Wreck of the Preussen. London
A collision took place yesterday between the mail steamer Brighton, bound from Newhaven to Dieppe, and the fivemasted ship Preussen, bound from,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910
328 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 17
Wreck of the Wimbourne. London
The steamer Wimbourne has been wreeked off Land's End. The boats were washed away, and the crow, numbering 27, was splendidly…
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THE NEW BLUE FUNNEL LINER AENEAS. The famous blue Funnel has (Messrs. Alfred Holt and Co), which has been established over [?]lf a contrary, and comprises 6[?] steamers, is abou[?] to be extended by the inauguration of an Australian passenger service through the medium of three specially-designed screw steamers. The first of these, the Aoneas, was launched on August 23rd. The liners will sail from Glasgow, calling at Fishguard[?] outward voyage, and will…
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A Cairns wire states:—"The Yarrabah boat Katipunane brought to Cairns an anchor, which was picked up between Dunk Island and Palm Island, on the Barrier Reef. The attention of…
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A number of passengers from the wrecked Sobraon readied London on the 21st June on board the P. and O. steamer Ballaarat. The P. and O. s.s. Sobraon,…
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The statistical summary of ships totally lost, broken up condemned, &c, published by Lloyd's Register, shows that during 1909 such vessels numbered…
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The Shipping Conference has informed Mr. T. A. Coghlan, Agent—General for New South Wales, that they cannot remove the increase of freights to Australia imposed in consequence…
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The famous Elne Funnel line (Messrs. Alfred Holt and Co) which has been established over half a century, and comprises 60 steamers, is about to be extended by the inauguration of an Australian passenger service through the medium of three specially designed screw steamers. The first of these, the Aeneas, was launched on August 23rd. The liners will sail from Glasgow, calling at Fishgua[?]d or the outward voyage, and will sach ha over 10,000 tons register…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Year's Wrecks. Increase Over 1908
The statistical summary of ships totally lost, broken up condemned, &c., published by Lloyd's Register, shows that during 1909 such vessels numbered…
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The death roll of the steamer Wally, 420 tons, wrecked off Para, as cabled on October 23 last, was 100, including 50 passengers. The steering gear became disabled, and the steamer…
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On Tuesday the sole survivor of the wrecker lugger, Hugh Norman, of about 200 tons, which left on October 21 last for Broome, reached Fremantle, and was taken to the Sailors'…
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The mailboat Brighton, bound from New-haven for Dieppe, France, when off Beachy Head came into collision with the world's largest sailing vessel, the German Pruessen, a five-masted…
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Eight fishing boats were wrecked in a gale off Boulogne. Thirty-seven fishermen were drowned…
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The wooden steamer Portland, belonging to the Alaska Coast Company stranded yesterday on an unchartered rock at the mouth of the Kiatalla River…
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Later details of the wreck of the Pritish steamer Wally, off Para, in October, state that the death-roll was 100, including 50 passengers. The wreck was caused…
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The Forth Coast, steamship Company's new steamer Maianbar has passed her trials on the Clyde successfully, and starts for Sydney on Thursday…
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Eighty-three of the passengers and crew of the Alaska Company's steamer Portland, which was wrecked on an island at the entrance of the Katalla River, are stormbound on the island…
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The passengers of the wrecked steamer Portland, who landed on an island at the mouth of the Katalla River, are starving. As the gale continues it is impossible for a steamer to…
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A Cairns wire states:—"The Yarrabah boat Katipunane brought to Cairns an anchor, winch was picked up between Dunk Island and Palm Island, on the Barrier Reef. The attention of…
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The emigration committee of the Central Unemployed Body has secured berths in the German steamer Barbarossa, for Australia at the increased rates. Berths in English ships are not…
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