A Story of the Sea. Acts of Heroism at a Wreck. (Reuter's Message.) Halifax (Novia Scotia)
Thrilling scenes of heroism marked the wreck of the steamer City of Sydney, off Sambas. While salvaging the cargo of the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914
292 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 4 of 15
New Steamer Service. Sydney
The Union Steamship Company of New Zealand has decided to initiate a regular bi-monthly cargo steamship service between Australasia and the Pacific…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Australia. Smallpox on a Mail Steamer. Adelaide
The R.M.S. Orsova with yellow flag flying, denoting smallpox, arrived in port on Saturday. About 44 persons were sent to the Torrens Island…
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The steamer Heinrich, bound from Cardiff to Marseillers with a cargo of coal, is reported to have foundered. The crew of 20 hands were all drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Wrecked. Eighteen Lives Lost. Brisbane, Friday Afternoon
The French steamer St. Paul, 1610 tons, launched only in December, and bound for Noumen to Brisbane, has been wrecked off Cape Moreton and 18 lives…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cale on French Coast. Many Fishing Boats and Crews Lost a Steamer in Distress. (Reuter's Message.) Paris
A fierce tempest swept, the coast of Brittany yesterday, and many fishing vessels with their crews were lost. The Chilian steamer Maipo, while…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Maipo. Boats Lost Steering Gear Smashed. Second Officer's Daring Feat (Reuter's Message.) London, Monday Afternoon
The Chilian stamer Maipo, which sent out signals of distress when off the coast of Britanny, has reached Falmouth. Her cargo of wheat shifted…
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The shipping inspector, at Brisbase yesterday began an inquiry into the loss of the steamer St. Paul on Smith Rock. One witness stated that after…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Steamer Borda. London
The new steamer Borda, built for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, made a successful triol trip to-day from Greenock to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Moving Mountain. Disastrous Avalanches. Houses Wrecked, Crops Ruined. (Reuter's Message.) Paris
Disastrous avalanches have fallen in the Province of Savoy. Many houses have been wrecked, in some cases the snow is piled up as high us the third…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreckage on the Coast. Found by a Fisherman. Adelaide
Mr. J. C. Hardy, of Nallanippi, reports that while on a fishing expedition to the coast about 12 miles west of Cape Adieu, between Fowler's Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pirates' Haul. Chinese Steamer Help Up. (Reuter's Message.) Hong Kong
A band of pirates held up the Chineso steamer Shing-tai, in the Canton River yesterday, and after having killed the storekeeper and the general…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision in Sydney Harbor. a Tug Struck and Sunk. by a Ferry Steamer. Sydney,Thursday
At about 8 o'clock this morning, when off Dobroyd Point, just opposite the Heads, the Port Jackson Company's ferry steamer Ilubera and the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Founders. 120 Men on Ice Floes. (Reuter's Message.)
St. John's, Newfoundland, Thursday. It now appears that the sealing vessel which was lost was the Newfoundland. The 'Southern Cross is also…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Load of Rifles. Are They for Ulster? Copenhagen
It now transpires that the steamer Fanny, which left a port in the island of Langeland, in the Great Belt off the coast of Denmark, and which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Wallarah. Becomes a Totaly Wreok. Sydney
The steamer Wallarah, which rain on a reef near Catherina Hill Bay, has now become a total wreck. Her holds are full of water, and her hatches have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →S.S. Wallarah Wrecked. in Catherine Hill Bay. Crew All Saved. Sydney
The steamer Wallarah was wrecked in the Catherine Hill Bay last night. The vessel had been loading coal and a heavy easterly, gale which was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Steamer Ashore. Passengers Saved. (Reuter's Message.) London
Reuter's agent at Monte Video cables that the steamer Highland Piper, with 100 passengers on board, has run ashore at Ingles Point…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fighting Ashore. Fifty Americans Wounded. Two Hundred Mexicans Killed. Vera Cruz, Tuesday Night
The war is proceeding in earnest. Fify Americans so far have been wounded, and 200 Mexicans killed in the fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A River Steamer Sinks. Three Passengers Droned. Hobart
One of the most sudden, river disasthat has ever occurred here took pince yesterday afternoon. The steamer Huon was returning to Hobart with a…
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