Fire on a Steamer. LONDON
The steamer Indraghari, while loading for Sydney at Woolwich, England, yesterday, was badly damaged by a fire…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1900
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A Steamer Collision. LONDON
The steamers Dromedary and Alligator collided in a log in Belfast Lough. The former carried 600 Glasgow passengers. Forty persons were injured and five…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[By Telegraph.] a Schooner Wrecked. Three Men Drowned. SYDNEY
The schooner Empress of India has been wrecked on the Seal Rocks. The tug Ma[?]ion Mayfield yesterday proceeded to assist the stranded schooner,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck on Seal Rocks. a Vessel Without Lifebelts. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
An inquest was held yesterday on the body of John Gleeson, one of the victims of the wreck of the schooner Empress of India. As a result of the evidence forthcoming the jury…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision in Sydney Harbor. The Steamer Brighton Disabled. A Narrow Escape. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The Port Jackson S S Company's steamer Brighton, about 11 o'clock last night, running from Sydney to Manly, when just below Ch[?]wder Bay, came intocollision with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Steamer in Distress. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Monday Afternoon
The president of the Marine Board to-day received the following telegraph message from the head lightkeeper at Cape Borda:—"8.30 a.m.: A steamer with two masts and white…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck of a Steamer. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Saturday Afternoon
A private cable has been received in Sydney that the steamer Futami Marli, of the Japanese-Australian line, has been wrecked near Manila, but that all on board were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of a Barque. [By Telegraph.] Perth, Monday Evening
A couple of seamen of the barque Else have arrived at Hamelin. They report that while attempting to enter the harbor the vessel got into the wrong channel and ran…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Futaml Maru. [By Telegraph.] Thursday Island
Details have arrived here of the wreck of the steamer Futami Maru on Mindoro Island in the Philippines. The vessel went ashore on Point Kalavile at midnight. The weather…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fearful Storm in America. Towns Wrecked in Texas. 5000 Lives Lost. A Huge Tidal Wave. Damage over 15,000,000 Dollars. [Reuter's Messages.] London
The catastrophe in the southern portion of the United States has been fraught with awful consequences. First a hurricane wrought much…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Schooner Wrecked. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The schooner Cynthia struck on a rock in Nelson's Bay on Saturday night and became a total wreek. The crew had a miraculous escape, but all were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Steamer Wrecked: 100 Persons Losts LONDON
The Egyptian mail steamer Charkis has been wrecked at Rosetta. One hundred of the people on board perished…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of a Barque. Two Natives Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Auckland, Friday Afternoon
News has reached Auckland that the Danish barque Nordby was driven ashore on saitra Island on August 21 and afterwards sank. Two natives were drowned, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of a Steamer. [Reuter's Message.] London
The steamer Suffolk, of the Federal line, on a voyage from London to Sydney, struck on Klippen Point, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and gradually…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Wreck of a Ketch: Two Lives Lost. BRISBANE
The ketch Burnett foundered on the Albert Bar, Burketown, during a heavy gale on Monday. Two lives were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wreck of the Suffolk. [Reuter's Message.] London
The steamer Suffolk, from London to Sydney, wrecked at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, had 9OO horses and mules on board…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Village Shelled. British Steamer Fired on. LONDON, Monday Afternoon
The British gunboat Robin has shelled the village of Luk-han, on the West River, in Southern China, in retaliation for the villagers having fired on a British…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck on the New Zealand Coast. Adventures of the Crew. An Exciting Experience. [By Telegraph.] Wellington
The survivors of the wreck of the barquentine Lord of the Isles have arrived at Auckland. The mate reports that the vessel left Sydney last month, and off the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Ship Ashore. [By Telegraph.] Auckland
The Maoris report that a two-masted vessel has gone ashore at Hicks Bay. The vessel is believed to be the Linda Webber, bound from Newcastle to Gisborne…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Steamer Burnt to the Water's Edge
THE Kangaroo, one of the numerous fleet ot steamers belonging to the Sydney Ferries Company, Limited, was burnt to the water's edge on Monday night. The vessel cased…
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