Cables. LONDON, Monday. Steamer Blown Up
The Russian steamer Keineta, carrying a cargo of benzine, blew up off the Algerian coast. The sea for miles around was ablaze. The captain and…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914
69 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 4
Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Smallpox on Steamer
A coolie sailor on the steamer Kilchattan, which arrived at West Australia' from Bombay, is suffering from smallpox…
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While the steamer Inda[?], which had on board two prisoners named Mahony and Downey, escapees who were recently arrested in West Australia,…
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The steamer Waipara is still ashore on the Queensland Coast. An attempt to tow the vessel off was unsuccessful…
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The Canadian Pacific Liner, Empress Ireland, of 14,000 tons, hove to in a fog off Father Point, near St. Lawrence, was struck by the collier…
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The Canadian Government, in conjunction with the British Board of Trade, has ordered a strict investigation into the circumstances…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Historic Wrecks. Toli of the Sea. Story of Fire, Storm, and Collision
Once more the civilised world is chocked with the news of a great disaster. The loss of the Empress of Ireland off the coast of Canada adds…
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[?] [?] were thrown from their berth or terrents of [?] water tell in [?]…
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The lugger Vida was wrecked on all island off the Queensland Coast. Four of the hands were drowned. Three of the survivors reached a small…
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[?] Tuesday. Two more bodies of victims of the [?] of Ireland [?] have been found. The [?] [?] bodies…
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The German steamer Buelo lost her way in a thick fog and went ashore near Portland. The passengers and crew are reported safe…
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A watchman stationed on the banks of the Mississippi (U.S.A.) reported at any early hour on Saturday morning that an excursion steamer with several…
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The schooner Aleda, of 79 tons, which left Sydney in Wednesday last [?]ound fro the Nambucca River, drifted a h[?]re [?]…
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A watchman along the river reports that an excursion steamer with several hundred aboard struck the now water tower, in the centre of the Mississippi…
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The wreek of another vessel has been discovered just south of the headland at Port Macquarie. It is supposed to be the ketch "Alfred Fenning," which…
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The steamer California, bound from New York to Glasgow, went ashore at Tory Island, Ireland, during a fog. The passengers, numbering 1017, were…
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The schooner Forbes Brothers, recently purchased by the Federal Government for light-house work on the Queensland Coast, was wrecked at…
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A telegram was received in Brisbane from the Tweed Heads on Friday night last, stating that the motor [?]unch Carra[?], returning from a…
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A quantity of wreckage, which belonged to the ketch Alfred Fenning, has been washed on to Stradboke Island…
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The American despatch boat Princeton recently struck an uncharted rock on the Samoan Coast, and beached. The crew was saved…
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