The Steamer Waimate Safe. London
The New Zealand steamer Waimute, whose cargo of flax was reported to be [?]fire, has arrived at the Falkland Islands…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914
292 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 15
Mexico. German Steamer Arrested. (Reuter's Message.) Vera Cruz
A German steamer landed a supply of arms on the Mexican coast. General Funston (U.S.A.), thereupon arrested the vessel as having no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Only a Handful of Survivors Passengers and Crew Jumped Into the Sea. Clinging to Wreckage in Icy Waters. Quebec, Friday Night
There is no hope that either Mr. [?]urence Irving or Colonel Bloomfield have been saved. The Storstad landed only a handful…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Saturday's Second Edition Shipping Disaster. Wreckage of the Empress of Ireland Visible. Many Passengers Escape by Leaping Into the Water. (Reuter's Message.) Quebec
Wreckage is now strewing the banks of the St. Lawrence River, and the [?]nnels of the Empress of Ireland are visible at low tide…
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The directors of tne Messageries Maritimes mail line, have decided to open up a new route to Australia. This will be a four weekly, trip from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Fate of a Steamer. a Message From the Dead. (Reuter's Message.) Sault St. Marie (Mich.)
A bottle, containing a message announcing the fate of the steamer Henry B. Smith, has been found near the Vermillion life-saving station. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Shipping Disaster. Man's Unselfishness. Sir a Conan Doyle and the Wreck. (Reuter's Message.) Montreal
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, interviewed, in connection with the loss of the Empress of Ireland, said: "There never was a disaster of that kind without one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Steamer Empress of Ireland, which was rammed and sunk on Friday, May 29, off Father Point, 165 miles from Quebec
The Empress of Ireland was a well-known transallantic liner, belonging to the Empress line, which has an extensive fleet employed in the passenger trade between England and Canada, and also engages in the carriage of emigrants from Great Britain. When built at the Fairfield yards, Liverpool, less than eight years ago, she was regarded as one of the best types of Atlantic ocean going steamers. She was 540ft. long by 665½. beam, and 36½ft. deep. The vessel was fitted throughout with the electric light, she carried refrigerating chambers, and in addition to her wireless telegraph equipment she had a submarine signalling apparatus. In working out design, Dr. Elgar, the Fairfield Company's naval architect, gave consideration…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire on a Steamer. London, Tuesday Afternoon
About 3500 carcases of Australian mutton were slightly affected by the fire on the steamer Surrey at Avonmouth…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire on a Steamer. Two Hours' Battle with Flames. Darwin
The steamer Montoro, which arrived at Darwin yesterday, reports that a fire occurred aboard the vessel when 12 hours out from Singapore. Work in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on a Steamer. London, Tuesday Afternoon
About 3500 carcases of Australian mutton were slightly affected by the fire on the steamer Surrey at Avonmouth…
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A fire occurred in the hold of the White Star liner Medic at Liverpool, the hold had to be flooded before the fire was extinguished…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Empress of Ireland Wreck. Return of the Survivors. Pathetic Scenes. (Reuter's Messages.) London
The steamer Corsican arrived at Glasgow yesterday with 133 of the Empress of Ireland's survivors aboard, mostly members of the crew. There were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. Terrific Hurricane. in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Ships Lost and Houses Wrecked. (Reuter's Message.) Montreal, Tuesday Night
A hurricane raged to-day over the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the adjoining shore. It is reported from Curaquette, a port onthe New…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →General Cables. (Reuter's Messages.) a Steamer Reported Lost. Halifax (Nova Scotia)
It is reported that the Government steamer Mont Magny has been lost, though the report has not yet been confirmed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Federal Steamer. Loss to the Country of £14,000. Vessel Sold by the Government
Senator M'Coll, in the Senate on Thursday, replying to Senater Oakes, said, the Fisher Government paid £10,400 for the steamer Stuart and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Labor Riots at Butte. Unionists v. I.W.W. Union Buildings Wrecked. Mayor Thrown Out of Second Storey Window. (Reuter's Message.) Butte (Montano)
Local labor troubles caused serious rjots here yesterday. When the unionists paraded the Industrial Workers of the World attacked them stoning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Wrecked. Passengers and Crew Saved. Sydney
The steamer Epi, en route to the New Hebrides, is a total wreck 40 miles north-west of Pottisland. The crow and passengers have been saved,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Springs a Leak. Six Seamen Meet Their Death. (Reuter's Message.) Philadelphia, Tuesday Night
The British oilship San Valere reports the loss of six of the crew, who, when the vessel sprang a leak at sea, volunteered to enter a poisonous gas…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gales on the Coast. and Inland. Sydney Suburbs Swept. People Injured. Steamers Wrecked and Adrift. Sydney
A gale of terrific fury raged in Sydney along the coastline and over a considerable part of the State yesterday. The wind swept with all the fury of a…
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