Exciting Experience of a Steamer. Sydney
The gale which devastated portion of Sydney yesterday is moderating. The steamer Wakatipu, which left Sydney, on Tuesday for New Zealand, returned…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914
292 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 15
Shipping Disasters. a Liner Ashore. (Reuter's Message). London
The Nord Deutscher Lloyd's liner Buelow, homeward bound from Japan has gone ashore in a fog near Portland. All the passengers and crew are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Whaler Wrecked. Lost at Melbourne Heads
Almost at the same spot where the R.M.S. Australia was wrecked ten, years ago, the whaling steamer Campbell was lost on Saturday night (says…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Disabled Steamer. Sydney
The steamer Mokau has arrived at Byron Bay in a disabled condition, having lost her rudder and deck fittings in the recent heavy weather on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Schodner Wrecked. Captain and Crew Missing. Sydney, Monday Afternoon
The schooner Aleda which left Sydney for Nambucca on Friday for timber has been wrecked near Kempsey, on the Macleay…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wrecked Schooner. Broken on the Rocks. Loss of the Crew. Sydney
News was received from Port Macquarie yesterday that the remains of the wrecked scow, Aleda, had been discovered on the rocks in an almost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Wreck. Liner on the Rocks. (Reuter's Message.) London
The Atlantic liner, Gothland, bound from Montreal to Rotterdam, struck near the Bishop's Rock, Ascanius. Other ships have gone to help…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck on the Coast. Believed to Be a Sydney Vessel. Sydney
A resident at Crescent Head has reported at Port Macquarie the wreck of another vessel just south of the head land. This is supposed to be the ketch…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victoria. Row on a Steamer. Melbourne
The interstate steamer Kanowna was held up at Melbourne on Saturday owing to a disturbance among the stokers. Several of the firemen were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Steamer Arrested
On Wednesday morning Sergeant Dowling (says the Port Pirie "Recorder") proceeded to the anchorage and arrested the German steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Bomb in New York. Wrecks a Six-storied Flat. Several Killed, Many Injured. (Reuter's Message.) New York
A bomb of terrific power exploded either on the roof or upper floor of a six storied flat in the city last night, and wrecked a third of the building,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Steamer Lost. Wreck on the Queensland Coast. Brisbane
The auxiliary steamer, Forbes Bros., recently purchased by the Federal Government for lighthouse work on the Queensland coast, has been wrecked at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Steamer Lost. Wreck on the Queensland Coast. Brisbane
The auxiliary steamer, Forbes Bros., recently purchased by the Federal Government for lighthouse work on the (Queensland coast, has been wrecked at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Sea Tragedy. Alleged Murder on a Steamer. One Steward Kills Another. and Throws the Body Overboard. Adelaide, Wednesday Afternoon
A terrible tragedy occurred on board the German steamer Oberhausen during her passage from New York, via Fremantle, to Port Adelaide, when Hugo…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wrecked by Weight of Machinery. Berlin
The weight of machinery caused the collapse of the top storey of the Knox brake factory at Lightenberg, and the machinery fell through four floors,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Marooned for Five Months. Experiences of a Wrecked Crew. Three Adventurous Sailors. Seventeen Days Without Food or Water. (Reuter's Message.) San Francisco
The steamer City of Sydney has rescued the captain, eight of the crew, and two babies, the captain's children, of the wrecked schooner Nokomis, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Paris Letter. Paris, June 12, 1914. How the Cabinet was Wrecked
France, it is generally admitted, is passing through one of the most serious political crisis' she has experienced. M. Vivani, the noted socialist, was the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer's Cargo on Fire. Sydney
The steamer Buninyong) bound from Melbourne to Sydney, put into Twofold Bay yesterday with her cargo on fire in the afterhold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germany and Russia. Aland Islands Occupied Russian Battleship Ashore. Stockholm
The Germans have occupied the Aland Islands, off the Swedish coast. One of the largest Russian, battleships is ashore on one of the islands,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Affairs at Port Pirie. German Steamer Leaves Suddenly
The sudden departure of the German steamer Iserlohn from Port Pirie on Tuesday caused a sensation in shipping circles. A rnmor was current that the…
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