arrived at the Torpedo Station to-day with a message from Captain Creswell, saying that the tug Euro had reached the wreck on spilsby Island and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Lucretia [By Telegraph.] Adelaide
The crew of the wrecked schooner Lucretia, who were rescued yesterday by the rocket apparatus, arrived at the Semaphore carly this morning, the vessel having been…
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Poon[?] 15th:—Princess Royal, Maggie and Rob Roy passed downstream yesterday, Prince Alfred arrived up last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Steamer Tekoa. Safe After All. London, Sept. 13
The steamer Tekon, which was reported wrecked, has reached the Fulkland Islands, in the South Atlantic, in safety, after a perilous voyage. The…
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News has been received in Sydney of the total wreck of the White Star liner Thermopylae, near Capetown All-specie was saved and no lives lost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following appeared in yesterday Third Edition:— the Wreck of the Lucretia. [By Telegraph] Adelaide, Friday Afternoon
The captain of the wrecked schooner Lucretia says that his vessel struck the reef about 4 o'clock in the morning, and at day-break, as the vessel was right out of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Steamer in Trouble. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
The steamship Glaueus broke her shaft on Saturday at Western Port and had to anchor. A tremendous gale raging placed her at great peril, but eventually…
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Menindie.—23rd inst.: Prince Alfred left up and the Victris left down. 25th: Mundoo left dawn and City of Oxford arrived up. 26th Emma pasted down…
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Wilcannia.—29th inst. Emily Jane left down this morning Industry left down yesterday. William Davies arrived up on the night of the 27th, and on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Liner Ashore. LONDON, Friday Afternoon
The Dominion liner Scotsman, 6041 tons, plying between Liverpool and Ganada and the United States, has gone ashore in the Straits of Belle Isle,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late Cable News, [Reuter's Messages.] a Steamer Burned LONDON, Sunday Afternoon
The steamer Mowtoya has been destroyed by fire on the Magdalena River, in Colombia, South America. Thirty passengers aboard the vessel perished…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Scotsman LONDON, Sunday Afternoon
Eleven of the passengers lost their lives when the Dominion liner Scotsman went ashore in the Straits of Belle Isle, on the American coast. The survivors…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] a Steamer Burned. LONDON, Sunday Afternoon
The steamer Mowtoya has been destroyed by fire on the Magdalena River, in Colombia, South America. Thirty passengers aboard the vessel perished…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Scotsman. LONDON
Twenty-three members of the crew of the Candian liner Scotsman, which went ashore on the Canadian coast, have been arrested at Montreal for looting…
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