On the Mississippi. Explosion Aboard a River Steamer. London, March 30
From New York it is reported that a terrible disaster has occurred on the Mississippi River. The boilers of one of the regular…
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The Wreck of the Stella. Affecting Incidents. London, April 3
Additional incidents are reported in connection with the wreck of the London and South-Western Railway Company's mail steamer Stella, 1,059 tons, with a large…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Cable News. Shipping Disasters. Wreck of a French Barque. London, April 3
Another serious shipping disaster has been caused by the heavy fogs which are prevailing on the British coasts. The Marechal Lannes, a large new French barque, had left…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wreck of the Stella. Affecting Incidents. LONDON
Additional incidents are reported in connection with the wreck of the London and South-Western Railway Company's mail steamer Stella, 1,059 tons, with a large…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest by Telegraph the Wreck of the Stella. London
The survivors of the wreck of the steamer Stella testify to the recklessness exhibited by the captain. They state that he declared, when the fog rendered his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Shipping Disasters. Wreck of a French Barque. 25 Lives Lost. London, April 3
Another serious shipping disaster has been caused by the heavy foes which are prevail on the British coasts. The Marechal Lannes, a large new French…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →A Shipping Disaster. Foundering of a Steamer. London, April 10
A sad disaster has occurred off the coast of Cornwall. The steamer Cato, 1094 tons, owned by T. Wilson, Sons, and Co Limited, of Hull…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Steamer Belgian
Later advices from Punta Arenas, on the Straits of Magellan, state that Commander de Grenache, of the exploring steamer Belgian, which has returned from the Antarctic regions, will remain at that port…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of a Steamer. Union S.s. Co.'s Australia
The Union Company's steamer Australia, 459 tons, Captain W. J. Rogers in charge, struck on the south corner of West Point, on the West Coast, 30 miles south of Hunters…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Woman the Solitary Surviver of a Shipwreck
On April 3rd, 1886, it was publicly announced that Queen Victoria had written to Miss. Elizabeth Mouatt, expressing her sympathy with the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck of the Loch Sloy. Adelaide
There is no news of the missing passenger, Kilpatrick, who succeeded in reaching shore from the wreck of the Loch Sloy, but was too weak to accompany…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Loch Sloy. Thirty-one Drowned Fearful Privations
News reached Adelaide on Tuesday morning of a terrible shipwreck, causing a loss of 31 lives. The barque Loch Sloy, of 1225 tons, which left Glasgow on January 25, went…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Drowned From a Maly Steamer. Sydney
John Wilkins, a member of the recently-formed National [?] at Manly, felt from the steamer Narrabeyn on Saturday night and was drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Steamer Ashore
The steamer Tekapo, 2439 tons, ran ashore this morning; during a heavy fog, about 2 1/2 miles from where the ship Hereward was wrecked. All hands…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Loch Sloy Sydney
The body of Kilpatrick, the missing passenger, has been found about a mile and a half inland. He had apparently been dead a fortnight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Boiler Explosion. a Locomotive Wrecked. the Driver and Fireman Killed
A Terrific boiler explosion occurred at Zeehan at 7 o'clock on Tuesday morning, when the boiler of the North-East Dundas tram line locomotive, which was about to…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →The Missing Steamer Perthshire. No Tidings. Sydney
The steamer Duckenfield, which left Sydney, last Week in search of the missing steamer Perthshire has arrived at New Zealand without seeing anything of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Missing Steamer. Sydney
The steamer Waikare arrived from New Zealand this morning, and although a close watch was kept no sign of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Lindus. Newcastle
The wrecked steamer Lindus was sold to-day for £75…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Circus Tent Wrecked. Three Hundred Persons Covered. Warragul
During a heavy storm here on Saturday night, a circus tent, in which a performance was going on, was blown down and three hundred people buried beneath it. The…
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