Ashore on Surprise Island. SYDNEY
A cable from Roumea states that the bargue Alexa has gone ashore on Surprise Island. All the passengers have safely arrived at Paw…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1901
164 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 9
The Wreck of the Lizzie Bell. WELLINGTON
The captain of the barque Lizzie Bell, giving evidence at the inquest on the bodies of the drowned sailors, said that at the time of the wreck he was keeping a strict watch…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death on a Steamer. HOBART
On the arrival here of the river craft John and Margaret, the master reported the sudden death on board of David Ru[?], 53 years of age…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sinking of a River Steamer. [By Telegraph.] Wentworth, Thur[?]day
A report has been received and confirmed that the steamer City of Oxford struck a snag in the Murray, near Buff's Creek, and sank. She had a small cargo on board…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of a Liner. 500 Passengers Saved. Their Sufferings and Rescue
THE liner Lusitania, from Liverpool to Montreal, commanded by Captain M'Kay, ran [?]shore before daybreak on June 26 at Seal Cove, 25 miles north of Cape Race,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Flood in America. Houses Carried Bodily Away. [?] Choked With Wreckage
Reuter's New York correspondent telegraphed on June 25:- The advices from the flooded district of West Virginia are [?] very incomplete, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Naval Manceuvres. Wreck of the Viper. Founders in a Fog. [Reuter's Message.] London
H.M.S. Viper, turbine torpedo-boat destroyer, daring the naval [?]ouvres, while going at the rate of 20 knots an hour, on Saturday entered a fog and…
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The famous torpedo boat destroyer viper struck a rock during a fog off Alderney and foundered. All hands were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of a Mission Schooner. No Lives Lost. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Mr. Pratt, agent of the London Missionary Society, is in receipt of a wire that the mission schooner Olive Branch has been wrecked on the Kwato reef. No lives were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision at Sea. a Steamer Run Down. [Reuter's Message.] London
The well-known passenger steamer Oceanic ran down the steamer Kincora during a heavy fog in the Irish Channel. None of the Oceanic's crew or passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of M. Santos-Dumont's Balloon. LONDON, Thursday Afternoon
While sailing yesterday from St. Cloud to the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, a g[?]t of wind struck M. Santos-D[?]mont's balloon, which was wrecked, and M…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wreck of a Schooner. [By Telefarph.] Wellington
The schooner Jesiio Nicoll struck a reef of Cape Campbell, causing a bad leak. One of the gulf-line steamers took the ateaaset [?] tow, but the latter gradually filled with was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Yukon Steamer Sunk. London, August 19
The Yukon steamer Islander struck an [?]berg near Janean, Alaska, and [?] within 25 minutes. Sixty-five lives were lost and 107 saved. Gold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of a Liner. Sixty-five Lives Lost. [[?]] LONDON, Monday Afternoon
News has been received that the Yukon liner Islander struck an iceberg near Jun[?]an, in Alaska, within a mile of the shore, daring a perfectly calm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Steamer Ashore. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane
A steamer, supposed to be the Lass o' Gowrie, has gone ashore on a reef at Island Point, Port Douglas. The sea is luckily smooth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late Cable News. British and Foreign. Wreck of the Yukon Liner. London, August 21
Particulars of the wreck of the Yukon liner Islander show that the iceberg was barely visible when the vessel crashed into it. Many of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Steamer Ashore. Fears of a Total Wreck. (By Telegraph.] Sydney
The steamer Oakland, one of the bestknown coastal boats, while crossing the bar at Ballian, Richmond River, yesterday, went aground and several holes were knocked in…
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Wilcannia.—24th last.: Morrumbidgoo arrived up stream to-day, 26th: Success arrived up yesterday, and Maggie left down. Princess Royal arrived down…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Steamer Oakland. a Total Wreck. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon
The steamer Oakland, which went aground on the Ballina Bar, on the Richmond River, has become a total wreck. The crew abandoned the vessel. No lines were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Explosion on a Steamer. Eleven Lives Lost. Many Injured. [R[?]ut[?]'[?] M[?]g[?].] London
A disaster occarred yesterday on the steamer City of Trenton on the Delaware Rirer, U. S. A. A boiler exploded and ll persons were killed and 25 others…
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