Towed Into Port. Disabled Steamer 'Age' Arrives. Sydney
The cargo steamer 'Age' arrivel in port to-day in tow of the Arawatta. The 'Age' lost her propeller off Jervis Bay on Sunday, and an effort was made to sail tp…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908
309 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 16
Pearling Fleet Wrecked. News Officially Confirmed. Fremantle (W.a.)
The disaster to the pearling fleet at Lagrange Buy; West Australia, is ofciially confirmed. Several luggers are reported to be…
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THE "Stark reports that during the inquiry at Bega Mr. W. T. J. Curtis, solicitor, was called, but declined to give evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pearling Fleet Wrecked. Details of the Losses. Fifty-two Men Drowned. 2000 Men Affected. Perth (W.a.)
The latest concerning the disaster to the pearling fleet at Lagrange Bay, near Broome states that two schooners and 15 luggers were lost and several other boats…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pearling Fleet Wrecked. Further Details. a Trying Experience. 100 Lives Lost. Dreadful Beach Sights. Fremantle (W.a.)
Official reports referring to the Pearling disaster are still mcagre with regard to the loss of liues. Since Monday bodies have been coming up…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Telegraphic News. Failure to Refloat Steamer. Sydney
Attempts made to refloat the steamer Taviuni proved unsuccessful…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Steamer for Howard Smiths Company. London
Messrs Howard Smith Co's. 300 ton steamer, Burwah for the Sydnuy-Rockmapton trade has been launched at Sunderland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Bega Alleged Message From Stowaway Believed to Be a Hoax. Sydney
The Superintendent of Navigation has rocelved by post a messuge alleged to have been picked up at Norah Head, which runs as follows:—" Bega sinking…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Schooner Foundered. Sydney
The schooner Victoria foundered off the Tusmaninn Coast on Saturday. The ships boat with, all the crew landed safely…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer's Terrible Voyage Cattle Steamer in a Gale. Sydney
The steamer Moonta, engaged in the cattle trade, had a terrible voyage from Derby to Fremantls. She ran into the storm which overwhelmed the pearling fleet…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →United States Fleet. Squadron Met by a Sydney Steamer
Considerable interest attaches to the arrival of the tramp steamer Otterburn at Sydney on Thursday, from the fact that she came direct from Southern California,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ship Wrecked. Only One Survivor. London
The Swedish sailing vessel Soanhild has been wrecked at Buenos Ayres. Only one on board was saved…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Foundering of a Schooner Prr[?]lous Experiment of Crew. Sydney
Particulars of the disaster to the schooner Victoria in Bass Straits show that the vessel commenced to leak badly and was [?] by the crew, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Rough Experience, Six Days on a Capsized Schooner
WHEN the steamer Bray head, of Belfast, reached that port on March 7, with Captain Griffon and the crew of the schooner William H. Skinner, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Loss of a Steamer. Sydney
A cable was received this morning announcing the loss, at Valpariso, of the steamer Italia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →S.S. Star of Japan Hopeless, Wreck. London
Lloyd's report that it is impossible to salve the wreeked steamer Star of Japan. The hull is already partially broken up. 2000 GUINEAS RACE…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Bega. Inquiry Resumed. an Assessor Objected to Sydney
When the inquiry into the loss of the Bega was resumed to-day, counsel for the owners strongly objected to Captain McKenzie sitting as one assessor as he…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Northern Star Published Daily. Monday, May 11[?] 1908. Wrecks on Ballina Bar
The danger referred to by Captain Alley as arising out of the recent wrecks on the bar, is a very serious one, and may, as he says, lead to the loss some day of one of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of Large Ship Near New York. London
The Peter Rickmers, a large sailing vessel, has been wrecked at Long Island, America. The crew of 100 were rescued, by means of a land line after i[?]nent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Missing Steamer. Anxiety in Tasmania. Launceston
Considerable anxiety is felt here about, the steamer Orion, which left Stanley last Wednesday night for Melbourne with 15 passengers and a large cargo…
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