Wreck of a Collier
The steam collier Arne has been wracked at Portsmouth. Thirteen of the crow were lost…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1899
163 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 9
Latest Cable News. the Mail Steamer Bulgaria
When last sighted on the 5th instant, the Hamburg-American liner Bulgaria was sinking. Her holds were full of water, and her rudder and machinery were disabled…
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A telegram was received this afternoon, stating that the small coastal steamer Orara got aground whilst attempting to cross the Tweed River Bar, and is reported to be in rather a dangerous position…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storms and Wrecks. Great Britain and America Swept. Heavy Loss of Life at Sea. Deaths from Cold and Hunger. Extraordinary Cold in United States LONDON
GREAT fears are entertained with regard to the big Atlantic liner Bulgaria, belonging to the Hamburg-American Company. The crow of the British…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Unsinkable Life-boat
A lifeboat has been invented which it seems impossible to sink. It has been put to severe tests in which a crow of twelve men capsized the boat, ran it on a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Byron Bay. the Wreck of the Orara
The steamer Orara is in a dangerous position, and the steamer Excelsior left here this morning without unloading, in order to render her any assistance possible. The Orara is believed to be a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Largest Steamer Ever Built
The White Star steamer Oceanic, the largest ever built, was successfully launched at Harland and Wolff's yard, Belfast, Ireland, on January 14, in the presence of an enormous crowd. A…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Scene at a Wreck
The mate of the ill-fated Bulgaria has arrived at Baltimore, and states that the boats were swept away, and all the passengers were unable to enter, but all were heroic, especially the women. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Fatal Plunge. Terrible Wreck—Trembling Above the Seething Abyss—Help Arrives at the Last Second—She Looks Back at her Peril With Dread
It falls to the lot of few to know the dangers of shipwreck or to feel that mad panic which seizes on the brain when the heart fails at the sight of death in the wild…
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The Dominion liner Labrador has been wrecked at the Hebrides. The crew and passengers, including Agoncillo, were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destructive Storm. Many Buildings Wrecked
After a day of suffocating heat a thunderstorm of unprecedented violence passed over Dungog on Tuesday afternoon. It struck the town from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late News by Wire. Brisbane. Wreck of a Schooner
The iron, schooner Moonta, which, for a good many years has been engaged in the Maryborough timber trade, has been wrecked on the recks at Gatcombe Head, near Gladstone, all hands being…
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The Allen liner Castillian, on her maiden trip, went badly ashore at Gaun[?]ttlock, in the Bay of Fundy. To fog is attributed the accident, with a strong current, and derangement of the compasses…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Shipping Disasters. 200 Lives Lost in the North. Steamer Passing Floating Dead Men
THE later news from the Queensland north coast unfortunately confirms the worst that was anticipated. The total loss is now estimated at 200…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mail Steamer
The mail steamer India arrived at Albany to-day, two days in advance of schedule time…
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The Melbourne steamer Kent has been launched…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wreck of the Castilian
The Allan liner Castilian, 7200 tons, which went ashore during a fog at Gannet Rock Island, off New Brunswick, has become a total wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Fatal Plunge. Terrible Wreck—Trembling Above the Seething Abyss—Help Arrives at the Last Second—She Looks Back on Her Peril With Dread
It falls to the lot of few to know the dangers of shipwreck or to feel that mad panic which seizes on the brain when the heart fails at the sight of death in the wild ocean. But many—far too many—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The P. and O. Steamer China
The P. and O. steamer China, which was lately effected off the reef on which she stranded at Perim, has arrived at Belfast, where she will undergo-repairs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Mysterious Suicide. Strange End of a Publican. Suddenly Springs From a Steamer. Sydney
A sensation was caused amongst the passengers on the Manly steamer Narabeen, on its 10.30 trip from Sydney this morning, through a passenger named James Ryan jumping overboard while the…
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