Sketcher. WRECKS
Many Harbor Boards have their own wreak removing plant, and than their divers make a preliminary examination of Che sunken vessel with the view of ascertaining…
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The Strangest Shipwreck on Record
Captain James Morgnn, a weather-beaten English skipper, tolls a story of the strangest shipwreck on record. It occurred in January of the year 187—, at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Cholera-stricken Vessel. Arrival of an Italian Steamer From Brazil.one Hundred and Forty Four Deaths During the Voyage. London, September 29
An Italian mail steamer has arrived at Sardinia from Brazil with cholera on board. The voyage was a terrible one. The epidemic raged with fearful virulence, and…
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A rather curious accident occurred to the steamer Pioneer, owned by Messrs. Johnston and Fox of Deniliquin, on the Edwards river, some time during Saturday night. last. It appears that the…
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The Pastoral Times says :—“A rather curious accident occurred to the steamer Pioneer, owned by Messrs. Johnston and Fox, of Deniliquin, on the Edwards River, some time…
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News was received in Sydney on Saturday by the steamer Airlie from China of the total wreck of the barque Florence Treat, of Sydney, with the loss of 20 lives. The ship commanded…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Steamer Miowera. Position of the Vessel. London, October 18
Further details are to hand respecting the steamer Miowera, of Mr. James Huddar[?]’s New Pacific Service from Australia to Vancouver, which went aground in the harbour of…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Steamer Accident at Michigan. Twenty-five Persons Drowned. London, November 8
A disastrous accident has happened near Detroit, in the state of Michigan. Two lake steamers came into collision, with the result that 25 persons were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Affairs in Honduras. an American Mail Steamer Fired Upon. London, Nov. 7
Advices have been received that the fortress of Amapala, on the Pacific coast of the Central American republic of Honduras, opened fire on a United States mail steamer, on board of…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Terrible Disaster at Sea. Burning of an American Steamer. London, November 3
A terrible disaster has occurred in the Atlantic. The New Fork and Caba Mail Steam[?]p Company’s City of Alexandria, 1652 tons, was totally destroyed by a fire caused by the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Disaster in Canada. a Steamer Burnt on Lake Nipissing. Twenty Lives Lost. London, November 8
A shocking disaster has occurred on Like Nipfesing, in Canada. A steamer caught fire, and all attempts to extinguish the flames proved unavailing…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Heavy Gales in Great Britain. Numerous Vessels Wrecked. Three Hundred People Drowned, London, November 20
A severe gale which has swept the British Coast during the last day or two have caused numerous shipwrecks, and accounts of diS[?]ters, attended with loss of life, have been received…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →An Australian Gold-seeker. Foundered Treasure in the Gulf of Mexico
The information received of the international difficulty which has arisen over the arrest of an alleged American named Boynton, commending a [?] of the…
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