Wreck of the S.s. Cheviot. Terrible Sufferings of the Passengers and Crew. Thirty-five Lives Lost. Twenty-three Saved. Gallant Conduct of the Rescue Party
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 October 1887 · page 26
The wreck of the s.s. Cheviot, belonging to W. Howard Smith and Sens, Limited, at Portsea, which was briefly reported in our last issue, was total and disastrous to life. She…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →A Russian Flagship Ashore. London, October 31
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 November 1887 · page 18
The flagship of the Russian squadron in the Pacific has gone ashore near Vladivostock…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Search for a Shipwrecked Crew. London, November 29
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 December 1887 · page 21
Her Majesty's corvette Thalia, which has been ordered to search the Crozet Islands for the survivors of a French vessel recently wrecked in the vicinity, has sailed on her mission…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Serious Accident on Board the Steamer Gunga. Two Lives Lost
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 December 1887 · page 27
The steamer Gunga went on an excursion from Mackay (Queensland) to Port Newry on Monday in very heavy weather, which caused her to miss the tide. She anchored under…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Wreck of a Brigantine
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 December 1887 · page 14
The brigantine George Thornton, Captain Loutit, sprang a leak at half-past 10 on Sunday morning, off Round-hill Read, near Keppel Bay, and soon afterwards sand until the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →