Fireman's Body Recovered. From Wrecked Customs Launch. Perth
The body of the fireman Wright who was drowned when the Customs launch Susan was sunk by the Mongolia last Monday, was recovered by…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909
345 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 18
A Steamer Chartered for Survivors
The American committee at Rome has chartered a steamer with supplies to bring the survivors away from the disturbed districts…
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Burns, Philp, and Co. have contracted with the Clyde Shipbuilding Company for a passenger refrigerated steamer (4500 tons) for the Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chinese Passengers Ancry. Not Allowed Ashore at Port Darwin
The steamer Eastern, proceeding through this port (Port Darwin) to Hong Kong, on Wednesday last, had (says the "Age") 210 Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Balkan Troubles. Violent Attack on Great Britain. by Austrian Newspaper. Fifty Villagers Shot. Pretended They Were Refugees. Americans Chartering a Steamer. [Reuter's Message.] London
The "Neu Frei Presse" (Vienna), in an extraordinarily violent attack upon Great Britain, declares that Great Britain pretends to be peaceful in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Ashore. All the Passengers Safely Landed. Sydney
The steamer Rosedale went ashore on the south side of the south breakwater at Bellinger Heads, yesterday. There were several holes in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Political Incident. Enacted on Queensland Government Steamer. Mr. Airey's Refusal. to Shake Hands with the Premier. Brisbane
Just before the Government steamer Lucinda left the wharf yesterday in connection with the Ministerial dinner to Mr. Fisher (Prime Minister), Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Island Schooner Lost. Crew Picked Up. Sydney
The news of the total loss of the island trading schooner Bella in the New Hebrides Group was brought to Sydney yesterday by the French mail…
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The Newcastle and Hunter Rivet Company's new steamer Karnah went ashore on the Stockton Beach early this morning. It stranded about a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Goal Steamer Aground. Adelaide
Port Pirie reports that the steamer Era, with a full cargo of coal, is aground on the Cockle Spit, near the tide gauge. As the tides are taking…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Explosion. Block 10 Water Main Wrecked. Mill Supply Cut Off
Broken Hill people are becoming quite accustomed to explosions, these nocturnal noises having of late entered into the scheme of existence, so to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Liberian Customs. Stopping Breaches of Regulations. Gunboat Fires on German Steamer. [Reuter's Message.] London
Advices from French West Africa state that the Liberian Customs gunboat Lark, commanded by a British naval reserve officer, yesterday fired…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Steamer Wrecked. the Crew Perish. [Reuter's Message.] London
The British steamer Fidra, laden with coal, has been wrecked off the island of Amurum. The crew, numbering 17 persons, perished…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Ashore. Wellington
The Patea Shipping Company's new steamer Arapawa, which arrived from the Cyclde a few days ago, is ashore in an ugly position on Patea bar…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Falls of Halldale. Wreckage Coming Ashore. Melbourne
Wreckage from the Falls of Halladale is coming ashore at Petersborough. There are thousands of tons of timber and drums of oil which are…
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The steamer Rosedale, which recently grounded at the entrance to the Bellinger, was floated off yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Falls of Halladale. WAN'fON "Destruction Op Cargo. i Alleged Against the Cubtoms Officials. Melbourne
Thousands of cases of benzine are coming ashore from thc wreck of the Falls of Halladale, and also a large quantity of valuable timber, such as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Wrecked Ketch. Crew Rescued by Steamer Le Maire. Brisbane
Captain Porjewyd, of the steamer LoMaire, from Batavin, via ports, reports that on Saturday last, as he was passing, Burkitt Island, Torres Straits, he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A New Steamer. Frost Causes Postponement of Launching. [Reuter's Message.] London
Owing to the frost affecting the grease, the Orient Company's now steamer Osterly, when released by Lady Jersey at Govan yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Wrecked Barque. Cases of Benzine Drifting on Shore. Customs Authorities' Report. Melbourne
Yesterday it was reported that thousand's of cases of benzine which had drifted on the shore near Warrnambool from the wrecked barque Falls of…
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