The Orient Line. The New Steamer "Ormonde."
This steamer is at the present time being built at Clydebank, the yards of Messrs John Brown and Company. This firm it will be remembered built…
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Steamer Runs Ashore. Crew Safely Landed. London, April 18
Router's correspondent at Monte Video states that the steamer Highland Piper (7490 tons) is ashore. There were. 100 people on board, but they…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Wreckers of Men and Nations. The Smile and the Wile of Woman
Empires have fallen before the wiles of woman. Rome sang of the achievements of Antony. Antony looked into the eyes of Cleopatra and laid…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General Cable News. New Queensland Pilot Steamer. London
Mrs. Denham, wife of Mr. D. F. Denham, Premier of Queensland, performed the ceremony on launching the Queensland Government's new pilot steamer,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Inventor Tests Gun. Shell Wrecks Room. Paris
A shell crashed through the window of a flat in Paris yesterday morning, filled a room with dust and smoke, and broke a mantelpiece…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pirates Ship As Passengers. British Steamer Burned. 200 Persons Missing. Hong Kong
It is feared that 200 persons, all but one of them Orientals, have perished as the result of the seizure by pirates of the British steamer Tai On. There were no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm on Lake Superior. 20 Perish When Steamer Sinks. Toronto
Following a great storm on Lake Superior six vessels have been reported as mining. Wireless messages have failed to locate any of these boats…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chinese Pirates Outrage. Derelict Steamer Discovered. Hold Crowded with Corpses. Hong Kong, Thurs
The remains of the British steamer Tai On, which was looted and burnt by Chinese pirates, have been discovered. The hold of the vessel was crowded with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wealth From Wreckage
Does anybody want to get rich in a hurry? If so, here is a recipe—buy wrecks. A beach boat which cost about £200…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman and Boy Adrift at Sea. Seventeen Shipwrecked Sea. Men Perish in Open Boat. Captain Saved by Wife
Seventeen shipwrecked men have perished from cold anil hunger while tossing about in an open boat in the South Atlantic Ocean, and an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer on Fire at Sea Unidentifiable Owing to Smoke. Fate of Crew a Mystery. Halifax (nova scotia), Tues
A streamer which was not identified is reported on fire 300 miles south of Cape Race bh the Steamer Seydlitz, which was no able to ascertain the vessel's identity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Liner in Icepack. Vessel Being Forced Ashore. Montreal, May 2
Owing to the coast of Newfoundland being blocked with ice for miles, incoming liners have been unable to proceed beyond the barrier…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Blown Up at Sea. Oil Steamer Explosion. London, May 4
The s.s. Limerick, from Melbourne on March 7, picked up and landed at Liverpool five sailors from the Russian oil steamer Kometa, which was blown up off the…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Chinese Pirates. British Steamer Seized. 200 Persons Perish. Hong Kong, April 29
There were no Europeans among the passengers on the British steamer Tai On, which was seized and burned by Chinese pirates on the Canton River. It is feared…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Explosion on a Steamer. Eight Men Killed. New York
A shocking accident at sea is reported from Norfolk a seaport on the Virginian [?]. An explosion took place in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Turns Turtle. 13 Lives Lost, Including Seven-year-old Son of Captain. London
The steamer Turret Hill, when in a leaky condition, turned turtle off South-wold (a Suffolk watering-pace). The captain and engineer were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Explosion on a Steamer. Eight Men Killed. a Brave Woman and a Plucky Officer. New York, Thurs
A serious explosion in the engine room of the steamer Jefferson (3723 tons), of the Old Dominion line, has taken place at Norfolk (Virginia), killing eight men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bedouins Kill Castaways. From Stranded Steamer. Rome
Sensational experiences befell the passengers and crew of the steamer Solferine when she became stranded near Bardia, on the coast of Tripoli…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prisoner Leaps From a Steamer. Five Mile Swim Attempted
In sensational circumstances Norman Moroney, who has served terms of imprisonment in Victoria and Tasmania, escaped from police custody early on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Jumped Overboard From a Steamer. Demented Passenger Drowned. Sydney
When the steamer Themistooles, on route from Melbourne to Sydney, was off Perpendi[?] Head early this morning one of the p[?]ssongers, H. Fra[?] 33, who…
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