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New England · Shipwrecks & the sea
62 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 4
Mr. Fitzgerald, who distinguished himself by his bravery on the steamer Rodondo, is the same J. J. Fitzgerald who at the wreck of the Gothenburg…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →During a fire on the steamer Mararoa, at Port Chalmers, Alfred Shakesley, foreman of the fire brigade, dropped dead from stoppage of the heart owing to overexertion. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The case of Robinson, Fok, Studholm, Pelder, Duncan, Goodie, and Evans, charged with setting fire to the steamer Rodney, was resumed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Melbourne, Thursday.—At a special meeting of the Marine Board to-day it was decided to submit the inquiry into the wreck of the Rodondo to a special…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Atlantic steam liner Paris, collided during a gale with an unknown ship, cutting her completely in two. The ship sunk with all hands…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE steamer Wairarapa from Sydney to New Zealand has been totally wrecked. The captain and 112 people were drowned. LATER…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The barque Richard Parsons, which left Newcastle in July with 1720 tons of coal for Manilla, encountered a typhoon off the coast of Mindoora, and wrecked. The chief…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PARTICULARS OF THE FEARFUL MISHAP. WHERE the Wairarapa struck was a particularly dangerous locality, the only landing consisting of narrow shelves of rock at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Wairarapa and her cargo are a total wreck. Ninety-four mail bags and thirty-six bodies have been recovered. Most oi the bodies were naked, and a portion…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FROM the particulars which are now available regarding the wreck of the Wairarapa it seems clear that the loss of the vessel and over 130 valuable lives was due to that carelessness--or, shall we…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE latest news to hand concerning the operations at the wreck of the Wairarapa is to the effect that 64 bodies have been recovered, and most of them have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The inquiry into the Loss of the British-Indian steamer Dorunda, on the coast of portugal, resulted in the suspension of the captain's certificate…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A gunbear belonging to the negro republic of Libevin. West Africa fired upon an English steamer whilst the longer was landing cargo at Se[?]oe. Treaty five persons were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A GUNBOAT belonging to a negro republic in Siberia, West Africa, fired upon an English steamer whilst the latter was landing cargo at Settrakos, and killed 25 persons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PARTICULARS of the wreck of the R.M.S. Dorunda (B.I.S.N. Company) on the Portuguese coast, have lately come to hand. One of the passengers on board at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE death-roll of the steamship Wairarapa has now been fixed at 125, of which 105 were passengers and 20 belonged to the crew. Of 187 passengers 82 were saved,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There appear to be an average of about 600 wrecks amongst British vessels every year. There are, however, worse wrecks on land than on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Gwydir, belonging to the Newcastle and Hunter River Company, has been totally wrecked arid lost on the rocks near Norah Head. All hands were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sydney-Newcastle steamer Gwydir is likely to prove a total wreck. All hands are safe…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The coasting steamer Rosedale narrowly escaped foundering at Market Wharf yesterday She was found with three and a half feet of water in the forehold. A steamer…
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