Steamer Capua Missing
The steamer Capua, with a crew of 23, bound from Hamburg to Genoa, is missing in the North Sea. She is regarded as lost…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910
328 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 17
Fire on a Steamer
The White Star Line steamer Celtic has arrived at Liverpool with the cargo of cotton in the hold on fire. There were 400 passengers aboard, who were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gales in Britain. Wrecks on the Coast. London, Dec. 23
cavy wind and gates, with snow, were the weather conditions on Tuesday, and these were followed yesterday by a rapid thaw, with torrential mine and floods in Devon and the Severn…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Early Australia. Exciting Events in History. (Written for the Singleton Argus). the Wreck of the Dunbar
One of the most appalling shipping disasters which has occurred around the Australian coast, was that of the wreck of the Dunbar on the night of August…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wrecked Orizaba
Yet another attempt is being made to carry on salvage operations at the wrecked Orizaba, which run ashore near Garden Island (West Australia) about…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shipping Disasters. Collision Off Irish Coast. Steamer Sinks in Three Minutes. London, Jan. 3
During a dense fog in St. George's Channel, the Ellerman steamer Arcadian, bound from London for Glasgow and Basra, came into collision off Taskar Rock, Wexford, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shipping Disaster. the Waikare Wrecked. Wellington (N.z.)
The Union S.S. Company's steamer Waikare, with 150 excursionists on board, struck a rock, and the stokehold filled with water. The vessel was beached at Dusky Sound, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Waikare Wreck. Passengers and Crew Safe
Latest advices regarding the wreck of the Waikare in Dusky Sound (N.Z.), are to the effect that the passengers and crew landed all well. The steamer's stem is on an…
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The Union steamer Waikare was wrecked in Dusky Sound (N.Z.) on Tuesday. The vessel struck an unchart ered pinnacle of rock about half a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Steamer Mystery. Bad Coal Spoils Trip
The North Coast Company's steamer Kyogle, which left Sydney on Saturday night for the northern rivers at 9 o'clock, returned to port about 11.30, and…
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Five hundred passengers of the incoming Spanish liner Antonio Lopez were transferred by lifeboats through a heavy sea to the tender Relief off Fire Island Beach…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Wrecked. Thirty Lives Lost. London, Thursday afternoon
The steamer Czarina has been wrecked at Cook's Bay. The crew clambered into the rigging, but were swept away, and 30 persons were drowned in the presence of a hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecked "Sobraor," Boys
Three ex—"Sobrson" boys, who were trained for seafaring life, were unfortunate enough to be wrecked off the coast of South America, The British Consul at Coquimbo speaks in high terms…
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A fire was discovered in the coal bunkers of the steamer Prinz Sigismund, but it was extinguished after a few minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Norwegian Barque Wrecked. and Gutted by Fire. Sydney
The Norwegian barque Amicas struck a reef of Hapai, New Zealand, and was benched. The vessel subsequently caught fire owing to some cause which is unexplained, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Quito Arrives. (By Telegraph), Sydney
The steamer Quito arrived this morning from Caleutta with 4040 tons of coal for the Government. When she reached the wharf there was only one person…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Very Latest Cables. Sedition in India. Steamer Passenger Arrested. London, Sunday Afternoon
A passenger in a steamer for Sydney from Marseilles, has been arrested at Bombay, carrying a revolver, prescriptions for making bombs, and seditions pamphlets, concealed in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Crisis. Another Coal Steamer. Prospects of Settlement. (By Telegraph). Sydney
The second steamer with 4600 tons of Bengal coal for the Government arrived here to-day. There are undoubted indications that there will be a speedy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Steamer Missing. Eighty Passengers on Board. London
The British India Steam Navigation Company's steamer Loodiana is reported missing. The vessel left Mauritius for Colombo on January 10, with 10…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Steamer Wrecked
The [?] Navigation Company's steamer [?] 4946 tons, has been wrecked in the Straits [?] Magelian. Fifty people were drowned…
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