Direct Steamer Service. Melbourne
Mr Watt, Premier of Victoria, will bring forward a proposal, at the Premiers' Conference for a direct steamer service to English ports. He says…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914
62 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 4
Nearly Wrecked. Sydney
While the barquentine Alexa was being towed into port last night she was hit by a strong southerly gale and the tow lines parted. The vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Runs Ashore. Sydney
It transpires that the vessel which ran ashore at Cronulla late last night is the steamer Whe[?]t, a regular trader between Sydney, Melbourne and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →(All Rights Reserved.) Complete Story. the Wreck
Author of "True Blue," "The Longshoreman," "My Atlantic Bride," etc. "It would be a pretty morning for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fifty Drowned. Torpedo Boat and Steamer Collide. Rome in Mourning
ROME, Friday.—A torpedo boat, which was travelling at a high rate of speed, collided with a launch on the Grand Canal, Venice, and fifty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Daucourt's Disaster. Aviator Wrecked on Taurus Tragedy of Fire and Air
The aviator Daucourt, who was wrecked in Asia Minor, on his way to Cairo, gave a graphic description of his experiences to "L'Opinlon." On December 18 he sat down and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Merriganowry Bridge Wrecked
The low-level bridge across the Lachlan River in the vicinity of Merriganowry, which was completed about six months ago, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Twenty Lives Lost. Disaster at Cape Moreton. Steamer Strikes a Rock
The French steamer St. Paul, 1633 tons, Captain Corec. bound from New Caledonia to Brisbane, struck Smith's Rock, off Cape…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Orient Steamer "Ormonde"
This steamer is at the present time being built at Clydebank, the yards of Messrs. John Brown and Company. This firm it will be remembered built…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Harbor Collision. Tugboat Sunk Hit by Manly Steamer The Crew Rescued
The Manly ferry steamer Bellubera on Thursday collided with the Explosives Department's tug Kate, near Middle Heap. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pilgrims Storm Ship. Light Fires on Steamer's Deck
Remarkable scenes on a British vessel were described at Bristol when, at the instance of the Board of Trade, Captain George Arthur, master of the steamship Nith, was charged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Telegraphic. Smallpox on a Steamer. Sydney
A coolie sailor on the steamer Kilchattan, which arrived at West Australia from Bombay, was suffering from smallpox…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Steamer Ashore. Sydney
The British-India steamer Waipara, with 350 immigrants aboard, went ashore on Hannibal Reef in the Torres Straits on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Queensland Wreck. Sydney
The steamer Waipara is still ashore on the Queensland coast. An attempt to tow the vessel off was unsuccessful…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lightship Wrecked
Wreckage discovered near Liscomb (Nova Scotia) was the first indication of the loss of the new lightship No. 19. with her crew. Subsequently…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →The Empress of Ireland a Fine Steamer
The Empress of Ireland is described as one of the finest of the C.P.R.S. fleet. She was one of a pair of fliers engaged in the trans-Atlantic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tradedy of the Sea Steamer Rammed by Collier Appaling Loss of Life Death Roll Nearly 1000
London, Saturday. A great shipping disaster, the most calamitous since the Titanic tragedy two years ago, occurred yesterday on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Big Wreck. OVER 1000 Lives Lost
A disaster, with few parallels in the annals of marine navigation, occurred on Friday off Father Point, near Rimouski, on the Canadian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Appalling Shipwreck. Nearly 1000 Perish. Ship Founders in 10 Minutes
The following were published as "Champion" extraordinaries on Saturday. LONDON, Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Big Shipwreck. Further Particulars. 1023 Lives Lost. A Captain's Story
Tho discovery of what the actual loss of life was in the great tragedy of the St. Lawrence is necessarily proving a slow and difficult process…
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