Smallpox on Board a Mail Steamer. Adelaide
The Messageries Maritimes steamer Occanien, on which smallpox had occurred arrived at the Semaphore anchorage yesterday. One passenger…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908
407 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 15 of 21
The Wrecked Aeon. Castaways Arrive at Fiji. an Interesting Interview. Suva
Fifty-four castaways including 35 Chinese, from the Howard Smith wrecked steamer Aeon, arrived at Suva (Fiji), yesterday, all well…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New South Wales. a Disabled Steamer. Sydney
Information was received in Sydney to-day that the steamer Togua of the Union Steamship Company's line had returned to Suva (Fiji) with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Theft on a Steamer. Perth
Joseph Barber was found guilty in the Criminal Court yesterday on three charges of stealing clothing and jewellery on the steamer Kyarra, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Harbor Collision. Steamer Mintaro Damaged. Sydney
A collision occurred in the harbor last evening between the steamer Mintar[?], bound for Melbourne, and the collier Wairuna. The stem of the…
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A whale recently driven ashore at Eden was found to be the largest creature seen alive there. It measured 97ft. The previous largest whale caught…
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Wellington, Thursday. The steamer Moeraki was severely damaged through encountering boisterous weather. 40ft. of rail being…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Outbreak of Fire on a Steamer
Wellington, Thursday. An outbreak of fire was yesterday discovered in the after-hatch of the Union Company's steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wreck of the Aeon. Life on a Desert Island. a Thrilling Experence
A thrilling story was related by Mr. Nortman rates, a young man returning to Melbourne after holiday trip to England and America, who was a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of Loch Finias. Continuation of Inquiry. Captain Alleged to Have Been Drunk. Decision of Marine Court Reserved. Launceston
The Marine Court inquiry into the wrcek of the Loch Finlas was continued at Launceston yesterday. Gustay Carlson, one of the survivors,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Acetylene Gas Explosion. Boy Shockingly Injured. Apartments Completely Wrecked. Melbourne
Henry Tidy (13), an orphan and ward of the State, was yesterday the victim of an explosion of acetylene gas. He was shockingly injured. He died later…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Aeon. Passengers Arrive at Auckland
The steamer Manuka. with passengers from the wrecked Acon on board, arrived at Auckland to-day. Although they had spent two months on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →French Schooner Wrecked. London
Captain Ybort, the sole survivor of a crew of 26 belonging to the French [?]chooner Juanita, wrecked off the Newfoundland coast to-day gives a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flying Bulgarian Flag. Steamer Stopped in Bosphorus
The forts In the Bospliorus, firing blank ammunition, to-day stopped it, Hulgarian steamer flying the Bulgarian Royal flag…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Terrible Shipping Disaster. Steamer Caught in Typhoon. Fifty-one Lives Lost. Probably Eaten by Sharks. Sydney
Details of a terrible shipping disaster, involving the loss of 51 lives, were brough to Sydney yesterday by the steamer Aldenham. It appears…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of Loch Finlas. Verdict by Marine Court. Gross Carelessness of Navigation. Launceston
The marine Court of inquiry on the loss of the ship Loch Finlas, off the Tasmanian coast found that gross carelessness of [?]avigation caused the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Australia. Mail Steamer Quarantined Perth
The mail steamer Seydlitz, which reached Fremantle on Sunday evening, was placed in quarantine owing to a recent outbreak of smallpox at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Salvage Claim. Towing tho Disabled Steamer. Sydney
The Vice-Admiralty Court commenced the hearing to-day of the salvage claim by the North Coast Company against the steamer Komura. Ono of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Aeon. Sydney
The underwriters intersted in the carge of the wrecked steamer Aeon, hnve determined net to take any action in regard to the salvage of the wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales. the Wrecked Aeon. Sydney
Five bags of mails brought to Sydney from the steamer Aeon wrecked on a reef off Christmas Island on July 18 were found to be in a condition of…
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