Struck by a Whale. a Schooner Abandoned. St. Johns (Newfoundland)
The schooner Empire came into collision with a whale in mid-Atlantic and sprang a leak, which necessitated her being abandoned…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1912
300 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 15
Steamer Frankby. Aground in Sydney Harbour. Sydney
The tramp steamer Frankby, of about 4000 tons, met with trouble in the harbour to-night. She had been discharging oil at Pulpit…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wrecked Kotuku
When the steamer Kotuku was wrecked at Greymouth (N.Z.), and drifted out over the bar, she went ashore outside the North Tip Head, clear of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Steamer Wrecked
The big Tyser steamer Star of Canada, which went ashore at Gisborne last week, is now practically a total wreck. She was in the roadstead, holding on with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ashore in a Fog. a P. AND O. Liner. Paris
The P. and O. liner Persia, on route from London to Bombay, has gone ashone at Sausset, near Marseilles. The mishap occurred in a fog…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Pilot Steamer Crew
Sir,—In your issue of Monday last I notice you make reference to the lifeboat crew having had to stand by throughout the day and night previous. This I admit…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mail Steamer in a Gale
The Orient Company's R.M.S. Orvicto met with heavy weather running across the Bight, which accounted for tier being nine hours late reaching Fremantle, For…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Steamer Niagara
"Sicamous" was the name suggested a short time ago for the new 13,500-ton steamer now under construction for the Union Company, but it has been definitely…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Vessels Ashore. Record Rain in Sydney. Sydney
To-day a south-easterly gale la raging along the coast. The rough seas, which are sweeping along, are the result of a storm, which formed off the New…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecked Star of Canada
In connection with the loss of the steamer Star of Canada, the Marine Court held, at New Zealand, having carefully considered the evidence, has come to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Urilla. Strikes a Rock. Brisbane
The Adelaide Steamship Company has received a telegram from Bowen stating that the cargo steamer Urilla, bound to Sydney with a cargo of timber, struck…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Wreckage Found. Sydney
The North Coast Steam Navigation Company's steamer Brundah, which left the Richmond River yesterday morning, and reached the company's Sussex-street wharf…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thrice Wrecked in One Week
In 1883, as the schooner Albatross was driving cast across the Banks in a murky storm, she met her end from a low-lying berg. Of her crew of ten, only two en…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Steamer Stranded. Lifeboat Missing. London
The steamer Dunn, bound from Hernosand on the Baltic coast of Sweden to Liverpool, stranded on the Orkneys in a fog…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tragedy on a Steamer. Mother and Son Die. Auckland
During the voyage of the Canadian Australian steamer Zealandla, which arrived here to-day from Vancouver, a double tragedy occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Blaxland
The reason given for the long voyage of 105 days made by the new coastal steamer Blaxland is that she had to take rubbishy coal from England and fill up with bad…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shooting on a Steamer. a Chinese Wounded. Compatriot Arrested
The steamer Frankby, while loading coal at the Basin yesterday, was the scene of an exciting affray between two Chinese members of the crew, Wong Yow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer on Fire. Saved From Sinking, Several Passengers Injured. San Francisco
While the passenger steamer J. A. Kilborn, which burns oil as fuel, was replenishing her bunkers, one of the tanks slipped, and a fire broke out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Uganda
The British-India steamer Uganda, from Calcutta, vja ports, is discharging about 2000 tons of Indian products at Pyrment Wharf, Sydney. The freight comprises…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Coolgardie. Aground on Stony Point
The steamer Coolgardle, 2542 tons, owned by M'Ilwarith, M' Eacharn, and Company, of Melbourne, went aground on Stony Point while leaving Newcastle…
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