Steamer Disabled London, July 31
THE steamer Strathmore, which left Melbourne on May 26 for Durban, and had to signal for assistance off Mauritious, her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1901
77 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 3 of 4
Torpedo Boat Wrecked. London, Aug. 2
Torpedo boat No. 81, while taking part in the naval manœvres, struck a reef off Alderney (one of the Channel Island) and sank. The crow, guns, and stores were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Appalling Shipwrecks
THE shipwreck in which the greatest number of lives have been lost was that of the Royal George (108 guris) off Portsmouth, on the 29th of August, 1782, when nearly 1000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Steamer Wrecked. London, Aug 19
THE Yukon liner Islander, 1495 tons, struck an Iceberg near Juineau, Alaska within a mile of the shore in perfectly calm weather and sunk within…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Steamer Wrecked. The Vessel Sinks. Sixty-Five Lives Lost
The Yukon liner Islander, 1495 tons, struck an iceburg near Juinean, Alaska, within a mile of the shore in perfectly [?] weather, and sank within 25 minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Capsize of a Steamer. Seventeen Lives Lost
A steamer on the Ohio River was capsited by a squall. The passengers were having supper when the mishap occurred. Seventeen persons were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Torpedo Boat Destroyer Wrecked
Daring the naval man[?]res on Saturday the torpedo boat destroyer Viper, while steaming at the rate of 20 knots an boar, entered a fog and struck off…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck Cp the Islander. London, Aug. 20
Further particulars of the wreck of the Yukon liner Islander, 1495 tons, near Juineau Alaska, show that the iceburg…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Islander
London. August 20, 1.45 p.m.-- The iceberg which the Yukon liner Islander struck near Juneau, was barely visible above the surface…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Oakland
THE steamer Oakland lies in the same posttion on the rocks of the southern breakwater. She is full of water, and her cargo, which consists almost entirely of coals, is floating…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?]Reck of the Steamer Oakland. [?]R Cargo Floating Out
[?]lina, Tuesday.-- The steamer Oak[?]ies the same position this morn[?] the rocks of the southern break[?] She is fall of water, and her…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Foundering of a Steamer
THE crew and passengers of Jolly and Co.'s steamer Thomas Andrea arrived at Port Darwin on Friday from Daly River. They report that the vessel foundered on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck on the China Coast
A SENSATIONAL story of shipwreck, followed by a piratical attack by Chinese, came to hand yesterday by the China mail. The German steamer Hainan was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Latest. Sydney, Saturday. Fatal Boiler Explosion on a Steamer
The steamer Commonwealth on passing Seal Rocks signalled that the boiler had burst and that several men had been killed. (The Commonwealth is only a small trading…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wrecked on Chesterfield Reef
Nobody can tell the following story better than the writer tells it himself. "In 1881," he says. "I first experienced the miseries of acute indigestion. I was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Destroyer Cobra Wrecked. Only 12 Men Rescued. London, Sept. 20
The Cobra, wrecked on her steam trial, was a sister vessel to the Viper, which was wrecked during the naval manœuvres. She had just been completed at Elswick…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Cobra
THE Cobra, was is sister vessel to the Viper, which was wrecked during the naval manœuvres. She had just been completed at Elswick. She struck at seven o'clock on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Destroyer Cobra Wrecked. LONDON, Sept, 19
THE torpedo-boat destroyer, Cobra (turbine engines), while on a steam trial from the constructor's yard, Newcastleon-Tyne, to Portsmouth, struck a rock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destroyer Wrecked. London. Sept. 15
The torpedo boat destroyer, Cobra (turbine engines) while on a steam trial from the constructor's yard, New castle-on-Tyne, to Portsmouth, struck…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Cobra. Evidence at the Inquest. Going "Dead Slow" at the Time the Launching of the Boats. London, Sept. 21
The torpedo-boat destroyer Cobra, which was wrecked on the Dowsing shoal on Wednesday morning, had only been transferred to the Admiralty by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →