Fire on a Steamer
A fire was discovered on the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Royal Bert at Malta. The fire started in the coal bunkers, and has reached the afterhold and the engine…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1912
366 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 19
Wreck of the Titanic, First Full Story. Coolness of the British Seaman
The "Herald's" London correspondent on April 19 wrote:—After the tangle of half-read wireless messages and sensational American invention, which for four days has…
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The steamer Kotuku went ashore in Greymouth Harbour, New Zealand, owing to her propeller carrying away. The engine room was flooded, and there is very little…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General Cables. Fire on a Steamer. London, May 16
The fire on the P. and O. Company's steamer Malta has been extinguished…
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Sir Newton J. Moore Agent-General for Western Australia, has purchased a steamer for the Western Australian Coastal trade…
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Hart, a third-class steward, giving evidence before the British inquiry, regarding the loss of the Titanic, said that he warned the steerage passengers of their danger…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Honeymoon in South Seas. a Shipwreck Incident. San Francisco
Captain Thomas Endeson and his bride were spending their honeymoon in the South Sea Islands, when their vessel was shipwrecked. The schooner was trading from Papeete…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wrecked Koombana. Mystery of the Sea
"The Court simply finds that, without in[?]ulging in useless speculation, the stability ind seaworthiness of the Koombana were [?]assailable, and the competency and…
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The Union Company's steamer [?] tuka, 1054 tons, lost her propeller with entering Greymouth Harbor last night and went ashore on the North Spit [?]…
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The North Coats S. S. Co's steamer Tambar has been launched at Grangemouth…
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The Union Co.'s steamer Kotuku has been wrecked at Greymouth, on the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The vessel is a total loss…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tender Runs Ashore. Cordova (Alaska), May 21
The United States lighthouse tender america ran ashore on a rocky coast, and was pounded to pieces by the waves. Twenty persons were abroad at the time, and they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Titanic. American Senate Inquiry. Definite and Reliable Details. London, April 26
In order to pick out as far as possible the authentic and accurate details of the wreck of the Titanic and the surrounding circumstances, I have selected from the great…
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Mr. Lightoller, second officer of the Titanic, said that he had never known speed to be reduced on any vessel in the North Atlantic in clear weather on account of ice. The sea at…
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London, Monday.—The inquiry into the loss of the White Star liner Titanic was continued to-day. Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, Bart,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Titanic. Methods of an American Senator. Dreadful After-wreck Scenes. London April 20
The London public mind is still full of the Titanic disaster. The sadness which still Invests the remembrance of that event is in a certain sense relieved by…
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Mr. Bride, wireless operator on the Titanic, at the British enquiry, states that he only knew of one warning of icebergs, and that was from the Californian at four o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Titanic. First Full Story. Coolness of the Mutism Seamen
The "Herald's" London correspondent on April 19 wrote:—After the tangle of ha[?]read wireless messages and sensational American invention, which for four days has…
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London, Thursday.—The Court of inquiry into the loss of the Tita[?] continued the hearing of evidence. Mr. Lightoller, second officer of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Shelled. Rome, May 21
The French steamer Canouse, while conveying refugee Italians from Turkey, was shelled on leaving Smyraa. She was not damaged…
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