The Shipwrecks of the World
WE hear much of the many finely modelled ships that are built from time to time, but little of the many vessels that are lost. Occasionally…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1893
25 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 2
The World's Largest Cargo Steamer
The largest vessel yet built on the Wear, in England, and said to be the greatest cargo vessel in the world, was successfully launched last month. The vessel, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cablegrams. London, Wednesday. Totally Wrecked
The ship Morayshire, bound from Java to Vancouver, has been totally wrecked. It is feared that all on board have perished. A NATIVE RISING…
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SOME twenty years ago a Dalmatian sailor named Dominic was wrecked on one of the Sandwich Isles. Its queen fell in love with him, married him, and raised him to the throne under…
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FURTHER particulars concerning the wreck of the Ruby on Mangawae bar (says the Auckland correspondent of the Otago DAILY TIMES)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Thekla. Dreadful Cannibalism
IN the prison of Ritzbuttel are incarcerated three sailors who, after drifting about on the ship Thekla for 13 days in a starving condition, killed and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Tale of Suffering. Wreck of the Templemore. London
THE rest of the survivors from the wrecked ship Templemore have been brought to Southampton. This vessel while on its way from Wallaroo (S.A.) to London was…
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THE NEW YORK SUN'S Norfolk correspondent telegraphs that a champagne-bottle has been found on the beach at Ocean View,…
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The ship Dolphin was lost off Cape Horn. A party of eight survivors had terrible experiences, and all died but a negro, who was rescued by a steamer…
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The Sydney-owned brigantine Saucy Jack from this port to Townsville, during the gale on Monday night was observed making for the beach under full sail, a mile south of…
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LIKE a pall o'er the dead grew the black of the night; And the storm like a savage long lurking in wait…
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The steamer Don Juan has been burned off Manilla and 145 Chinese passengers on board drowned…
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THE NORWEGIAN barque Elsa Andersen came into port a day or two ago with a strange-looking vessel in tow (says the Galveston correspondent of the Philadelphia Times). This was a…
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THE Norwegian barque Elsa Andersen came into port a day or two ago with a strange-looking vessel in tow (says the Galverston…
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The steam collier Hilda struck off Port Hacking during the night and foundered. All hands were saved…
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THE accident near Altoona, Penn., reported on May 24, proves to have been very serious. A special train of 14 cars, containing Main's Circus,…
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The well-known schooner, Mary Ogilvie, was wrecked at Norfolk Island. There is no mention of the crew in the telegram, but there is little doubt all hands were saved…
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Many Harbor Boards have their own wreck removing plant, and then their divers make a preliminary examination of the sunken vessel with the view of ascertaining…
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Eighty lives were lost by the foundering of a Haytain warship. The drowned include all the officers and some foreign consuls…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cablegrams. London, Wednesday. WRECKAGE
SOME of the wreckage of the Russian warship Boosalka, which was lost in the Gulf of Finland, has been found. Two hundred officers and men perished. It is thought…
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