An Overdue Steamer. Disappeared on the New Zealand Coast. Wellington (N.Z.)
The Federal steamer Kent, of 6000 tons, one of the best-known traders under the Federal flag, is Seriously overdue at the Bluff from Dunedin…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913
197 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 10
Effect on Steamer Rates. Sydney
Owing to the stringent quarantine regulations at Fiji, the Union S.S. Company has increased the passenger rates thither by 50 per cent, and…
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A man named John Patrick Connelly, aged 60 years, died on board the steamer Rob Roy on Sunday last, while on the way to Wilcannia…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Mawson Expedition. Schooner Rachel Cohen Safe. Sydney, Thursday Afternoon
The schooner Racel Cohen (which was reported, very delayed), with supplies for the Mawson Antarctic depot at Macquarie Island, is safe. She called…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Smallpox. Fresh Cases Ix Sydney. Serious Punition in New Zealand. Mail Steamer Steward Qu[?]. Sydney
One of yesterday's [?] case, if it is actually a case of sina[?]pox, which caused some ex[?] a.[?] good [?] of [?] was that of the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Smallpox. Two Fresh Sydney Cases, Sydney, Friday. Two fresh cases of smallpox were reported early this morning—one at Bondi and the other a member of the crew of the mail steamer Mongolia. Free Vaccination. Resumes in Broken Hill on
Dr. Bartley received a further communication last night from the Health Department, Sydney, intimating that arrangements had been made to send…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Disastrous Wave. Fatality on a Steamer. Melbourne
Soon after the steamer Eumera la left Warrnambool for Melbourne on Saturday an enormous wave broke on board where several passengers were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General Cables. [Reuter's Massages.] the Alaska Shipwreck. Juneau (Alaska)
The steamer State of California hit the rooks at full speed, tearing out the greater portion of her bottom. She sunk within a few minutes. Forty of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Chinese Typnoon. Disaster at Macao. Houses-destroyed, Junks Wrecked. Great Loss of Life. [Reuter's Message.] Hongkong
News has been received that a typhoon yesterday caused great havo[?] on the island of Mucao, off the China mainland. The seawall erected around an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Shipwreck Off Alaska. Serious Loss of Life. Some Saved Through Wireless. [Reuter's Message.] London
The steamer State of California struck an uncharted rock near Juneau, Alaska. She became a total loss, and 24 passengers were drowned, the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Liner Devon Ashore. Hard and Fast on the Rocks. Wellington
The Federal-Houldershire liner Devon, went ashore near Pencarrow Lighthouse, Wellington Heads, Inst night. The vessel is hard and fast on…
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The crow of the Federal liner Devon, which is a hopeless wreek near Wellington Heads, have been resecued. The latest advices state that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four Japanese Drowned. Two Companions Get Ashore. Brisbane
Through a boat capsizing off Cairns, four Japanese were drowned. Two others clung to the upturned boat, and lauded on the coast in a terribly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hawker's Flight. Machine a Total Wreck. [Reutor's Message.] London
Mr. Hawker's waterplane, except the engine, is a total wreck. Kauper's arm was broken. The press unanimously acclaim the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wrecked Devon. Cause of the Disaster. Wellington
Evidence given yesterday at the inquiry into the wreck of the steamer Devon near Wellington showed that the mishap was due to a mistake…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Horrifying Colusion. the Yorkshire Disaster. Wreckage Catches Fire. Many Lives Lost. [Reuter's Message.] London, Tuesday Night
Details of the train disaster at Alsgil, in Yorkshire, are horrifying. The Glusgow express stopped at 3 o'clock in the morning for want of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gas Explosion. Paris Cafe Wrecked. [Reutor's Message.] Paris
A cafe in the industrial quarter of the city was wrecked to-day by a gas explosion. An escape of gas in the cellar was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Cables. [Reuter's Message'] Loss of a Schooner. New York
News has been received of the total loss of the British schooner Mersey, at N[?] Island, South Cuba. The vessel drifted on the beach and [?]. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Airship Disaster. German Zeppelin Wrecked. [Reuter's Message.] Berlin
The airship "L," stationed at Cuxhaven, while participating with useful effect in the naval manoeuvrres to-day. met with disaster. She was engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Naval Airship Wrecked. Sixteen of Crew Polish. [Reuter's [?] [?] [?]
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