The Steamer Kapunda. Weather Bound Off Newcastle. Adelaide
A telegram has been received to-day stating that the steamer Kapunda is safe. She is weather bound off Newcastle…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1912
249 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 13
A Steamer Burned. Can[?]a
The German steamer, Paros, was totally burned. Several warships made futile efforts to extinguish the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Missing Ketch. Sydney
No news has so far been received of the missing ketch Candidate. Fears for her safety are increasing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blocks of Butter Cast Ashore. Sydney
Following upon the heavy seas last week, large blocks of butter have been cast ashore along the beach at Tathra. lt is surmised that the butter came…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer South Africa. Coastal Conditions Demanded. Before Crew Signed On. Adelaide
The steamer South Africa left Port Atlelaide yesterday for South Africa, having been delayed on account of a change in the crew. The seamen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Overdue Vessels. the Ketch Curlew at Trial Ray. the Ladysmith Signals for Assistance. Sydney
The ketch Curlew, long overdue at Bellinger River, is now anchored in Trial Bay. She is much damaged, while three of her crew are injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Ketch Candidate. Sydney
Grave foars are entertained for the safety of the ketch Candidate, which is now seriously overdue…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gales on the Coast. Heavy Rain Squalls and High Seas. Steamers Ashore at Ulladulla. Sydney
Gales of considerable fury swept the coast yesterday, continuing this morning. The storms were attended by very heavy rain squalls and high seas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proposed New Steamer Service. Sydney
A proposal is on foot for the establishment of "a new and direct steamer service between Australia and Hull. The interested States are New South…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Overdue Cargo Steamer. Sydney
The cargo steamer Corio is overdue at Sydney from Adelaide. The vessel was signalled at Wilson's Promontory at 5.55 on Tuesday, and was spoken…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Strikes a Rock. Sydney
The steamer Urilla, on her way from Cairns to Sydney, struck a rock in "Whitsunday Passige, on Thursday night, and was be[?]ched in a sinking…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Steamer Stranded. London
The steamer Duna, bound from Heruosand (a Swedish port in the Gulf of Bothnia) to Liverpool became stranded in the Orkney Islands during a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Another Iceberg. Steamer Strikes in a Fog. But Reaches Port. [Reuter's Message.] St. John's (Newfoundland)
The British steamer Manchester Inventor, bound from Montreal to Manchester, has arrived in a badly damaged condition, having collided on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chinaman Uses Revolver. Desperate Encounter on a Steamer. Donkeymax Badly Wounded. Newcastle
At Newcastle, yesterday the steamer Frankby was the scene of an exciting fracas. It appears that on Saturday a big fireman named Wong Yow was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Steamer Norseman. London, Tuesday
The steamer Norseman, which sailed from London for Melbourne last week and put into Plymouth on Wednesday with her machinery damaged, resumed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Empress of Britain. Quebec
The steamer Empress of Britain, which recently collided with a collier, has been temporarily repaired. She sailed at 4 o'clock this morning for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision at Sea. Big Steamer Sunk. Women in Their Nightdresses Rescued. [Reuter's Message.] Duluth (Minn.)
Five women, clad in their night dresses, were rescued from the steamer James Sayley (7100 tons) which sank yesterday off Maliitou, after collision…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Buteshire Detained. Capetown
The steamer Buteshire has been detained for five days at Durban repairing her propeller…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck and a Rescue. Melbourne
The Melbourne Ketch Ada Burgess, put into Stony Point, Western Port yesterday morning, having on board the crew of the ship G. W. Wolff, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New, Steamer Launched. London
The Union Steamship 'Company's new steamer Niagara was launched at Clydebank to-day. She will be able to burn oil or coal…
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