The Mataura Wreck
The wreck of the Mataura, which went ashore near the Straits of Magellan in January, together with the cargo salvaged, has been sold for £1200…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1899
163 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 9
Wreck of a Barque. Auckland
The barque Cuthona, bound for Sydney, timer laden, went ashore last night when crossing the Kaipara bar owing to the wind dying away. All on board were saved. Attempts are being made to get…
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The Admiralty Court, at the rehearing of the evidence concerning the wreek of the s.s. China, exonerated Captain Crawford of blame as master of the vessel and who was considered responsible…
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 med panic which seizes on the brain when the heart fails at the sight of death in the wild…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Marine Disasters in the English Channel. Foundering of an Excursion Steamer. Eighty Persons Missing. Remarkable Deeds of Heroism. London, April 1
A terrible shipping disaster has taken place in the English Channel, resulting in much loss of life. The South-western mail steamer. Stella, left Southampton on Thursday, in command of Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Marine Disasters Foundering of an Excursion Steamer. Great Loss of Life. Remarkable Deeds of Heroism. Seats Drifting Helplessly All Night LONDON
News has been received of a terrible disaster in the English Channel. The mail steamer Stella left Southampton on Thursday on a special excursion…
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Messrs. Huddart Parker's now steamer Zealandia has been launched at Dundee…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Marine Disasters. Foundering of an Excursion Steamer. Great Loss of Life. Remarkable Deeds of Heroism. London
News has been received of a terrible disaster in the English Channel. The mail steamer Stella left Southampton on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Stella
The Reverend Mr. Clutterbuck, the missionary who was returning from India, was last seen kneeling and praying amongst the passengers at the foundering of the steamer Stella…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck at Newcastle. How the Vessel Went Ashore
Tick present position of the wreek of the barque Regent Murray may be described as on the inside and under the stern of the wreck of tho steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →English Wrecks. Many Lives Lost. Acts of Conspicuous Bravery Recorded. LONDON
THE weather which caused the foundering of the mail steamer Stella on the Casquets has been responsible for series of wrecks about the coast…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The English Wrecks. Acts of Conspicuous Bravery Recorded. London
THE weather which caused the foundering of the mail steamer Stella on the Casquets has been responsible for a series…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Marine Distasers. Foundering of an Excursion Steamer. Eighty Persons Missing. Remarkable Deeds of Heroism. London, April 1
A terrible shipping disaster has taken place in the English Channel, resulting in much loss of life. The South-western mail steamer, Stella, left Southampton on Thursday, in command of Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Wreck at Newcastle
Another vessel has been added to the already long list of casualties which have occurred at this port, the lost vessel in this instance being an iron barque named the Regent Murray of 849 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Yachting Disaster. Diving Operations at the Wreck. Recovery of Six of the Bodies
A SERCH made at Melbourne on Wednesday for the bodies of the victims of the yachting fatality resulted in six out of the seven bodies…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Ice-bound Steamer
The steamer Gaspesia, which was reported to have had a terrible experience in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in the North Atlantic, in consequence of being ice-bound, has been towed to St. John's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Woman the Solitary Surviver of a Shipwreck
On April 3rd, 1886, it was publicly announced that Queen Victoria had written to Miss Elizabeth Munati, expressing her sympathy with the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →News by Cable Steamer in Collision. LONDON
During a fog a steamer collided with the Goodwin Sands lightship, greatly damaging the latter. The lightship utilised Marconi's system of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Missing Steamer
The steamer Perthshire is now five days overdue from Sydney to the Bluff, New Zealand, and grave fears are entertained of her safety…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Loch Sloy. Great Loss of Life. Thirty-three Passengers Missing. Sydney
The following telegraphic communication from Cape Borda, South Australia, was posted at the General Post Office, Sydney this morning:— "A lad named George May has just arrived from…
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