A Steamer Wrecked
The steamer Woon[?]a. with a cargo of sugar, left Bundaberg for Rockhampton last Tuesday and went aground in the Fitzroy River. She broke her back and became a…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1893
25 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 2
London. Sunday. a Steamer Blown Up by Dynamite. 1000 Persons Killed
A terrible explosion occurred on board a steamer with dynamite on board lying at Santander, in Spain. It appears the steamer caught fire, and…
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A fire on Sunday morning in the forehold of the mail steamer India resulted in the total destruction of 600 bales of wool. Incendiarism is strongly suspected. The ship Itself…
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It is feared that the British steamer, Sir John Hawkins, has been lost in the Bay of Biscay with 25 hands…
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The British cargo steamer Jason has been wrecked at Boston. After the vessel struck an attempt was made to use the life line apparatus without success, and the crew of 36…
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