A New Steamer. LONDON
The Union S.S. Company of New Zealand has ordered a new 8500-ton steamer for the Australian and Indian trade…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1901
164 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 9
Foundered Off Wallaroo. Loss of a Barge. Three Men Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Wednesday Afternoon
Information has been received from the harbormaster at Wallaroo that the tug Ele[?]nor has reported the barge Gwydir, which was in tow of the Eleanor, as having…
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NOBODY can tell the following story better than the writer tells it himself, "In 1891," he says, "I f[?]t experienced the miseries of acute Indigest[?]. I was obliged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Awful Disaster. Bursting of a Water Dam. Several Towns Wrecked. Five Hundred People Drowned. [Reuter's Messages.] London
A terrific disaster is reported from America. A dam holding a water supply burst its banks at Pocahontas, in the State of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Lusitania. London, June 27
The steamer Lusitania, from Liverpool to Montreal, with 500 passengers aboard, has been wrecked off Cape Ballard. All hands were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] ThE Wreck of the Lusit[?]la. LONDON, Thursday Afternoon
Latest news regarding the wreck of the liner Lusitania shows that the vessel is a hopelese wreck. When she struck, among the rougher element of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Wreck in the Islands. [By Telegraph.] Auckland
The barque John Gambles, with raw sugar on board, was wrecked on the Papeete Beef on May 24, She sailed on April 12, and her water supply falling short, owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Heavy Weather About Sydney. Experience ot a Manly Steamer. by Telegraph.] Sydney
The weather was very cold and bleak last night, with cold rain and gales along the coast, The steamer Manly, returning to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Wreck in the Islands. by Telegraph.] Auckland
The ba[?] John [?], with raw Sugar of board, was wrecked on Hie Papete Beef [?] May 24 She sails on April 12, and [?] water supply falling there owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shipping Disasters. Two Steam Tugs Wrecked. Several Lives Lost. [By Telegraph] Sydney, Monday Afternoon
Heavy rain is still falling alone tho coast and the gale is very heavy. Already two maritime [?]rs have been reported. Messrs, Fenwick Bros'steam tug Protector…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of a River Steamer. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The [?] of the wreck of the river steamer Shannon near [?] is marked by planes, general merchandise, chaff, Hour, barrels of beer, cases &c., being strewn on…
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When the harbor steamer Manly was making her last trip to Sydney last night the machinery broke down, and the vessel rapidly drifted towards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Alexander Berry. The Thrilling Account of a Survivor
IN the storms which occurred early this week in the Sydneyside the [?] [?] [?] was Just, [?] as our wins have [?] tioned, four lives were lost The Daily…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sydneyside Wrecks. Relicsof the Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
A Eallina telegram states that the leg of a men [?]icked up at Cape Byron has been identified by the coler and texture of a sock and boat on the foot as be onging to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire at Hordern's. Five Deaths Altogether. Demolition of the Ruined Buildings. Walls Wrecked by Dynamite. Fire Still Smouldering. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The inquest on the body of Harry Cless, one of the victims of Anthony Hordarn's [?], was opened yesterday afternoon and adjourned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Steamer Aground. [By Telegraph.] Port Darwin
The steamer Ellen, with 100 tons of cargo, which had been removed from the steamer Airlie, came to grief on Monday. She was being taken to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of a Barque. Twelve of the Craw Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Auckland, Thursday Afternoon
The barque L[?]e Bell has gone ashore at Phiana. Twelve of the crew were drowned and six [?]ed. The barque, in charge of Captain R[?]s, left…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Wreck of the Lizzie Bell. Names of the Drowsed. [By Telegraph] Welington
From the wreck of the barque [?] Bell the captain and mate swam ashore [?] All hands left the vessel in a boat, which cap[?] in the surf. The [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pire on a Steamer. a Hold of Boiling Sugar. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Friday Afternoon
A fire of a most un[?]stentatio[?] but seri[?] character ragd on the steamer [?] at the Sugar Refinery Company's wharf last night. Owing to the absence of any display,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Wreck of the Lizzie Bell. Names of the Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Wellington
From the wreck of the barque [?]izzie Bell the c[?]ptain and mate swam ashore exhausted. All hands left the vessel in a boat, which capsized in the surf. The survivors (six)…
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