Over Ninety Lives Lost and Eighty Vessels Wrecked
A terrible calamity has befallen Newfoundland, entailing a very heavy loss of destruction of property, and inflicting great sufferings on many thousands of…
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Terrible Scenes on Board a British Steamer
A Dublin co-respondent telegraphs the substance of a letter received there from the steward of a steamer in Chinese, which was chartered by the Chinese Government for the conveyance of troops; but as every…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destructive Storms at Fijiand Tonga. Wreck of Several Vessels and Loss of Lives
Reports concerning the devastation occasioned by the. late gale are now being received from the various districts almost daily at the Native Commissioner's office. To judge from…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Explosion at the Ballarat Ice Works. the Building Completely Wrecked.two Persons Killed
A terrible explosion occurred at the ice factory, Ballarat East, early on Monday morning resulting in the instant death of Gustav Hang, 25 years of age, and Jacob Butler, 15…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Wreck at the Manning River. [By Electric Telegraph.] Sydsey
The secretary of the Marine Board has received a telegram from the pilot at the Manning River heads stating that the steamer Murray, bound from .Sydney to the Manning…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Wreck of the Waihora. Sydney
The Union Steamship Company’s fine vessel the Waihora struck on Eddy[?]tone Point, on the Tasmanian coast, yesterday. All of the crew and passengers were saved. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreckage—a Caution
The engineer-in-charge of ports and barbors publishes, by direction of the Minister of Trade and Customs, the following notice to master mariners:—“Consequent up the…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →A Disastrous Wreck
The Union Company’s royal mail steamer German arrived in Plymouth Sound on Tuesday, February 2. Among her passengers were Captain Vesey and nine seamen,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wreck of an Australian Wheat Ship. London, March 22
The chip Astronomer, from South Australia, has gone ashore near Milford, on the Welsh coast, and will probably become a total wreck. There was a thick fog at the time of the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Levuka Wrecked. a Destructive Hurricane. Several Lives Lost. Terrible Destruction of Property
The evil hap which Levuka, in common with the rest of the colony, has for so long experienced, culminated on Thursday morning, March 4, in the heaviest hurricane which has…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Telegrams Wreck of the Tararoa. Great Loss of Life. Sydney
Enthusiastic meetings were held in several suburbs yesternight, and resolutions unanimously carried pretesting against the French annexation of the New Hebrides…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Taiaroa. Auckland
The wreck of the Union Company's steamer Tairoa has occasioned the death of thirty three persons, including five women, the saved numbering fourteen, all men…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disastrous Wreck on the New Zealand Coast. Total Loss of the Taiaroa. Over 30 Lives Lost. Terrible Experiences of Passengers and Crew
Another shipping disaster, involving, it is feared, great loss of life, has occurred on the New Zealand coast. So far the particulars ascertainable are of a most meagre character…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →The Wreck of the Taiaroa. Auckland
The wreck of the Union Company's steamer Talarea has occasioned the death of thirty three persons, including five women the saved numbering fourteen, all men…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Loss of the Steamer Oregon
The Cunard steamer Oregon, from Liverpool to New York, was run into by an unknown schooner off Fire Island, on the morning of March 14, and sank at 1 p.m. A…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Wreck of the French Barque Guichen. Five Men Drowned
Captain Guervel and four of the crew of the French barque Guichen arrived at Rockhampton on Saturday night. They report that the vessel was wrecked on 9th May on Bird…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Wreck of the French Barque Guichen. Further Particulars
Captain G[?]erven, of the French barque Guichen, which was recently wrecked, with, the four survivors of the crew, arrived al Brisbane from Rockbampton on the 20th inst…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Bodies Being Washed Ashore
A telegram which was sent from Green Cape on Tuesday states that the last portion of the wrecked steamer was fast disappearing. Four bodies had been washed ashore—namely,…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Inquest on the Bodies Washed Ashore
Mr. Paden, the coroner for the district, arrived at Green Cape on Tuesday evening, and commenced an inquest on the five bodies found at the Cape, and which had been washed…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →The Wreck of the Lyeemoon
The following is the Rev. Mr Poole's statement, the clearest made :— The vessel left Melbourne at noon on Saturday, and all went well till Sunday evening. She passed Gabo…
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