Steamer Sunk. St. Louis, June 20
The Eagle Packet Co.'s excursion steamer Majestic struck a new intake tower which is being constructed in the centre of the Mississipi and sank within a few minutes with her…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914
50 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 3
The Great Wreck. Question of Steering. Quebec, June 19
The inquiry into the loss of the Empress of Ireland was resumed to-day. Mr. Haight, counsel for the storstad, apologised to the Court for giving the impression that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Liner Ashore. London, June 30
During the landing of the passengers from the Anchor liner California, which ran on to the rocks on Tory Island, off the north-west coast of Donegal, a man, woman, and child were…
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The German mail steamer Seydlitz unexpectedly left her berth at the N.D.L. wharf, Circular Quay, on Monday morning, and proceeded to sea. Under ordinary circumstances the…
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One of the largest Russian battleships is ashore and cannot be refloated…
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An Austrian steamer loaded with barley has been captured and taken to Plymouth…
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When the Goeben and Breslau were in the Dardanelles they threatened to sink the French steamer Saghalien, but the latter induced the Turkish authorities to convoy the vessel with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Romance of a £250 Purchase. Fortune in a Wrecked Steamer
Three months ago a tramp steamer named the Jane Rome piled herself up on Bolt Tail, between Plymouth and Dartmouth, so successfully as to defy…
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A private cable received in Sydney on Wednesday stated that the German-Australian Company's steamer Hamm, which left Hamburg on July 11 for Fremantle, Adelaide, and Sydney,…
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Surprise was expressed in Sydney shipping circles on Wednesday when the steamer Zambesi, which was generally supposed to be loading phosphates at Nauru, near Ocean…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Magdeburg. St. Petersburg
Russian shells destroyed the Magdeburg funnels and caused an explosion, shattering he cruisor from the bows to the bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Danish Steamer Sunk by Mines. London
A mine sank a Danish steamer forty-five miles off the Tyne in the North Sea…
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Aberdeen, Sept. 11.—The trawler Glen Ogil rescued the crew of the Oceanic. An attempt was made to refloat the steamer, but the hull parted…
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Stockholm, Sept. 12.—A German destroyer sank the Finnish mail steamer Ulcaborg, and landed the passengers, with the exception of 35 Englishmen, at Dantzic. The crow, consisting…
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A bearer, who has arrived at Astoria, Oregon, states that there were only two survivors of the steamer Francis Leggett, which foundered in a gale on Friday. Seventy were drowned,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Island Steamer Lost. Rammed by Cruiser. Sydney
News reached Sydney this morning of the sinking of the Burns, Philp and Co.'s island trading steamer Induna, which was rammed by a German warship while lying off Jaluit, in…
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London, Oct. 1.—A mine sank the British steamer Selby, 2137 tons, owned by R. Ropner and Co., in the North Sea. The crew were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Oiltank Steamer Captured. Ottawa
A warship captured the German oiltank steamer Brendilla after leaving New York, and brought her to Halifax. The Brendilla was transferred to the American register after the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hospital Ship Wrecked. Loss of Life. London
The hospital ship Rohilla was wrecked in a gale at Whitby, and is breaking up. Several were drowned, and 80 are still aboard. All the nurses were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wrecked Hospital Ship. London
A motor boat rescued the remaining survivors of the wrecked hospital ship Rohillo, including the captain and chief engineer. The total number saved was 146…
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