A Balloon Wrecked
While sailing from St. Cloud to the Eiffel tower, a gust of wind struck Santos Dumonts' balloon and wrecked it. Dumonts narrowly escaped…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1901
160 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 8
Wrecked on Chesterfield Reef
Nobody can tell the following story better than the writer tells it himself. "In 1891," he says, "I first experienced the miseries of acute indigestion. I was…
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The steamer Athenie, built for the White Star line, has been launched at Belfast…
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The Yukon liner Islander struck an iceberg near Fineau, Alaska, within a mile of the shore in perfectly calm weather. The vessel sank in twenty-five minutes; 65 were drowned, and 107 saved. A…
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A squall capsized a steamer on the Ohio river while the passengers were engaged at the evening meal. Seventeen were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Very Latest. London, Tuesday. the Wreck of the Islander
When the Yukon liner Islander struck, the iccberg wa barely visible above the water, and at the time many of the passengers and crew were asleep. The cabin doors became jambed by the force of the…
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The steamer Burrumbeet, which left Geelong early this morning, went aground in Hopetoun Channel, but is not in a dangerous position…
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Nobody can tell the following story better than the writer tells it himself. "In 1891," hE says, " I first experienced the miseries Of acute indigestion. I was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Steamer Ashore
The steamer Oakland went ashore on the bar at Ballina this morning, while trying to cross in, and is likely to become a total wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest News by Wire. Sydney. the Steamer Oakland
The latest this morning from Ballina reports that the steamer Oakland is still in the same position, with little hope of her floating. Later…
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Nobody can tell the following story better than the writer tells it himself. "In 1891," he says, " I first experienced the miseries of acute indigestion. I was…
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The steamer Pilbarrow, from Melbourne to West Australia, grounded at Queenseliffe this morning. Her position is not dangerous…
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The steamer Isabel from the Islands brings news of the wreck of the American schooner Helen M. Kendall. All hands were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wreck of the Moonstone
The crew of the steamer Moonstone, which was recently wrecked at Ocean Island, reached Sydney this morning; by the steamer Quiraing. It appears the vessel struck the reef about four o'clock in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Destroyer Cobra Wrecked
The torpedo-boat; destroyer. Cobra (turbine engies), while on a steam trial from the constructor's yard, Newcastle-on-Tyne, to Portsmonth, struck a rock on the Dowsing Shoals and broke in…
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Tho Cobra was a sister vessel to the Viper, which was wrecked during the naval man[?]uvres. She had just been completed at Elswick. The Cobra struck at 7 o'clock on Wednesday morning in terribly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wreck of the Cobra. Evidence at the Inquest. Going "Dead Slow" at the Time. the Launching of the Boats. London, Sent. 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 constructor on Tuesday…
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The search for survivors of the mining members of the crew of the wrecked torpedo boat destroyer Cobra, has proved fruitless. Search has now been relinquished…
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LONDON, September 20.—The torpedo boat destroyer Cobra, which was a sister vessel to the Viper (recently wrecked), had just been completed at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plague on a Tourist Steamer
A steamer with 180 tourists on board has returned to Marseilles. Two of the crew are suffering from the plague. The steamer has been quarantined…
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