The Gales in England. Lifeboat Capsized
While putting off to the assistance of a vessel in distress during the recent gales the lifeboat at Ryde, in the Isle of Wight, was capsized and two…
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England Under Snow. Wrecks on English Coast. London, December 28
Cold and tempestuous weather has marked the Christmas season in Great Britain. Great snowstorms have occurred throughout the country, seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Chilian City Wrecked. Another Earthquake. London, December 27
Chili, which has suffered more or less severe earth movements since the great earthquake which devastated Valparaiso in August, has been visited by another…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Liner Wrecked. Thrilling Scenes. Crew of 120 SAVED. London, December, 28
Among the vessels lost during the severe, gales which have raged along the coast for the past few days was the Japanese liner Awa Maru, a steel twin-screw steamer, of…
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The bargue Elvaland, bound from the Thames to Sydney, has been wrecked at Three Chains Island, off the coast of New Zealand. The captain and crew were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of a Steamer. One Hundred Persons Missing. London
The City of Panama (1419 tons), belonging to the well-known American line, the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, has been wrecked at Pescadero,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer City of Panama. Reported Safe
The report received from San Francisco yesterday, to the effect that the steamer City of Panama had been wrecked off the Californian coast, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lifeboat Capsizes. Two Men Drowned. London, January 5
A lifeboat disaster has occurred at Ryde, in the Isle of Wight. The boat capsized during a gale, and two of its crew were drowned. The survivors drifted…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Affray on a Steamer
A serious affray occurred this morning on board a steamer at Mort’s Dock between a steward named Millington and James Insister chief officer It is elleged that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck in the North Sea. 24 Persons Drowned
Another wreck involving loss of life occurred in the North Sea. The British ship Pengivera foundered and the crew of 24 were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arms for Macedonia. Lost in a Wreck
A Bulgarian steamer loaded with arms, which were supposed to be intended for the Macedonians, has been wrecked near Sulina, at the mouth of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Americas Trust Methods Deliberately Wrecking a Company. Four Million Pounds Damages Claimed. London
There is a probability of the methods of some of the American Trusts being given publicity in the law courts shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Shipwrecked Crew. Rescued From a Raft. London
The barque Barcoe from Puget Sound to Adelaide, while in latitude 57 north, and longitude 12S west, sighted a raft containing the crew of the Am-…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Ship Wrecked. Crew of Twenty-four Drowned. London, January 14
News is to hand of a shipping disaster in the North Sea. Only meagre particulars have so far been obtained. The wreck is that of the British 'ship Pengwern, an…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Two Steamers Ashore
The Hamburg-American line steamer Prinz Waldemar is hard ashore on Plum Point, off Kingston if Harbour. It is stated ehat the alteration of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Beef Arrives at Kingston. Steamer Sails Without Unloading
The steamer Celtic, which had been hastily laden with American beef for the re:ief of the foodless people and despatched by order of President…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Strikes a Rock
An accident occurred to Messrs. Burns, Philp and Co.'s steamer Airlie, near Brisbane on Friday morning. Having discharged a quantity of cargo at Bulimba, she…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Thrilling Wreck Scenes. 700 Passengers in Jeopardy. Mate Swims to an Island and Effects Rescue
A Reuter despatch from Hong Kong recently reported that the passenger steamer Heungshan, with 700 foreign and Chinese passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Steamer Wrecked. Twelve Persons Drowned
The steamer Clavering, which had just commenced a voyage from Middlesborough to Japan, has been wrecked in the River Tees…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Life-boat Institution
Mr Charles Carr Ashley, late of Kingston-on-Thames, has bequeathed a legacy, of £70,000 for the purpose of founding a life-boat institution to be named after…
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