Jack Ashore. Goes Driving and Gets Hurt
SAILORS, especially man-o’-war’s men, are usually credited with the entertainment of a profound contempt for the man who has ever crossed the occan, but the latter is…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1899
83 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 3 of 5
Steamer Collision
During a dense fog which came down suddenly over Hobson's Bay on Tues[?]day, a collision took place the seamers Edina and Excelsior, the last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Story of a Slave Schooner
A THRILLING tale of slavery, cannibalism, and terrible privations on the southern seas reached Victoria (B.C.) on May 19th. Late arrivals from Suva say that two Polynesians…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Recent Wrecks
PERTH, Monday.—The Collector of Customs will hold an inquiry into the wreck of the City of York on Wednesday morning. The men’s clothing and belongings…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Latest. Sydney, Tuesday, 1.37 p.m. Fire on Board a Steamer
The steamer Pilbara entered the heads this morning having a portion of her cargo on fire. The brigades were speedily summoned and vigorously attacked the fire, which was…
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PERTH, Thursday.--Four bodies altogether have now been recovered in connection with the week of the City of York, leaving seven still unrecovered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disasters at Sea. Wreck of the City of York and Carlisle Castle
Two marine disasters are reported—one from Rockingham, 15 miles south of Fremantle, where the barque Carliale Castle of 1,200 tons, bound from Glasgow the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Story of a Slave Schooner
A THRILLING tale of slavery, cannibalism and terrible privations of the southern seas reached Victoria on May 19. Late arrivals from Suva say that two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Slgnalman’s Story. the Attempt to Wreck an Express
THE efforts of the police officials, Detective Roche, Sergeant Parkinson, and Senior-Constable Linegar, who have bad charge of the investigations in connection with tho alleged attempt to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Ship Wrecked. London, Aug. 28
The ship Jane Burrill, bound from Newcastle to Manila, has become a total wreck at the island of Basilan, in the Sulu Archipelago, Southern Philippines. All on board were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Appalling Disaster at Calcutta Collision with the British Indian Company's Steamer Scindia Four European Ship's Officers and About 40 Natives Drowned
News was on Monday received of what is described as the worst shipping calamity in the history of the port of Calcutta. It appears that on the 14th of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tragedy at Sea. Wreck of the Barque Drot. Three Sailors Escape on a Raft. a Man Killed and Eaten. London, September 7
A terrible tragedy at sea is reported from Charleston, South Carolina. The Norwegian barque Drot was wrecked while on a voyage from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Steamer Tekoa. London, Sept. 13
Further particulars are to hand regarding the lose of the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Tekoa. The report that she had foundered off Statem Island, near Cape Horn, proves to have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Drifting Steamer Waikato. London, Sept. 13
Reuter's correspondent at Capetown states that grave fears are entertained for the safety of the steamer Weikato, which left London on May 4, and was spoken to disabled on July 31 in 39 S…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Thermopylæ. London, Sept. 13
The Aberdeen line steamer Thermopyle while on a voyage from Sydney to London, via Capetown, ran ashore on Green Point, near Capetown. Two of her holds were pierced, and they are flooded with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Naturalist. Puss Saved From Shipwreck by Swimming
On Wednesday, March 12. 1873, a cat reappeared at the house of a Mrs Mowbray, at West Hartlepool, Darbam, after having escaped from drowning, or, starvation by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Thermopylæ. London, Sept. 21
The Marine Court of Inquiry at Capetown has suspended the certificate of Captain W. Philip, jun., of the Aberdeen line steamer Thermopylœ, for six months, in connection with the wreck of the vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of a Dominion Line Steamer. London, Sept 29
The Dominion line steamer Scotsman, with 250 passengers on board, has gone ashore at the entrance to the Straits of Belle late, between Labrador and Newfoundland. The passengers, numbering 250,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Tekoa. London, Sept. 29
The damage to the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Tekoa, which went ashore off Staten Island, near Cape Horn, was greater than was at first expected, and it is estimated that temporary…
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THE steamer [?] is ashore on North Rock at Cape Edgecumbe, near Bowen (Q) Yesterday'a advices state that the tide was receding and the vessel's bwo was high on…
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