Wreck Off Alaska
The Princess May, 1717, tons, a steamer of the Canadian-Pacific railway, struck a rock on the Alaskan coast and sank within two hours. There were 150 people aboard, and all were saved…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910
328 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 17
A Burning Steamer. Despairing Message Vancouver
"The ship is on fire, and we are sink ing;" This was the starting message that was received by wireless to-day from the Canadian Pacific steamer…
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A wire from Rockhampton states that the steamer Eastern went ashore on Saturday night about ten o'clock. She is ground in the middle channel, about five and half miles from Broadmount, whither She…
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The barquentine Helga is ashore on the coast of Honolulu, and it is feared that she will become a total wreck…
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Fourteen miles from Swaggle point and twenty-eight from Sluggs lies the fishing-hamlet of Hacksters Hard. The plate, a mere jumble, of ramshackle…
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A cable received at Sydney to-day states that the barquentine Helga 1254 tons, from Newcastle to San Francisco, is ashore on the Hawanan Islands and…
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A wire from Rockhampton states that the steamer Eastern went ashore on Saturday night about ten o'clock. She is aground in the middle channel, about five and a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shipwrecked Sailors. Rescued in Great Straits. London, Friday night
A British steamer rescued near the island of Carbados a crew of six from the wrecked sloop Sunlight. The men were in an open boat, and had lived for thirteen days on sugar and…
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The "Daily Mail's, special correspondent at Osnabrueck (Germany) wrote on June 28:—The Deutschland, the new Zeppelin air-liner, in which I was to-day a passenger, lies a total…
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The steamer Oceana bound for Bombay has gone ashore at Cape Faro on the island of Messina. Lighters are engaged in the discharge of cargo to allow of…
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The armoured cruiser Duke of Edinburgh, 13,550 tons of the fifth cruiser squadron (Atlantic Fleet), is stranded at Atherfieldledge, under the cliffs of the Isle of Wight. She is in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer's Stirring Voya[?] New Liner Murital
A big grey-garbed steamer, whose [?]lour was in harmony with the dull [?]ings, loomed up distinctly below [?] on Thursday (says the Melbourne "[?]…
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The progress of aerial navigation claimed five more victims on July 13. When the German airship Erbloeh fell from a height of half a mile to the ground, every member…
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The owners of the Spanish steamer Mar[?]s, which was run down during a fog by the German, steamer Elsa, are claiming £16,500 from the owners of the Elsa, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wish Expedition to Greenland. Vessel Wrecked. London, Thursday afternoon
Mr. Mikkelson the Danish explorer, who set for Greenland to search for the depot left Mylnis Erichsen and his companions, who fished in the expedition of 1907-8, and…
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The progress of aerial navigation claimed five more victims on "July 13 when the German airship Erbsloeh fell from a height of half a mile to the ground, every member…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dunbar Relics. Identity of the Wreckage
A spoon, with what looks like the word "Dunbar" stamped on the handle was amongst the relies get from the bottom of the ocean at South Head on…
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The Danish-Greenland exploration ves set, Alabama, has been wrecked. Cap tain Mikkelson, explorer, and the crew were rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maiden Voyage Shipwreck. Officers Censured. London, Sunday afternoon
The Board of Inquiry upon the loss of the British Standard on her maiden voyage to Brazil has given its judgment, and declares that the influx of water was due to human agency,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Bedford. Japanese Assistance. London, Tuesday night
H.M.S. Bedford, armoured cruiser, which is wrecked at Quelport, south of Corea, met a [?]remedous impact of seas, that were especially high after a typhoon, which rushed in under…
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