Auckland. Mail Steamer Ashore
The mail steamer Ruapehu, from Hobart, went ashore at Farewell Spit. The passengers and crew were transferred to the steamer Corinna. The steamer went to her assistance…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1897
65 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 4
Mail- Steamer Ashore. Melbourne
THE New Zealand mail steamer, Ruapehu, from Hobart, has gone ashore at Farewell Spit; the passengers and crew were transferred to the steamer Corinna…
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The steamer Commodore, which left Florida for Cuba with ammunition for the rebels, sprang a leak and foundered off the coast of Florida. The…
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ADVICES have been received that the ship British Peer from London to Capetown has been wrecked, and the captain and 18 others drowned…
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Advices have been received that the ship British Peer, from London to Capetown, has been wrecked, and the captain and 18 others drowned…
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Considerable excitement was evinced in Southhampton, on November 22 last, when the North German Lloyd Steamship Company dispatched their…
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The South Australian Postmaster-General reported on Friday that the overland telegraph wire is broken, and communication has been stopped,…
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THE mail steamer China was very greatly admired during her stay in Melbourne. It is stated that the cost of constructing and equipping the vessel amounted…
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THE steamer City of Agra, has been totally wrecked off the Coast of Spain, and 35 lives were lost…
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The steamer City of Agra is a total wreck off the coast of Spain. Thirty five lives were lost…
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THE Government steamer Governor Musgrave, with members of the Marine Board and some members of both Houses of Parliament, which should have reached Cape…
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The Oratava is ashore, but at present undamaged. She will lighter her cargo. FATAL EXPLOSION. By an explosion at Nobel's Dynamite…
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THE Orient Royal Mail Steamer Oratava, which went ashore near Aden is undamaged at present. She will be lightered of her cargo…
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The steamer Syracue has been wrecked off Cornwall. Forty persons were drowned…
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Four survivors of the wreeked steamer Ville de la Nazaire have landed at New York, they being the only survivors from a boat load of 38…
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Cables from New York state that a boat containing four of the survivors of the wreck of the French steamer Ville de la Nazaire, which foundered off Cape Hatteras, had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Perils of the Ocean. Lifeboat Picked Up. Deaths From Starvation
A lifeboat from the French steamer Nazarie, which foundered off Cape Hatteras, has been picked up. The boat left the steamer with 29…
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A London correspondent writes:—” The new steamer Oceanic, which is being built for the American mail service, will break the world's…
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THE ship Zuleika, whilst on the passage from Dunedin to Wellington, was wrecked in Palliser Bay on Tuesday night, and twelve of the crew were drowned…
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The ship Zialeika, from Dunedin to Wellington, was wrecked in Palliser Bay on Tuesday night and twelve of the crew were drowned. While some of the crew were…
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