Fire on a Steamer
The steamer Borkum, 5649 tons, of the North German Lloyd Company, now on a voyage from Bremen, via Natal, for Australia, has arrived at Mauritius with a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909
233 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 12
Wreck of the Barque Errol. Terrible Story of Survivors. Sad Fate of Mother and Childees Sydney
The steamer Tofua, which arrived at Sydney this morning from the island, picked up for sailors from the Norwegian barque Errol which was wrecked on Middleton Reef. 99 mils…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Late Shipwreck Dreadful Sufferings. Details by Survivors
In connection with the wreck of the Norwegian barque Errol on Middleton Reef, near Lord Howe Island, in which 17 out of 22 persons perished, some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Errol
The Norwegian Consul to-day opened an inquiry into the loss of the barque Errol, but particulars will not be available until all the evidence has been taken…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Injured Steamer
The s.s. Oswestry Grange is discharging a part of her cargo at Southampton to admit of the repairing of the tail shaft…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South African Steamer Overdue
Reuter's correspondent at Durban writes that alarm is felt owing the the non-arrival at Capetown of the Lund liner Waratah, which left Port Natal on July 28, with 300 souls aboard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Injured Steamer
The s.s. Oswestry Grange is discharg ing a part of her cargo at Southampton to admit of the repairing of the tail shaft…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South African Steamer Overdue
Reuter's correspondent at Durban writes that alarm is felt owing to the non-arrival at Capetown of the Lund liner Waratah, which left Port Natal on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Waratah Overdue. Cruisers in Search. London
H.M.S. Forte, second-class cruiser, has left Simons Town, and H.M.S. Pandora, third-class cruiser, has left Durban, to search for the Lund liner Waratah, now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Overdue Waratah. No Wreckage. London. Aug. 4
news has been received of the Lund Waratah, overdue now at Capetown Durban. The owners state that, in of the heavy weather which has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Very Latest Cables. Shaw-saville Liner Maori Wrecked Near Capetown. No News of Waratah. London, Thursday afternoon
The Shaw-Saville liner Maori, which coaled at Capetown on Wednesday, has become a wreck at Duzka Point, between Capepoint and Capetown. The steamer carried no passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Stranded Steamer
The Langton Grange, leaded with ballast, has gone ashore at Pembrokehsire, and is reported to be opening up amidships…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Maori Wrecked. Near Capetown. London, Thursday Evening
The Shaw-Savill liner Maori, 5317 tons, bound from London for Lyttelton was wrecked between Cape Point and Capetown…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late News by Cable Wreck of the Maori. Only Eight Lives Saved. Forty-seven Men Lost. London, Aug. 6
The Capetown correspondent of the "Daily Mail" reports that the Maori struck a rock off Duiker Point 40 minutes after leaving Capetown, and sank in four minutes. The discipline of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Overdue Waratah. No Wreckage. London, Aug. 4
No news has been received of the liner Waratah, overdue now at Capetown from Durban. The owners state that, in view of the heavy weather which has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late News by Cable Wreck of the Maori. Twenty-one Saved. the Boatswain's Narrative. London, Aug. 7
Fishermen detected 12 men clinging to the most tops of the Maori, off Duiker Point near Capetown. They established communication despite enormous waves breaking…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Maori Wrecked. Near Capetown
THE Seaw-Savill liner Maori, 5317 tons, bound from London to Lyttelton, was wrecked between Cape point and Capetown…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wrecked Langton Grange
The steamer Langton Grange, which went share on the coast of Pembrokeshire, is breaking [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Maori Wreck. Italian Fisherman's Bravery. London, Monday afternoon
An Italian fisherman named Messina with great gallantry crawled along the razor edge of a rock that was being swept by heavy seas in order to catch a rope flung…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late News by Wire Sydney, Tuesday afternoon. Wreck of the Langton Grange
In connection with the stranding of the steamer Langton Grange a cable was received to-day to the effect that all hands were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →