Another Case on a Coastal Steamer. SYDNEY
Ow[?] the discovery of a case of [?] on board the north [?] a[?] T[?] t[?] between P[?] Har[?] Sydney, and…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1900
90 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 5
The Wreck of the Sierra Nevada. MELBOURNE
Among the apprentices drowned in the wreck of the Sierra Nevada was Augustus Sala, a nephew of the late George Augustus Sala, the writer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shipping Disasters. [By Telegraph.] Another Big Wreck. On the Victorian Coast. MELBOURNE
A sailing vessel of about 1200 tons, bound from Cape Town to Newcastle, in ballast, to load coal, has gone ashore between Cape Liptrap and Cape Patterson. The captain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following appeared in yesterday's Third Edition:— a Ship Wrecked. at the Entrance to Port Phillip. Twenty of the Crew Drowned. a Survivor's Story. Result of Heavy Weather. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon
The Sierra Nevada, a three-masted ship, bound from Liverpool to Melbourne, with a cargo of general merebandise, principally spirits, and carrying a crew of 28, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Pleasures of Steamer Travelling. Adventure of the Elingamite. Attacked by a Delirious Cabin-Mate. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
On the arrivai at the wharf of the teamer Elingamite from Melbourne the police were sent for and a man handed over to their custody. It appears that at 7 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bushmen at Beira. Getting Horses Ashore
THE special correspondent of the Advertiser writes from Beira under da[?]y April 19:— Here is a line from one of the…
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The steamer Peregrine has arrived from Townsville with one of the stewards suffering from a suspicious illness. The steamer has been quarantined…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] a Ship Ashore. LONDON
The ship Kakapo, bound in ballast from Swansea to Sydney, has gone ashore at Simons Town, in southern Cape Colony. It is feared that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shipping Disasters. [By Telegraph.] Supposed Wreck on Kangaroo Island. ADELAIDE
Fifteen months ago the ship Loch Sloy met doom and 30 of her crew and passengers lost their lives on the south-west of Kangaroo Island; and now what appears to be another…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Schooner Wrecked. No Tidings of the Crew. BRISBANE, Tuesday afternoon
A wire has been received from Inskip[?] Point station stating that the schooner Confidence sailed from there on Friday last for Moreton Bay, and has since evidently become…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shipping Disasters. by [?] The Wreck on Kangaroo Island. A Cutter Breaks Away. ADELAIDE, Tuesday Afternoon
The search party that has gone out to look for the supposed wreck on Kangaroo Island, expects to reach the spot to-morrow afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Supposed Wreck. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Friday Afternoon
The search party has finally returned to Queenscliffe; on Kangaroo Island, without finding any further trace of the supposed Wreck. They saw some wreckage, as already…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Wreck on Kangaroo Island. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide
The search party that went out to took out for the supposed wreck on Kangaroo Island has found the wreckage, but no other trace. Constable Thorpe telegraphed last night that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision in the Channel. Troopship and Mail Steamer. London
The R. M.S. Oratava, engaged as a troopship, with 1200 troops aboard bound for South Africa, collided in a fog with and sank the German mail…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A German Steamer Sunk. London, July 1
The steamer Oratava, with 1200 troops aboard for South Africa, collided with the German steamer Bremen off Ushant. The latter sank,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A New Zealand Wreck. [By Telegraph.] Wellington
The brigantine Elizabeth Price, from Rockhampton to Dunedin, weat ashore on Mahia peninsula, and became a total wreck. The disaster occurred while she was trying…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on a Meat Steamer. LONDON
The cargo of the New Zealand steamer Matatua caught fire at Monte Video, in South America, owing to a defect in the insulation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreckage Washed Ashore. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
A quantity of wreckage has been washed ashore three miles east of Wingan Inlet, on the Ninety-mile Beach. One of the planks discovered is marked "Adella."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Steamer Ashore. [By Telegraph.] Wellington
The Union [?] eamer T[?]po drifsed from herr moor[?] at Greymouth wharf and got ashore in a [?]rous position. all handswere saved. The weather is rough,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Steamer Ashore. [By Telegraph.] Wellington
The Union S. S. Company's s eamer Taupo drifted from her moorings at [?]reymouth wharf and got ashore in a dangerous position. All hands were saved. The weather is rough,…
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