The L. S. D. of a Big Wreck
When a big vessel is wrecked and lives are lost, the public excitement and interest barely survive the proverbial 9 days. When the full facts of the disaster and loss of human…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1906
143 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 8
Steamer's Sensational Experience. a Shower of Bullets
When the steamer Dunmore was off Long Bay on Saturday afternoon she was struck by a number of bullets fired by the First Infantry Regiment…
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[?] steamer British King, 4717 tons, of [?]hoenix line, foundered off Sable Island, [?] Scots. There were no passengers [?] Of the crew of 56, 28 are known to…
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A robbery on the steamer Riverina in Sydney Harbor on Saturday night caused considerable excitement. The robbery was discovered about 11 p.m…
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IT is pretty generally known that during the last twelve months the Hon. J. G. Aikman, M.L.C., of Melbourne, has made some thousands of pounds out of the wrecked…
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It is pretty generally known that during the last twelve months the Hon. J. G. Aik[?]an, M.L.C., of Melbourne, has made some I…
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The steamer Victoria arrived this morning a day late from Auckland. It appears a high-pressure cylinder was knocked clean out yesterday morning. This captain…
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The excursion yesterday by the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company's fine steamer Namoi from Newcastle to Port Stephens was attended by a great crowd of people, who enjoyed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arthquake at 'Frisco. Terrible Devastation. Wreck of the City and Suburbs, Enormous Loss of Life. Fearful Fires. Damage Estimated at £40,000,000. Scenes of Horror. London
A [?] earthquake has occurred at San Francisco, Half of the city is in ruins a is reported that there have been a thousand deaths in the city, whilst the local [?] of the disester is growing at every moment. There is no reason to [?] calamity of the most dreadful significance has occurred. Fires are rasing…
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The steamer Victoria arrived this morning a day late from Auckland. It appears [?] high-pressure cylinder was knocked clean [?] yesterday morning. The captain, recog[?]…
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According to the London "Daily Mail" of 26th January, a raft with nineteen sailors from the wreck of the steamer Valencia on the coast near Cape Beale,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Adrift on an Iceberg. Shipwrecked Crew in Camp
Sea captains have all strange experiences (says the Seattle "Post inelligencer"), but that of Captain Harry Turner, port captain of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →San Francisco in Ruins Earthquake Wrecks City and Country. London, April 19th
Information of the earthquake at San Francisco is fragmentary, owing to the burning of the telegraph and newspaper offices…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shot on the Bridge. Steamer Fired At. Mysterious Outrage
Particulars of a remarkable outrage in the North Sea were given at Leith'on 1st February by C. Lilge, the first mate of the German steamer Gemma, 540 tons,…
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A recent message from Pueblo (Colorado) states that two passenger trains, one going south, on the Denver-Rio Grande railroad, ran into one another near portland shortly…
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Colombo newspapers by the last mail record a thrilling story of the sea. The British steamer Northumbria arrived at Galla recently with Captain Pederson, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Story of the Sea. Thrilling Tale of Shipwreck. Outcasts on a Desert Island. Perth (W.a.)
Colombo newspapers by the last mail record a thrilling story of the sea. The British steamer Northumbria arrived at Galle recently with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late News by Cable. a Channel Wreck
Guernsey steamer Courier, while retraining from an excursion to Sark, one of Channel Islands, struck a rock. Her exploded and the vessel sank Nine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fifty Years Under the Sea. Souvenir of the Sirius. First Atlantic Steamer
The King has been graciously pleased to accept a souvenir the s.s. Sirius, the first steamship to cross the Atlantic. The souvenir is a circle of metal about…
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