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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Shipwrecks & the sea
62 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 4
THE schooner Emma Matilda, with a cargo of maize, left Broken Bay last night and entered Sydney Heads at 3.80 this morning when the wind failed her and she became…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The board of health has decided that owing to the difficulty in towing the smallpox ship Drumeraig to Sydney, she shall remain at Newcastle in quarantine, and be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A KETCH named the Emma Matilda, 30 tons register, was wrecked at about 3.30 on Thursday morning on the rocks off North Head. The vessel, which was loaded with maize and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The barque Osseo stranded on the rocks off Holyhead to-day. The vessel as afterwards swamped and sank, the crew, numbering 24, being drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London, Saturday. -- An extraordinary accident occurred near Calais yesterday in connection with the Channel steamer Empress. The vessel was entering Calais Harbor when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There appear to be an average of about 600 wrecks amongst. British vessels every year. There are, however, worse wrecks on land than on sea. Men who, without discrimination or judgment,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An alarming fatality on a steamer is [?] from Rio de Janeiro. The Steamer was carrying excarrsioni[?] she was nearing Nichteroy in the hard [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Further particulars of the recent disastrous explosion on board an excursion steamer in the harbour of Rio do Janeiro, by which 120 lives were lost, show that a Brazilian steamer which was passing at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Marine Board have delivered their decision in connection wilt the fatal Princess. Awhina steamer collision, and found Captain Peterson of Awhina in fault and have called…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →During a heavy gale to-day the steamer Escurial was wrecked on the coast of Cornwall. A lifeboat which put out to the aid of the steamer was driven ashore, and rendered useless. Eighteen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A terrible shipping disaster occurred in the North Sea to-day. The North Gorman Lloyd mail steamer Elbe came into collision with another steamer, the name…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The American schooner Clara Friend has been wrecked on the coast of Nova Scotia. Sixteen of those on board were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The French-American mail steamer Gascogne, concerning the non-arrival of which great anxiety was felt at Paris and New York, has arrived at New York. Her delay was caused by the breaking of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE ketch Candidate, belonging to Sydney, capsized on Saturday afternoon when crossing in at Port Macquarie. The captain and crew, consisting of five persons, were drowned. The bodies of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The gallant conduct of Miss Maequaid, a stewardess on the unfortunate steamer Wairarapa, and who lost her life in an act of self-sacrificing bravery, has been appropriately recognised in New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, March 13.—A quantity of wreckage has been washed ashore at Tarifa, a Spanish seaport, 21 miles south-west of Gibraltar, and has been recognised as belonging to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The English steamer Brinkburn, which had been chartered by the French to convey troops and river gun-boats to Madagascar, came into collision with the British steamer Alvah, in the Straits of Messina,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE steamer Nineveh, from London, went ashore at Port Hacking early this morning, but was successfully floated without much injury after a most miraculous escape from total loss…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Spanish steamer Gravina has been wrecked off Manilla, the chief town of the Philippine Islands. 168 of those on board are reported to have been drowned. Only…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Spanish steamer Gravina has foundered in a cyclone off the Island of Luzon, one of the Phillipines. One hundred and sixty-eight lives were lost, only three of those on board being saved…
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