Gallant Lifeboat Services
THE National Lifeboat Institution has a noble fleet to two hundred and thirty five boats under its management, and these boats save on an average from six hundred to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1874
21 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 2
Bursting of a Steamer’s Boiler on the Tamar.—eight Lives Lost
THE Launceston Examiner, of the 19th inst., gives the following particulars of a fatal boiler explosion on the Tamar, which occurred on the previous day, by which the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the R.m.s. Sunfoo
One of the most disastrous wrecks that has happened in those waters for some time has just occurred; the Sanfoo, belonging to the Eastern and Australian Mail Steam Company, together with a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the British Admiral on King’s Island. (From S. M. Herald’s Telegrams.) MELBOURNE
A TERRIBLE shipwreck has occurred at Kingâs Island. The ketch Kangaroo arrived at Queenscliff this forenoon, and reports that the ship British Admiral, 1700 tons, Captain Taylor, which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the British Admiral. (Associated Press telegrams.) MELBOURNE
A TERRIBLE shipwreck has occurred at King's Island. The ketch Kangaroo arrived at Queenscliff this forenoon, and reports that the ship British Admiral, 1700 tons, captain Taylor, which left…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wreck of the British Admiral: Loss of Seventy Nine Lives
ANOTHER tale of disaster comes to us from over the sea. We have had frequent news of late of ships having boon dismasted; but in no instance there been loss of life. We have intelligence…
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PARTICULARS are to hand of the wreck of the British steamship Queen Elizabeth, and the loss of twenty-three lives. It appears that the Queen Elizabeth,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Visit to the Scene of the Wreck of the British Admiral
FROM Point Netherby to Fitzmaurice Bay, a distance of nearly fifteen miles, the beach was lined with fragments of the cargo and traces of the wreck indicative of the fearful amount of damage done,…
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From Point Netherby to Fitnrice Bay,a distance of nearly dress miles the batch was lined with fragmants of the cargo and traces of the week fadicative of the feedal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the E. AND A. . Mail Steamer “Flintshire.” (From S. M. Herald’s Telegrams.) BRISBANE, Tuesday, 11,30 P. M.
THE steamer Flintshire, from Batavia 5th, instant, with a large number of passengers and a full cargo of eastern produce, had prosecuted her voyage successfully, cessiully, until she arrived Rt Townsville yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the E. AND A. Mailsteamer Flintshire. (Associated Press telegram.) BRISBANE, Tuesday, 11.30 p.m
THE steamer Flintshire, from Batavia 5th instant, with a large number of passengers and a full cargo ofeastern produce, had prosecuted her voyage [?] until she arrived at Townsville yesterday…
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Soke further particlars corring the [?] from the [?] ship and its recovery to [?] by the [?] Cyger wreckage from the atboe Chip and its re-…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Schooner Sunk by a Monstrous Devil-fish
THE following strange story has been communicated to the Indian papers:— We had left Colombo in the steamer Strathowen, had rounded Galle, and were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Schooner Sunk by a Monstrous Devil-fish
The following strange story has been communicated to the Indian papers:— We had left Colombo in the, steamer strath-owen, had rounded Galle, and were well in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Cutter Dolphin and Miraculous Escape
THE master and crew of tims craft, wrecked lately at Wingan Inlet, who were picked up sat sea by the schooner Pioneer, have arrived at Melbourne by that vessel The Dolphin…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Massacre of Three Hen of the Schooner Zephyr
The following is on account of further proceedings taken to attempt the rescue of the three men belonging to the schooner Zephyr, or to ascertain their fate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Apparatus for Assisting Shipwrecked Persons
The Paris correspondent of the Sydney Herald writes as follows:— A gentleman has just invented a new apparatus for assisting Shipwrecked persons in maintaining…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burning of a Steamer on the Ohio River
A TERRIBLE disaster occurred on the Ohio River on the 5th August. The steamer Pat Rogers, laden with cotton, caught fire and was burnt to the water’s edge. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of an Ironclad
THE ironclad man-of-war and steam-ram Independencia, just built for the Brazilian government at Dudgeon's yard, Blackwall, is now lying to all appearance a wreck on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Seizure of the Steamer Spark by Pirates
OUR telegrams recently informed us of the seizure of the steamer Spark, and the massacre of her captain and some of her crew, by Chinese pirates who had shipped…
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