Monster of the Deep. Steamer Hits Two-Ton Fish
On the arrival at Sydney on Friday night of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company's steamer Fiona from the Clarence River, the master, Captain G…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908
256 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 13
Wrecked on the Yangtze
That travelling by water in China [?]tails considerable danger and no small excitement, is vividly illustrated by the following account form "The Bible in the…
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A lifeboat from the steamer Whangape, containing two officers and four men, arrived at Suva this morning. They reported that the vessel's tail shaft broke on…
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The wreck of the barque Adolphe at the end of the northern breakwater at the harbour entrance, was blown up this afternoon by the Works Department. The explosion was very effective…
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The barque Star of Bengal has been wrecked on the coast of Alaska. Nine whites and 101 Chinese and Japanese were drowned, while 27 were saved,…
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The United States training cruiser Yankee, £883 tons, is ashore in Buzzards Bay. Massachusetts. She has several holes in her bottom…
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A large barque, the name of which is unknown, struck the reef at Foster's Island, near Cape Portland, Banks Strait, at 10 o'clock this morning, and sank…
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News was received this morning that the steamer Aeon, which left San Francisco on July 5 for Sydney, and had not since been heard of, is ashore on Christmas Island…
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The barque Star of Bengal has been wrecked on the coast of Alaska. Nine whites and 101 Chinese and Japanese were drowned. Twenty-seven persons…
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Cape Portland (Hobart) advised on Saturday morning:—9 a.m.—Large barque sinking on Foster's Island, near Cape Portland. Later.—Barque struck reef near Foster's Island this morning, and…
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A fire was discovered at about 3 o'clock this morning on board the Manly steamer Brightside at Neutral Bay. Considerable time elapsed before the flames were got under, and the damage was very…
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The latest Information from Cape Portland, Tasmania, of the wreck of the Loch Finals states that at 7 o'clock on Monday morning a press representative reached Mr…
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A startling shipping disaster in Bass Straits was reported in Launceston (Tasmania) on Saturday morning, and much consternation prevailed. The first…
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The weather was boisterous in Melbourne on Friday morning, and more or Its violent gusts prevailed throughout the day, accompanied by driving…
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The tug Wybia returned on Tuesday to Launceston from the search for the survivors of the wreck of live Loch Finlas, off Cape Portland, bringing the four men who landed…
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A fire was discovered at about 3 o'clock oil Tuesday morining on board the Manly steamer Brightside at. Neutral Bay- Considerable time elapsed before…
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No other survivers of the crew of the barque Loch Finlas, which was wrecked off Foster Island, near Tasmania (as reported in our last issue), have been…
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The steamer Whangape, which had been drifting helplessly for over a week, was towed into Suva this morning by the steamer Tofua…
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[?] steamer yesterday came into [?] with the steamer Stamboul [?] Smyrna, Asia Minor, and sank [?] hundred and forty people were…
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The captain of the wrecked steamer Aeon is reticent. He attributes the disaster to strong currents. The vessel struck without warning. They were four weeks…
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