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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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908
309 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 16
Robberies on a Steamer. Fremantle, W.A.
On arrival of the mail steamer Britannia at Fremantle to-day, from London the captain reported that a large number of robberies had taken place, passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Missing Steamer. No News Yet. Launceston (Tas.)
There is no news of the overdue steamer Orion. The Orion left Stanley on the night of Wednesday, May 6, with 15 passengers and…
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THE Tintenbar, the latest addition to the North Coast S.N. Company's fleet, which was built and engined by the Ardrossan Shipbuilding Company, is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Resque of French Shipwrecked Crew. Christchurch
H.M.S. warship Pegasus, Commander Quagli in charge, arrived, bringinc 22 of the crew Of the Kreuch ship President Fefix Faure, wrecked at Antipodes Island on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Loss of St. Mary's Bay. Total Wreck. Sydney
News has been received of thoe total loss of the British barque St. Mary's Bay on the Chilian const. The vessel was on the voyage Newcastle to Tal Tal with a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Missing Steamer. All Hope Abandoned. Launceston (Tas.)
All hope for the safety of the missing steamer Orion has been abandoned. A careful watch for the missing vessel was kept by all boats in the Straits for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →French Barque Wrecked. Warship Rescues Crew. Great Privations Experienced. Sydney
The French barque President Felix Faure, bound from new Caledonia to Harve, was totally wrecked at Antipodes Island, in the Pacific…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Missing Steamer. a Futile Search. Experts Think Overwhelmed. Melbourne
With the return of the Government steamer Lady Loch at midnight on Saturday after a futile search almost the last shred of hope that the missing steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shipwrecked Sailors. Arrival in Sydney. Sydney
The officers and crew of the Norwegian barque F. J. Arn. which was totally wrecked on a coral reef at Surprise Island arrived in Sydney yesterday from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Missing Steamer. No Hope Now. Memorial Services. Rumoured Unsafe Loading. Launceston (Tas.)
Nothing has transpired to give the slightest clew to the fate of the missing steamer Orion, and there is no hope now entertained of the vessel being afloat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Missing Steamer. Ladder Belonging to the Boat Found in Bass Straits. Sydney
A sailor has identified a ladder found in Bass Straits as belonging to the missing steamer Orion. All hope is now abandoned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thrilling Adventure at Bexhill. Narrow Escape From Fata[?] Catastrophe [?]Rse and Sulky Swept Aw[?] Horse Drowned. [?]Y Driver Unaided Strug[?] Ashore. [?]Ses Her Money and Effect[?]
[?] old crossing at Bexhill yesterday. [?] above the Bexhill bridge, witness[?] [?] been a most sensational sight [?] [?] have been seen. Miss Meskell, of [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Wreckage Found. No Mention of Passengers or Crew. Launceston, Tas
The Premier of Tasmania has received a message to the effect that the ketch Telenmand, trading to the Straits Islands, came across a quantity of wreckage off…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Missing Steamer. Wreckage Positively Identified. Blown Off Her Course. Sydney
The wreckage picked up near Cape Barren included four life buoys, and the door of an engine room all of which have been positively identified as having belonged to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The North Coast Coy's New Steamer
The Tin[?]e the latest addition to the North Coast S. N. Company's fleet, which was built and engined hy the Ardrossan Shipbuilding Company, has left…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Missing Steamer. Another Search. Sensational Rumour. Sydney
At the request of the Tasmanian Premier, the tug Wybid is making another search for any wreckage or bodies in the straits, but it lacked foundation, no…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney. Sight, Restored. a Nervous Wreck Completely Cured. Sydney, May 16th, 1908
Eighteen years labour and savings went off in smoke in ten minutes. My house and all it contained was swept away.in a bush fire. "It was situated at Springwood Ridges…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Schooner Wrecked. Captain and Crew Escape. Vessel Sinks in 15 Minutes. Sydney
The fore and aft auxiliary schooner Willinga, bound from Cape Hawke to Sydney loaded with timber, on trying to enter, Port Stephens, struck the rocks this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Wrecked. No Lives Lost Auckland (N.z.)
The Northern Steamship Company's steamer Muritai, 123 tons, was wrecked near the Hen and Chickens while on a voyage from the coast ports…
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