A River Steamer Sinks. Three Passengers Drowned. Hobart
One of the most sudden river disasthat has ever occurred here took place yesterday afternoon. The steamer Huon was returning to Hobart with a…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914
292 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 15
Steamer Blown Up. Great Loss of Life. (Reuter's Message.) Algiers
The Russian steamer Kometa, laden with petrol, blew up off Sidi Ferrush. Fifteen of those on board perished, and 15 were rescued. Five of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ulster. the Gun-running Incident. Movements of the Steamer Fanny. the Government Taking Action. Discussion in Cabinet. (Reuter's Message.) London
For three weeks the 300-ton steamer Fanny tramped the high seas with a cargo of munitions of war. She was without ship's papers, and under such…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Second Edition. in the China Seas. a Piratical Sensation. Steamer Captured and Fired. Two Hundred Passengers Killed. (Reuter's Message.) Hong Kong
Pirates attacked the British steamer Jason north of Macao on Sunday, and set the vessel afire. It was destroyed, but an incoming steamer reseued 158…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Airship Partially Wrecked. Berlin
The Schuttelauz airship, the largest yet constructed for the army, failed by half an hour to fulfil the War Office conditions. It was compelled…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →An Ice-blocked Coast. Liner Caught in Pack Ice. Will Probably Be Wrecked. (Reuter's Message.) Montreal
The Newfoundland coast is completely blocked with ice, which extends for many miles, Incoming liners, notably the Pomeranian, are unable to proceed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the Wilds of Brazil. Mr. Roosevelt Suffers Great Privations. Five Canoes Wrecked. (Reuter's Message.) London
The "Daily Telegraph" correspondent at Manacs, capital of the Brazilian province of Amazons, on the Rio Negro, says that ex-President Theodore…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Airship Partially Wrecked. Berlin
The Schuttelauz airship, the largest yet constructed for the army, failed by half an hour to fulfil the War Office conditions. It was compelled…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Wrecked Columbia. Searching for Missing Crew. (Reuter's Message:) Bosten
The search for the third boat of the S..S Colambia, which was destroyed by fire south of Suble Island, continues. Of the crew, 20 are known to have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →America and Mexico. Steamer with Munitions of War. Being Sent Back to Germany. British Pressmen Arrested. (Reuter's Message.) Washington
The German steamer laden with munitions of war for the provisional President, General Huerta, has returned to Vera Cru[?] without disembarking…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Explosion on a Steamer. Eight Men Killed. (Reuter's Message.) Norfolk (Virginia)
An explosion in the engine-room of the steamer Jefferson to-day killed eight men. of the engine-room crew…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Turns Turtle. London
The steamer Turret Hill, while in a leaking condition, turned turtle at Southwold. The captain and engineer were saved, but 13 of those on board…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm at Henley Beach. the Foreshore Wrecked. Mitch Damage Done. Adelaide, Thursday Afternoon
A storm last night did considerable damage to property at Henley Beach. Hundreds of deck chairs were washed out to sea, and the bathing houses were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Adrift. Officers in Peril. Sydney
Crippled beyond repair while on the high [?]ees, with broken rudder shaft and drifting helplessly at the mercy of wind end sea, was the terrible plight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sensational Naval Episode. British Steamer Escapes with Refugees. San Francisco
Ninety American refugees escaped from Mexico aboard the steamer Cetriava, a British steamer, while a Mexican mob at Mazanillo threatened to board…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Tragedy of the Sea. the Wreck of the Columbian. Third Missing Boat Found. Four Survivors Out of Sixteen Occupants. (Reuter's Message.) Halifax
The United States revenue cutter, Seneca, reports by wireless that she has picked up the third missing boat of the liner Columbian on the Nova Scotia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Piracy in China Seas. Passenger Steamer Fired. Many Lives Lost. Sydney
Reports concerning what is described as the worst act of piracy committed on the China seas for 30 years were brought by the steamer Aldenham,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Steamer Waimete. London
The New Zealand Waimete, which is on fire at sea off the coast of South America, is expected to reach Monte Video this week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Tragedy. Overcrowded Gangway Breaks. Two Persons Drowned and Three Missing. (Reuter's Message.) New York
While a score of persons were crossing the gangway plank to the steamer Frederick VIII., the plank broke and men, women, and children were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Missing Airman Hamel. Fell Into the Sea. the Aeroplane Wrecked. (Reuter's Message.) Paris
Mr. Gustav Hamel, the missing aviator, on Saturday started away in a new Morane-Saulmer monoplane. He alighted at Hurdelot, near Boulogne,…
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