A Dreadful Steamer Collision
A CALCUTTA telegram to the Times of India, dated November 6, states that about half-past 6 o'clock on Monday evening the tug steamer…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1889
13 stories in New England's papers
Schooner Abandoned
The schooner Bustard, with over one thousand cases of dynamite from Melbourne, was reported yesterday off Gabo island in distress, and has since been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Telegraphic News. [Through Greville's Company.] New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. Schooner Wrecked
THE schooner Heath was totally wrecked off Cape Three Points on Friday morning, and two seamen were drowned. The survivors floated towards the shore on the…
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The cargo of the ship Sir Walter Raleigh, wrecked off the French coast, was valued at over £200,000. Nearly half was insured in the Sydney offices…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burning of a Mississippi Steamer. Terrible Scenes. London, Dec. 28
THE steamer Jno. H. Hanna was destroyed by fire on Christmas Eve, on the Mississippi, at Plan Quennine, Louisiana. The first accounts received stated that…
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MEMPHIS, December 24th, — The steamer Kate Adams, plying between Memphis and Arkansas city, while en route to Memphis, was…
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The latest news from Tasmania about the Southern Cross wreck states that the steamer is completely gutted, the cargo, luggage, and everything being saturated…
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The steamer Ormutz arrived at Plymouth yesterday. This sets at rest all rumours afloat during the past fear days that the vessel had foundered…
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ON Monday morning early it was rumoured in Sydney that Messrs. J. and A. Brown's well-known steam collier Duckenfield had become a total wreck. The rumour…
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The steamer Fijian has been totally wrecked on a reef near Tanna. She struck before daybreak on May 13th, and had to be beached to prevent her foundering. The…
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THE remainder of the crew of the barque Mallsgate arrived in Brisbane on Friday, having been one day longer before sighting land than the captain and his boat…
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THE White Star Royal Mail steamship Britannic which sailed from New York on 4th September, with 89 saloon and 159 steerage…
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THE details to hand of the disaster which has befallen the Mississippi steamer Corona showed it to be one of the most appallingever known…
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