Mail Steamer Burnt
The mail steamer City of Montreal, of the Inman line was destroyed by fire at seaon the 11th instant. A boat containing seven-passengers and six of the crew was…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1887
30 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 2
Terrible Wreck
A Chinese transport commanded by an English captain has been wrecked. The captain and 300 of those on board perished…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Extraordinary Talk of the Sea. Swept Overboard by a Cyclone.--fight with a Madman. --Fearful Struggle a Wrecked Ship
THE vast expanse the loneliness, the perils of the sea are realised by the sailor so long as he has ship under him and comrades about. One may float and drive for a week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Intercolonial. Melbourne, Thursday. Disastrous Wreck
THE steamer Cheviot, which left yesterday for Sydney, Newcastle, and Queenslands ports, went ashore a little before 9 o'clock at Point Nepean, just off the…
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IN the Cheviot wreck 35 persons perished consisting of 12 steerage passengers and 23 of the o officers and crew of the steamer. Seven bodies have been washed ashore,…
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Nearly the whole of the wreck of the Cheviot has disappeared, and several other bodies have been recovered. The Government Inspector went down to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Cheviot. Sydney
THE steamer Cheviot was wrecked last night off Point Nepean. It is feared she has broken up. One man reached shore, and fears are entertained for the safety of the others on board. There were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cales and Sketches. A Run Ashore at Colombo
WHAT a strange and curious scene, to European eyes, is that which meets the gaze as our ship drops anchor in Colombo Bay. It is for all the world like an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Intercolonial. Melbourne, Monday. Body Ashore
ANOTHER body, with both arms and legs missing, was washed ashore from the Cheviot yesterday. The body recovered on Saturday is supposed to have been that of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Wonderful Steamer
" WERE the world a ring of gold, Ormuz would be its diamond." This exceedingly assuring statement blazes out in letters of oak, carved over the entrance to the saloon of the fastest and…
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