Mishap to a Steamer. Dorrigo's Tail-shaft Breaks. Tuesday Dec. 26th
The announcement from the lookout at South Mead at midday yesterday that the coastal steamer, Dorrigo, apparently disabled, was approaching the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1906
60 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 3
Wreck of the South-western Steamer Hilda. on the French Coast
Our Paris correspondent writes of this wreck, which our cablegrams had already notified.:— "A terrible catastrophe happend near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Adrift on a Raft. Sufferings of a Shipwrecked Crew
The Now York correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote on 17th October:— Of the crew of eight of the schooner Van name and King, which was…
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THE following list of shipwrecks which have occurred on the N.S.W. coast during the past year, giving the name of the vessel, date, cause, and locality of the disaster,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Wrecked Orizaba
It is nearly a year since the R.M.S. Orizaba was wrecked on the reef outside Fremantle, and the vessel is still fast on the rock. Mr. Charles Moore, purchaser of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Oban Disaster. Why the Vessel Foundered
The seaman named Martin, supposed to have perished when the scow Oban foundered, while being towed into Wellington Heads, has reported himself to the port…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Valencia
The Pacific Coast Company's steamer Valencia was 1598 tons. The vessel struck On Cape Beale, in British Columbia, where rocks rise precipitously 400ft. from the sea…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr Roosevelt's Adventure. a Steamer Collision During His Sleet
At the close of his visit to New Orleans, Mr Roosevelt and his party embarked yesterday on the lighthousetender Magnolia to reach the cruiser…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Steamer Refused Admission to Newcastle
Early on Wednesday morning the steamer Henley, bouned with a cargo of timber from Puget Sound to Port Pirie, arrived off the port. The vessel had a large, list to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Bear Gets Loose on a Steamer
A polar bear promenading the deck of a steamer is the latest sensational incident associated with the Irish Sea traffic. The vessel was the Logic, and the bear formed…
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"SHE looked like a bunch of gas pipes run over by a steam roller," said Diver Leigh after his third descent to the Elingamite wreck, which lies fathoms…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Story. a Barque That Foundered
IT was a large brilliantly lighted room in a pretty little villa in a suburb of Sydney, comfortably furnished and arranged, yet withal it had a lonely,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Fortuna from a Wreck
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ADVICES received from London, dated February 16th, state that the schooner Marie Chistine sank at Jury's Gap, near Dungeness, during a heavy squall which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drowned in a Cave. Wreck of the Valencia. Women and Children
According to the London "Daily Mail" of 26th January, a raft with nineteen sailors from the wreck of the steamer Valencia on the coast near Cape Beale,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Shot on the Bridge. Steamer Fired At. Mysterious Outrage
Particulars of a remarkable outrage in the North Sea were given at Leith on lst February by C. Lilge, the first mate of the German steamer Gemma, 540 tons,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Foundered in a Hurricane. Crew's 'Terrible Experience. Men Eaten by Sharks
A sensational story of the sea comes from Tahiti in the Society Group. During the recent hurricane the schooner Tahiticene foundered between the islands…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fifty Years Under the Sea. Souvenir of the Sirius. First Atlantic Steamer
The King has been graciously, pleased to accept a souvenir of the s.s. Sirius, the first steamship to cross the, Atlantic. The souvenir is a circle of metal about…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Thrilling Tale of Shipwreck. Outcasts on a Desert Island
COLOMBO newspapers by the Inst mail record a thrilling story of the sea. The British steamer Northumbria arrived at Galle recently, with Captain Pedersen,…
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