Steamer Strikes an I[?] With 200 Passengers Ab[?]
Vancouver, Monday Evening.—The Allan [?]er Corsiean struck as iceberg off the Newfonndland coast. The s[?]mer has 200 passengers on board. A[?]…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1912
366 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 19
Wreck Off Flinders Island. The Captain Drowned
The ship G. W. Wolff, 1588 tons register was wreeked near Flinders Island [?] [?]sday last, while on a voyage from teas Ayres to Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Steamer Corsican. Great Anxiety Felt. Montreal. Aug 15
Tte latest information by wireless in re[?] to the steamer Corsican, which was dam[?] in a collision with an iceberg, and was [?] to be proceeding to Liverpool, says…
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Montreal, Wednesday.—The Allan liner Corsican, which collided with an iceberg oft" the Newfoundland coast, is proceeding to Liverpool, and is only slightly…
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A collision occurred between the steamers [?]es Gayley (4777 tons) and Rensslaer [?](5124 tons) off Manitou, as a result of which the former sank within 20 minutes…
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The smack Ada Burgess arrived in Hobson's Bay on Monday, with 22 shipwrecked sailors, who were the crew of the ship G. W. Wolff, bound from Buenos Ayres to Newcastle, under charter to Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of a Schooner. Gallant Rescues. Washington
The schooner R. L. Tay. laden with lumber, was wrecked on Rhode Island coast. Five men were an entire day in the rigging, whilst the sea dashed over them…
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When the French steamer St. Louis arrived from Noumea this morning she was leaking badly, and preparations were subsequently made for beaching the vessel, if necessary, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Steamer on Fire. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
A private cable has been received at Sydney, stating that the steamer Waipara, with a carge of frozen meat from Brisbane for London, caught fire in…
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Washington, Tuesday.—The schooner R. L. Tay, laden with lumber, has been wrecked on the coast of Rhode Island The crew, consisting of five men, spent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire on Board a Steamer. The Fusing of Wires. (By Telegraph). Sydney
Owing to the fusing of electric wires, a fire broke out early this morning in the refrigerating room of the steamship Levuka…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Total Wreck. Montreal, Aug. 21
The steamer Eric (2768 tons) went ashore on Sable Island. 85 miles east of Nova Scotia, and became a total wreck, being pounded to pieces by the heavy seas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maritime Disasters. the Pleiades Wrecked. San Diego (Cal.), Aug. 20
The freight stormier Pleiades went ashore on the coast of California. The cargo was jettisoned, but the vessel became a total wreck. The crew is safe…
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Caird's, of Greenock, are building a p. & O. steamer of 11,500 tons, and a length of 525 feet…
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There still survives one passenger—the Rev. Vincent Ransome, rector of Compton Basset, Wilts-who made the first trip in the Sirius, the first steamship to cross from Great…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Steamer Corsican. Great Anxiety Felt. Montreal, Aug. 15
The latest information by wireless in regard to the steamer Corsican, which was damaged in a collision with an iceberg, and was stated to be proceeding to Liverpool, says…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Health Wrecked by Piles. Was Too Weak to Walk. A Splendid Cure by Bile Beans
"Mr husband for five years was a many to bleeding piies," says Mrs Lily Thompson, of 27S Swan-street. East Richmond, Melbourne. "The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →General Cable News. London, Sunday. Steamer Launched
The Wallarah Coal Company's steamer Tuggerah has been launched at Port Glasgow…
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A robbery of a particularly daring character was brought off successfully on the P. and O. steamer Medina, which sailed for England on Saturday morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Oil Steamer Sunk. Disastrous Explosion. San Francisco, Aug. 28
An explosion occurred aboard the Associated Transportation Company's steamer Rosecrans (2976 tons), which was carrying petroleum in bulk. The explosion…
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