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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Shipwrecks & the sea
40 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 2
INTELLIGENCE has been received of fresh acts of aggression by the Portuguese in the country lying between the Zambesi and Lake Nyassn, which is claimed by Portugal, although England refuses to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The steamer Paris, which left Dieppe for Newhaven, but did not arrive at the usual time, in consequence of which fears were entertained that she had suffered from the violent weather,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Loch Moidart, bound to Iqique, from Hamburg, was wrecked at Callandsoog. Thirty of the crew were drowned. Jan. 28…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →All on board the barque Thorne, which was wrecked in Douglas Boy, Isle of Man, at an early hour on the morning of the 25th, while on the voyage from Liverpool to Adelaide, were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The wreckage of a large iron Atlantic steamer has been found. It is feared that 70 lives have been lost…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The first to receive information with regard to the disaster which had befallen the Riverina was Captain A. Tillett, of the R.M.S. Lusitania. The Lusitania was on her way from Sydney to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The British India Company s R.M.S. Captain Saunders, which left Brisbane on the 18th ultimo for London,via Queensland ports, struck on an unknown rock near Mount…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrible calamity occurred on Friday night on the Torres Straits route, off tile northern coast of Queens. laud, when the British-India Company's L.M.S. Quetta struck on an unknown rock about twenty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE insurances on the cargo of the ill-fated Quetta are distributed over about 20 different offices in the city, while several policies have been taken out also in Northern, Sydney, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE British-India Company's R.M.S. Quetta, Captain Saunders, which left Brisbane on the 18th ultimo for London, via Queensland ports, struck on no unknown rock near Mount…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer “Quetta,” from Brisbane to London, struck on a rock near Cooktown, and sa[?]k in three minutes. It is reported that 100 were saved, and 100 are believed to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AFTER reports from the scene of the deplorable wreck of the steamer Quetta show that the loss of life was not so great as was at first supposed, a number of persons having been subsequently picked up. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Quetta is only 9 yews old, and is from one of the best building yards on the Glyde. She was launched 1881, from Messrs. W. Denny and Brothers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great consternation prevailed on Saturday evening on the receipt of a telegram from Brisbane announcing that a terrible marine disaster had occurred off the coast…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Chief Secretary has received a telegram from the Hon. John Douglas as follows:--"Thursday Island, March 3, 10.30 a.m.--The Merrie England arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Rev. Mr. McLaren has sent us Melbourne Argus the following further telegram via Thursday Island:—“Since my last report the Albatross, having on board the Hon. J. Douglass, Pilot…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Douglas telegraphed to the Chief Secretary yesterday as follows :—“At a meeting held here on Friday night a relief committee was formed, and about £100 collected to aid all who require…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In reference to the diving operations at the wreck of the Quetta, the B. I. and Q. A. Company have received the following telegram from Thursday Island :—“Owing to strong tides and dirty water,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SEVERAL of the surviving European passengers from the Quetta artived here yesterday. A considerable crowd assembled at the wharf to see them land, but there was little further to he learnt…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MALLICOLLO ISLAND has again become notorious as the abode of the most blood thirsty natives in the New Hebrides group, if not in the whole of Oceania. It is not…
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