The Orient Company. New Steamer Ordered. Sister Ship to the Orvieto. London
The Orient steam Navigation Company has ordered the construction of a mail steamer, which is to be a sister ship to the Orvicto, of 12,130…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910
279 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 14
The Pericles Wreck
Lloyd's representative at Fremantle has received, word from London that the Pericles wreck is not to be sold. It is understood that Lloyd's will exploit the…
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The North Coast S.N. Company has ordered a steamer capable of steaming 18 knots an hour, and fitted with the latest conveniences for the comfort of the…
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Captain Pedersen, of the Norwegian barque Ancon, reports that on April 24 he spike the British schooner Privateer. The speaking took place in latitude 30deg…
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A passenger on board the Orient line steamer Orsova, from Sydney for London, named Isaac Corleon, committed suicide while the vessel was in…
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The steamer Fifeshire, which reached Wellington last week, had a sensational experience. The Fifeshire left Auckland on Saturday, April 23, and ran into a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of a Balloon. Attempted Distance Record. Aeronauts Found Unconscious. London
Mr. C. Yates and Mr. Forbes, vice-president of the Aero Club of America, left Quiney, Illinois, attempting to make a long distance balloon record…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of a Steamer. Thirteen Lives Lost. London
Thirteen people, including seven passengers, were drowned by the wreck of the steamboat City of Saltillo, at Glenpask near St. Louis,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aviators' Risks. Accidents in Berlin. Four Aeroplanes Wrecked. London
A number of accidents occurred at an aviation meeting in Berlin. M. Thielan's biplane fell from a height of thirty feet, M. Thomp's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer for New Zealand
It is reported that the New Zealand Shipping Company, Limited, London, have placed an order with Messrs. Wm. Denny and Bros., Dumbarton, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of a River Steamer. Forty-seven Drowned. London
A steamboat, with 94 workmen aboard, struck a rock in the River Dnieper, at Alexandrovsk, in the Government of Ekaterinoslav, in Russia,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schooner Wrecked
The Commonwealth trawler Endeavour, which returned to Melbourne on Thursday from a cruise in Bass' Straits, brought Frederick Strend, master of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Loss of a Steamer
News has been received of the loss of the Glasgow steamer Kirkfield; with a carge of phorphates for Japan. The vessel, which was in charge of Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Montreal to Australasia. First Steamer Sails. London
The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Rakala, the first steamer of the new line, has sailed from Montreal fro New Zealand and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Kilburn Wrecked
News has been received from Suva that the steamer Kilburn, while bound from Newcastle to Guaymas, went aground on Ethel Reef, in the Yasawa Archipelago…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →America and Nicaragua. United States Defied. American Schooner Searched. London
Trouble has now arisen between the United States and Nicaragua. Reuter's correspondent in New York reports that advices from Bluefields…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on a Steamer. Destruction of Cotton. London
The hold of the North German-Lloyd steamer Prinz Friedrick Wilhelm, which was on a voyage to Europe, but met with an accident, is on fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Kilburn Wreck
According to a cable message received yesterday afternoon by Messrs. Earp Brothers and Co., Ltd., agents at Newcastle for the steamer Kilburn, which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Kilburn. Crew at Suva. Suva
The A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Amra has returned from Ethel Roof, Yasawa Archipciago, where she look on board the officers, engineers, and crew of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Barque Swanhilda. Ashore Off Argentina. Loss of Life. London
The barque Swanhllda has gone ashore at Staten Island, off Argentina. She was bound from Cardiff to Antofagasta, in Chill…
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