Disaster to a Steamer
Particulars are given in the Japan Gazette of November 11 of a deplorable disaster, accompanied by serious loss of life, to the steamer Normanton on her voyage…
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Great Storms in Europe. Shipwrecks and Loss of Life in England
A violent gale burst over the west of Europe on the night of December 7. For several days weather had been unsettled and treacherous, and storms were predicted for the 7th and 8th,…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Wreck of a Whaler. Terrible Loss of Life
From our files to hand by the R.M S. Zealandia from San Francisco we have news of the wreck of the American whaling barque Atlantic and the loss of 29 of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Terrible Collision in Bombay Harbour. a Passenger Steamer Sunk and Several Lives Lost
Early on Saturday morning (says the Bombay Gazette of December 24), Bombay Harbour was the scene of a frightful collision between the s.s. King Arthur, belonging to the Bombay…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Wreck of the Barque Scottish Prince. the Passengers Taken Off.[by Electric Telegraph.]brisbane
The Tweed River pilot boat landed the passengers from the stranded barque Scottish this morning, and they arrived at Brisbane this afternoon. Captain M’Gregor and…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Excursion Steamer Lonsdale Aground. Nearly 800 Passengers Aboard All Night
The steamer Lonsdale, which was chartered by the Ballarat Licensed Victuallers’ Association to convey the members of the society and their friends to Queenscliff, on the occasion of…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Sending Cattle by Steamer
The steamer Roehampton which has been anxiously looked for during he past few days put in an appearance in the Bay at midnight (says the Melbourne Herald) after a most…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Steamer Palmerston
News was received at Adelaide on Sunday of the wreck of the steamer Palmerston on the Secret Rock, about 20 miles north-east of Port Lincoln. The Palmerston belongs to Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Warriors of This Sea. a Life-boat Story
Up goes the Lytham signal! St. Anne's has summoned hands? Knee-deep in surf the Life-Boats launched abreast of Southport Sands!…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to a Sydney Harbor Steamer
Considerable excitement was caused at Circular Quay on Monday evening owing to an accident to the harbor steamer Leveret. While she was coming alongside one of the jetties…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The Wreck of the Kapunda
The following further details regarding the loss of the Kapunda have been received from Lisbon, from the survivors:—All went well up to the time of the collision. The boats…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Story of the Wreck of the Kapunda
The 16 survivors of the Kapunda and two of the crew of the Ada Melmore left Lisbon recently on board the Patagonia, for Plymouth. Before leaving Lisbon, William Cottrell, the first mate…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Adventures of the Lifeboat
Turning to the male emigrants, it will be found that eight of them were delivered from death ; and it is a fact worthy of more than passing attention that they could all swim…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Wreck of the Steamer Tasmania. Loss of Life. the Passengers Safely Landed. London, April 18
Advices are to hand stating that the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company’s R.M.S. Tasmania was stranded on Saturday night on the Monachi Rocks, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Serious Shipping Disasters. [By Submarine Cable.] Wreck of a Passenger Steamer. Twelve Lives Lost. London, April 14
News has just been received that one of the regular steamers running between Newhaven and Dieppe has run ashore on the rocks near Dieppe, and become a total wreck. The…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Fatal Accident on the Darling. the Captain of a Steamer Drowned
The steamer Maud started up the river from Bourke for Brewarrina last Friday evening. When about 15 miles up, Captain William Henry Thetsz came out of his cabin, went on…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Terrible Disaster at Sea. a Pearling Fleet Struck by a Hurricane. Fearful Loss of Life. the Steamer Australind Sent to the Rescue. [By Telegraph.] Perth
Telegrams received here to-day from Cossack, a town on the north-west coast of Western Australia, report that an appalling disaster has befallen the pearling fleet when cruising…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Wreck of a Sealing Steamer.— Loss of Two Hundred Lives
Information has reached New York which leaves no doubt that the steamer Eagle, a Dundee-built vessel, which was one of the sealing fleet that sailed from St. John’s on the…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Terrible Storms in Newfoundland. Loss of a Steamer and 261 Lives
A despatch from St. John’s, Newfoundland, dated March 31, gives details of the loss of the sealing steamer Eagle, of Boston, Mass., on the reefs inside Funk’s Island,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wreck of the Victoria.— Serious Loss of Life
Telegraphing from Newhaven at half-past 8 a.m. on the 13th April the Press Association’s special correspondent gives the following account of the wreck of the Victoria :—…
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