Gone Ashore
An unknown barque has gone ashore at Cape Spencer, South Australia. The crew are in no immediate danger…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1904
62 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 4
An Island Schooner Lost
It is feared at Raratonga that the island schooner Ngamiru Ariri has foundered with its native crew, numbering thirteen. A quantity of wreckage, supposed to belong to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision at Sea. the Steamer Coogee & an Italian Vessel
On Friday morning, 25th ult. in Bass Straits, a collision took place between the passenger steemer Coogee and the Italian…
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Boom! It is half-past five in the morning, and the little town lies fast asleep in the darkness. All night long the wind has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FOUNDERED. London
Owing to a cargo of coal shifting, the steamer Commercial, bound to London, foundered off Whitby. Twelve of the crew were drowned…
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The ketch May Bargees, which left Queenscliff for Hammocks (Vic.) over a fortnight ago, is supposed to have foundered with all hands during the recent heavy gales…
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The magnificent German steamer Elbe was wrecked on a coral island in January last. All hands were saved, The vessel was subsequently sold for £70. Three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chapter Xii.—the Wreck
The wind Still roared landward, but the rain had ceased to fall, and the zenith of the sky, now swept clear of clouds, showed many a pallid star. The rays of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Aramec. Off the Queensland Coast
The steamer Alanine, on the voyage from Melbourne and Sydney to Cooktown, via Brisbane ports, wan wrecked on the Queensland coast on Sunday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shipwreck. London
It is f[?] that the French liner Pro Patria has found[?], with all hands — passengers and crow…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Wrecks on the Coast. Sydney
Exceptionally heavy weather has been experienced on the Queensland coast, particularly in the vicinity of Cairns and Port Douglas, and several vessels have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Monday's Telegrams. Wreck of the Aramac. Four Boats Missing. Sydney, Monday, 9 a.m
The steamer Aramac, on the voyage from Melbourne and Sydney to Cooktown, via Brisbane ports, was wrecked on the Queensland coast on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Latest Telegrams. Wreck of the Aramac. Sydney
No word of the Aramac's missing boats has been received. A boat was available for the captain and those of the crew who stayed aboard her. There…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Shipwrecked Crew
The castaways train the ship Benjamin Sewall, recently wrecked on a voyage from Singapore to Shanghai, were attacked by savages who stripped then all, including their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Aramac
Brisbane, Tuesday—The A U S N Company received a wire from Bundaberg at 1 one o’clock this morning stating that six boats left the Aramac…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wrecked on the Richmond Bar. an Heroic Rescue
The steamer Lady Musgrave, which traded between Brisbane and the Clarence and Richmond Rivers, was wrecked on Saturday. A mountainous sea swept over…
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The Russian fleet sank the Japanese coasting steamer Hanyei, off the Miao Islands on Sunday, and captured the passengers and crew…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Barque Mary A. Troop
The Sonoma brings news of the survivors of the barque Mary A. Troop, abandoned at sea. After tho nineteenth day food and drink gave [?]t, and the crew chewed lead and wood to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wreck of the Aramac
The Brisbane Marine Board has exonerated Captain Butcher in connection with the [?]ing of the steamer Aramac, but found that the third officer was not fully alive to his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Old Times in Wellington. Shipwreck at Wellington, N.S.W.
Mr. Editor,—As I have had had considerable pleasure in reading your reminiscences of old Wellington I, although not an old hand in the strict sense of the word, yet…
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