Mail Steamer Wrecked. the Australia Lost. Passengers and Crew Saved. Melbourne
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 June 1904 · page 3
The mail steamer Australia, inward bound from London, was wrecked off Port Phillip Heads. All hands were saved. The Australia struck the Corsair Rock, on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mail Steamer Ashore. Crew and Passengers Safe. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Morning
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 June 1904 · page 3
IT is reported from Queensclifle,Victora, that at 4.30 a.m. this morning the look-out advised that the Royal mail steamer "Australia," inwards…
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The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1904 · page 2
The mail steamer Australia, inward bound from London, was wrecked off Port Phillip Heads. All bands were saved…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 June 1904 · page 5
In last issue we gave some particulars of tho wreck of the mail steamer Australia, at Port Phillip Heads, yesterday morning about 2 o'clock, and we now supply further…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Appalling Disaster. Picnic Steamer Afire. London, June 16
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 21 June 1904 · page 2
Farther particulars of the appalling disaster at New York yesterday show that 1000 children and 900 adults chiefly women, connected with St…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. the Battle of Telissa. the Russians Lose 3000. Raiding Russian Cruisers British Steamer Captured. London, June 20
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 June 1904 · page 5
Detailed particular have now been received of the battle of Telissa, north Fu-chau in the Line-tung fought on Tuesday, and Wednesday last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Cambrian Warrior
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 June 1904 · page 5
The Cambrian Warrior, barque, 1383 tons, bound from Liverpool and Glasgow for Fremantle, may 23, Captain Robins, has been wrecked of the port of Natal, in Brazil…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mail Steamer Wrecked. the Australia Being Dismantled
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 June 1904 · page 5
The position of the wrecked mail steamer Australia is practically the same as on Monday. The wind continued to blow off the land, and as the sea was calm the…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 22 June 1904 · page 2
The mail steamer Australia, inward bound from London, has been wrecked off Port Phillip Heads, All hands were saved…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 June 1904 · page 5
Lloyds consider the losses of the steamers Australia and Petriana suggest that local aids to navigation are imperfect…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wrecked Australia
Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 June 1904 · page 2
The weather continued fine at the Heads on Tuesday, and the sea smooth. Salvage operations were carried on all day at the wreck of the Australia, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Explosion on a Steamer
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 3
An explosion on board the British steamer La Porte, 24-18 tons, owned by the Colorado Steamship Company, in Port Nolloth, Cape Colony, caused the vessel to founder. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Melbourne. Condition of the Mail Steamer
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 3
The Australia is in the same position today, but shows a list to starboard. The weather shows signs of moderating, and salvage operations may be resumed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of a P. and O. Liner. At Port Phillip Heads. Passengers and Crew Saved. No Hope of Saving the Vessel
The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 25 June 1904 · page 2
Shortly before 2 o'clock on Monday morning, the P. and O. Company's fine mail steamer Australia was wrecked at Port Phillip Heads. No…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the R.M.S Australia. Passengers and Crew Saved. the Vessel a Total Wreck. Melbourne
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 June 1904 · page 7
The mail steamer Australia, inward bound from London, was wrecked oft Port Phillip Heads. All hands were saved. The Australia struck the Corsair Rock, on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Late Wreck. Sydney
Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 June 1904 · page 5
THE Superintendent of the P. and o. Company has received the following message from Molbourne, this morning:-"The Australia is in the same…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Russian Garrison Withdrawn. British Steamer Confiscated. [By Cable.] London
Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 June 1904 · page 3
Nearly all the Russian garrison at Newchwang has been withdrawn, and a Russian outpost of 300 men has been withdrawn from near…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Australia. the Pilot Blamed. Melbourne
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 July 1904 · page 5
The Marine Court found that the loss of the Australia was due to the wrongful act of Pilot Denis in giving repeated orders to port the helm before the vessel had cleared the red section of Point…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Traik-wreckers. Their Punishment
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1904 · page 3
Evening at De Aar. An awed hush has fallen upon a place of great unquiet, for there is stern, grim work afoot, and the breathlessness of impending tragedy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest News by Wire. Sydney. 'A Schooner Re-floated
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1904 · page 5
'A telegram from Manning River this morning states that the schooner Australia, was successfully floated off the beach last night, and is now anchored in he river…
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