Sale of a Wreck
The wreck of the steamer Burrawong was sold to-day for £45…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909
233 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 12
Wrecked on the Goodwins
The steamer Mahratta, 5730 tons, grounds on the Goodwin Sands, in the Channel. [?] took the passengers off, and While the beatmen were salving rubber, tea, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late News by Wire. Sydney, Tuesday afternoon. Discovery of Wreckage
Some wreckage has been picked up on Putty Beach, near Broken Bay, not far [?] stant 'rom the scene of the wreck of the steamer Maitland. The flotsam included the remains of an oil…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late Cables. London, Tuesday. Wrecked on the Goodwins
The steamer Mahratta, 5730 tons, grounded on the Goodwin Sands, in the Channel. Lifeboats took the passengers off, and while the boatmen were salving…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Army Aeroplane. Wrecked After Flight. a Marvellous Escape
Again Mr S. P. Cody, the inventor of the British Army aeroplane, has encountered defeat when victory seemed within his grasp. This morning (said the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Tryst Sunk
[?] Ortona, homeward bound, when [?] south of the Eddystone Lighthouse, in [?] English Channel, collided with the small [?] which foundered. The Tryst…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Collision at Sea. Small steamer Sunk London
A collision occurred in the Channel on Friday between the R.M.S. Ortona and a small steamer, the Tryst, resulting in the latter vessel being sunk. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Big Opium Find. On a German Steamer. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
The Customs officers this morning made another big seizure of opium on board the Norddentscher Lloyd steamer Prinz Waldemar, which arrived in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Fishing Schooner
Any between the east and west of the at island. the Dominion fishing cruiser [?] seized the American schooner Charles [?] which in fishing or [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Fishing Schooner Fired on By Canadian Cruiser. London
Midway between the east and west of the Haycock Islands, the Dominion [?] ing [?] Restrel seized the American [?] Charles [?] Woodbury, which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lake Steamer Sunk. (By Cable). London
A steamer has been, sunk in Lake Superior, in the United States, and the persons amongst the passengers and crew were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Rescues by Lifeboat. Flood Adventure
Passengers in a train on the South of France line between Almargues and Algues-Mortes, in the Gard Department, had a thrilling experience on Saturday night…
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The speed trials of the Orsova are officially reported to be very satisfactory, and well above the average…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brutal, Attack on a Lady. Sensation on a Steamer
A short account or a sensational attack upon a lady passenger from Wellington (N.Z.) to Sydney was recently cabled. The full particulars of the occurrence…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Corinthic Ashore
The steamer Corinthic, from Wellington April 22 for London, was ashore for some hours at Witches Rock, Rio Janeiro, and was towed off. The damago is not serious…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Orient Steamer
The speed trials of the new Orient steamer Orsova are officially reported as satisfactory. The steamer averaged well above 17 knots, the contract speed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ketch the Police!
"Oh, do come!" gasped a boy who ran up to a Liverpool policeman. "There is an awful fight going on in our street!" "Who's fighting?" asked the policeman…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Baby in a Wreck. Father's Frantic Appeal
A pathetic story of a shipwreck—of which one of the victims was the babyson of the captain—was told at Lowestoft, where nine members of the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coastal Shipwreck. The Narara Founders
The little steamer Narara-a vessel of 71 tons gross, and of 48 tons net—run ning between Sydney and the Hawkes bury, foundered near Barranjoey…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Excursion Steamer Disaster
An excursion steamer crashed into a wooden pier at Mandeville, Louisiana resulting in the loss of 19 lives…
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