Monday's Wires. Capture of a Contraband Steamer. Reinforcements from Ceylon. Offers of Horses from India
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 January 1900 · page 2
The warship Magicienne has Captured a Gorman steamer, the Bundesrat, at Delegoa Bay for having contraband of war on board. The passengers included three Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miscellaneous War News. Another German Steamer Captured
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 2
Sever militia battalions have been ordered to South Africa. The British authorities have seized another German statement Delagoa Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Tale of the Sea. Foundering of the Steamer Hupeh. Fierce Encounter with Sharks
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 9
A thrilling tale of the sea was brought by the steamer Chinga from China to Sydney on Sunday night. The steamer Hupeh, which sank in mid-ocean, was the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Boer Wreckers. Vast Amount of Looting in Johannesburg
The Pastoral Times · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 3
The Cape town correspondent of the London “Daily Mail,” writing on December 8, says:— “S[?]ories are coming in from all parts of the country in[?]eded by the Boers recounting the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Steamer Airlie. Sydney
The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 February 1900 · page 2
The steamer Airlie, which went ashore on the Queensland coast, and was subsequently refloated, arrived in Sydney this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bob Blizzard in Africa. His Shipwreck and Adventures. Chapter V (Continued.)
Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 1
I at once agreed to his proposition, and he brought a mixture of grease and dirt, with which he smeared over me, and then, wrapping a dirty cloth…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck on Ninety-mile Beach the S.s. Glenelg Founders in a Heavy Sea. Captain and 12 of Crew Drowned Fourteen Passengers Missing
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 24
There were unfortunately most calamitous grounds for the anxiety felt in Melbourne during the past two or three days as to the steamer Glenelg. In ordinary circumstances she should…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →A Wonderful Salvage Steamer
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 April 1900 · page 25
Shipping companies abroad are now devoting considerable attention to the salvage steamer Herakles. This is a vessel with a mission, and it will be interesting to watch…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →General Telegrams. the Federal Bill. Queensland Approves of Privy Council Appeal. Drowning of a Lifeboat Crew. Drowning Fatality in the Yarra. Sydney
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 April 1900 · page 27
The Queensland Cabinet has recommended the acceptance of amendments, providing for appeal to the Privy Council, and for the entrance of West Australia to the…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →A Transport Ashore. Departure of the Queensland Contingent Postponed. Brisbane. Friday, April 27
The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 3
The Imperial transport steamer Manchester Port, which left the wharf early this morning to proceed to another wharf, where the Imperial Bushmen were to embark, went ashore…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War the Free State Campaign. Lord Roberts Advancing. the Boers Driven Back. Bad News From Mafeking. Garrison Reduced to Four Ounces of Bread Daily. Duration of Siege a Question of Food Supply. an Attack on the Garrison Repulsed. Escape of Boer Prisoners From Simonstown. Rescued by a French Steamer. a Boer Delegate Appeals to America to End the War. Have They Had Enough ? Apparently They Have. London
The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 May 1900 · page 3
The British advance in the direction of Brandfort is being pushed forward with great vigour. Several divisional brigade leaders have proceeded northwards from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bob Blizzard in Africa. His Shipwreck and Adventures. Chapter Xv
Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1900 · page 1
I proposed to Guilherme that as we had still some time before the sun set we should take our guns and go out for a stroll on the chance of finding…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck near Melbourne. Twenty-three Lives Lost. Melbourne
Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1900 · page 3
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The ship Siena Nevada, 1400 tons resistor Captain Scott, 113 days out from London to Sydney, via Melbourne, went ashore near the London Bridge rock, at the back of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Disastrous Wreck. Twenty-three Persons Drowned
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 May 1900 · page 3
AT 1 o'clock on Wednesday morning the ship Sierra Nevads, a fine vessel of 1400 tons, bound from Liverpool to Melbourne, crashed upon the rocks of the Ocean Back…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bob Blizzard in Africa. His Shipwreck and Adventures. Chapter Xvii
Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 18 May 1900 · page 1
Mond Kutu, after lighting his pipe and taking a few puffs of the fragrant weed, commenced the story of bis encounters thus:—…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Extraordinary Sea Tragedy. Running Amok on a Steamer. London, May 18
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 May 1900 · page 27
An extraordinary series of murders have been committed on board the Swedish steamer Prins Carl, 189 tons, during the voyage from Westmanland to Stockholm…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Bob Blizzard in Africa. His Shipwreck and Adventures
Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 25 May 1900 · page 3
(I, Benjamin Bunting, so christened in 1860, do hereby declare that I am fully authorised by my late uncle, Mr. Robert Blizzard, deceased to revise, correct, and publish these authentic accounts of his Adventures on the Dark…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bob Blizzard in Africa. His Shipwreck and Adventures. Edited and Revised by His Nephew, Benjamin Bunting
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 June 1900 · page 1
(I, Benjamin Banting, so christened in 1860, do hereby declare that I am fully authorised by my late uncle, Mr. Robert Blizzard, deceased, to revise, correct, and publish these authentic accounts of his Adventures on the Dark…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck of a Life Boat
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 June 1900 · page 35
A heartrending disaster involving the loss of the lives of eight lifeboat men and three fishermen and the wreck of a steam lifeboat and a small fishing vessel occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →