The Old Wreck
I did not get my holidays until nearly the close of September that year, as I had some work to flosh which kept me pretty close during the dog days, but as soon as it was finished I…
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40 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 2
Spain and America. Another Filibustering Steamer. London, January 3
The steamer Commodore has cleared from Jacksonville, on the St. John's River, Florida, bound for Cuba. On board the vessel there is a cargo of war material…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Mishap to a Steamer. Towed to Buenos Ayres. London, January 8
The steamer Langton Grange, from Rockhampton to London, via Sydney, Melbourne, and Buenos Ayres, lost three of her propeller blades and cracked a steam tube…
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THE arrival at the Corowa wharf of five Murray steamers, with their consorts, [?]ad the effect of creating quite a stir along the river banks during Friday and…
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News reached Yarrawonga on Monday that the Pride of the Murray, the first of the five steamers which passed up the Murray last week to load wheat at Corowa, started back on…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Wreck of a Steamer. Forty Lives Lost. London, March 8
The steamer Siracusa, 1,094 tons, owned by Messrs. Robert M. Sloman and Co., of Hamburg, has been totally wrecked off the coast of Cornwall, 40 lives being lost. An…
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A Turkish gunboat has been totally wrecked off the coast of Epirus…
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The departure of the R. M. S. Ormuz on Saturday for London from Melbourne was an event in its way. In many respects the demonstration was remarkable. The…
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A steamer capable of carrying 100,000 carcases of frozen sheep is now being built at the yard of Messrs. Harland and Wolff, of Belfast, for the New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Disasters at Sea. Steamer Utrecht Wrecked. London, March l8
A serious shipwreck has occurred at the island of Ushant, the most westerly of the islands off the coast of Brittany. The Dutch passenger steamer Utrecht, 2174…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Wreck of the Vilee De St. Nazatre. London, March 18
The schooner Hilda, 648 tons, of Savannah, Georgia, has arrived at New York, bringing four survivors from the French steamer Ville do Saint Nazaire, 2640 tons,…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Accident to a Steamer. Narrow Escape of the Passengers. London, April 17
The steamer Ibex, 1519 tons, of the Ibex S S. Company, London, while racing a steamer of a rival company, touched the rocks off the Island of Jorsey, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Fire on a Steamer. Thirteen Men Suffocated. London, May 10
The steamer Leona, 2331 tons, owned by Messrs. C. H. Mallory and Co., of New York, has had a disastrous experience on the voyage from that port to Galveston…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →A New P. AND O. Steamer. the "Egypt" Launched. London, May 16
The Egypt, a large new steamer built for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company by Caird and Co. Limited, was launched at their yard, Greenock…
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The H.M.S. Valetta brings news of the loss of the steamer Sultan of Bombay, in the Arabian Sea. After leaving Aden, when off Socotra, on June 10, the Sultan…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Aden. Further Particulars. London, July 1
Further particulars have been received concerning the wreck of the P. and O. Company's Royal mail steamer Aden, on a reef off the island of Socotra, not far from…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →A Total Wreck on the New Zealand Coast. The Tasmania Lost. SYDNEY, Friday, 11 a.m
The steamer Tasmania, bound from Sydney to New Zealand, has been totally wrecked. She sank within an hour. All hands were saved…
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There is now building at the renowned ship-building yard of Messrs Harland and Woff, of Belfast, what will be the largest occan-going steamer…
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Captain McGee asserts, that the steamer Tasmania was wrecked on an, uncharted rock, which must have been about from 16 to 18 feet under water…
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Great excitement was caused here early this afternoon by receipt of the intelligence that the steamer Tasmania, which left Auckland for Wellington on Wednesday evening…
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