Wreck of the Maori. Appalling Scenes
By the South African mail, detailed accounts were received of the disaster which overtook the streamer Maori, near Capetown, last month, while bound from…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909
233 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 12
Clinging to the Wreck
After news of the wreck reached Capetown, a tug was despatched to ascertain whether there were any other survivors, and returned with the statement that here was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Run Down. Cargo Jettisoned. London. sunday afternoon
The "Notre Dame Darvor." a steamer bound for HObart, has been down by an unknown steamer. The hold was flooded.80 tons of cement jettisoned, and the injured vessel towed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Missing Waratah. the Searching Steamer. London, Sunday afternoon
Reuter's correspondent at Capetown says that the belief is still prevalent in naval circles that the Waratah is afloat. Admiral Egerton personally superintended the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Port Chalmers in Collision
The steamer port Chalmers, from the Tees for London and Australia, has been collision [?] put into Yarmouth extensively damaged. No. [?] hold was flooded. Temporary repairs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck at Cape Colony. Eleven Lives Lost. London. Thursday afternoon
The Bullard King Company's steamer "Umhlali." from London for Port Natal, has gone ashore at Cape Point, Cape Colony. A Union Castle liner rescued some passengers, but 11 were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Steamer Ashore. (By Cable). London
The steamer Strumhlali has gone ashore at Cape Point, in Cape. Colony. Some of the passengers were taken off by a Union Castle liner. During the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[?] From the Maori Wreck. Commission's Recommendations. London, Sept. 17
The commission appointed by the Cape [?] to inquire into the wreck of the [?] off Duiker Point considers that the [?] at Capetown, viz., two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Umhlali Sad and Pathetic Scenes. More Light Needed. London. Friday afternoon
The steamer Umhlali is a total wreck on Cape Point. Only one man was drowned. When the Umhalali was wrecked the weather was calm, and there was only a little fog. There…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Umhlali. London
The steamer Umhlali, which went ashore at Cape Point, in Cape Colony, is a total wreck. Only one man was drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →General Cable News. Destroyer Ashore. London Sept. 22
[?] destroyer, Itchen, 550 [?] ashore. near Kirkwall, orkney. [?] badly damaged. Her guns are [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Solicitor Missing. From the Steamer Noorebar
The mysterious disappearance from the steamer Noorebar of a well-known Coff's Harbor solicitor, Harold F. Mackay, was reported upon the arrival of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Umhlali. Sad and Pathetic Scenes. London, Friday afternoon
The steamer Umhlali is a total wreck on Gape Point. Only one man was drowned. When the Umhlali was wrecked the weather was calm, and there was only a little fog. There…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Schooner in Distress Anchored Off Stockton Beach. a Perilous Rescue. Newcastle
The American four—masted schooner Alpena, from Melbourne, is at present anchored about a mile off Stockton Beach in a very dangerous position, and the pilot steamer Ajax, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Schooner Alpena. Still Afloat, Newcastle
The schooner Alpena, whose doings in the Stockton Bight yesterday created such a sensation among aritime folk, and at the same time gave the crews of the pilot…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Stranded Schooner Alpena. Newcastle
The schooner Alpena was this morning safely towed out of Stockton Bight by the tug Port Jackson, She was towed into port about noon. Corwds lined the wharves and breakwater to see…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Umhlali. Officer's Negligence. London, Tuesday afternoon
The inquiry into the cause of the wreck of the Umhalali, near Cape Town, has resulted in the finding that the loss was caused through gross neglect. The certificates of the captain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Schooner Alpena
The schooner Alpena, which went ashore at Stockton beach, was still in the same position on Tuesday night. There was then a heavy gale blowing,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Improved Steamer Accommodation
The Orient Steamship Company has abolished the open steerage berth on all steamers, and has greatly improved the third-class accommodation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Schooner Safe in Port. (By Telegraph). Sydney
The Schooner Alpena, which was In difficulties at Stockton Bight, was brought into Newcastle harbor by a tug shortly before noon to-day…
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