Rome Express Wrecked. a Midnight Collision. Ghastly Scenes
From Rome on 7th October the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:— A terrible railway disaster occurred at…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907
25 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 2
The Largest Steamer
The Oceanic is intended for the trade between England and America. Tee ironwork of her hull weighs nearly 20,000 tons, and her steel-plates would form a wall 5ft. high…
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IT appears from a return compiled by the Department of Navigation that during the year just ended there were only four shipwrecks on the coast…
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The Swedish steamer Olaus Olsson, entering Dover Harbor at at midnight on Saturday, 21st October, crashed broadside on into the southern…
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The Oceanic is intended for the trade between England and America. The ironwork of her hull weighs nearly 20,000 tons, and her steel-plates would form a wall 5ft. hign…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Doomed Women's Despair. Penned in a Sinking Steamer. Faces at the Cabin Windows
The steamer Dix (wrote the Washington correspondent of the "Daily Mail" on 19th November) has been sunk in collision with the Jennie, in Puget Sound,…
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Further particulars of a marine disaster cabled on the 19th December are given in the "Westminster Gazette", are as folows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A New Captain Kettle. Afloat and Ashore
From New York on January 13th, the correspondent of the "London Express" wrote:— In the New York police court there…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Criminal Band. at Their Guilty Work. Burglary, Fires, Wrecking
The "Express" reports that the extraordinary series of outrages including burglary, incendiarism, and attempted, train-wrecking, which has occurred in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lifeboat Tragedy. Crew Clinging for Six Hours
A terrible experience befell the crew of the Rhyde lifeboat during the gale which raged throughout New Year's night and the early hours of next…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Berlin Wreck. a Deed of Heroism
The saving of the last three survivors of the wreck of the Berlin by a Dutch merchant, Captain Martin Sperling, helped by his two nephews, in a…
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The first patent for a lifeboat was taken out in 1785, but four years later a greatly improved form was brought out by Henry Greathead, which was generally adopted and…
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Two sailors were sitting in the gallery of an old country church, paying great attention to the service. During the sermon one of them heard a distinct sound of snoring…
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Two sailors were sitting in the gallery of an old country church, paying great attention to the service. During the sermon one of them heard a distinct sound of snoring…
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Interesting relics of the most appalling shipping disaster in the history of Australia, in the shape of the auchors of the immigrant ship Dunbar were…
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THE recent discovery of the anchors of the Dunbar, wrecked at Sydney Heads fifty years ago, recalls to mind many vivid stories told of the disaster, which…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Heroes of the Berlin Wreck Dutch Captains in London
A remarkable welcome was given in London yesterday 17th March to the hezoi Dutch skippo[?]sn Captain-Sperling and Jersen, who effected…
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A remarkable welcome was given in London yesterday (7th March) to the hero[?] Dutch skippers, Captains Sporting and Jenson, who effected…
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A remarkable welcome was given in London yesterday (7th March; to the heroin Dutch skippers, Captains Sperling and Jensen, who effected…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fate of Wrecks. Wooden Vessels Last Longest
A French periodical devoted to mar[?]time affairs discusses the [?]uestion of what becomes of wrecked ships, and arrives at the conclusion that…
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