The Wreck of the Scrape the Sky
It was the airship Scrape-the-sky, That sailed o'er the sleepy town, And the skipper had taken a featherbed,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910
82 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 4 of 5
Return of the Lifeboat
Now safe at last from stormy blast, A lifeboat rides the wave; Afar from where the ship is cast On rocks which seas do lave;…
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The steamer Tymeric, bound from Calcutta to Newcastle, is ashore on the V. Reef, near Cooktown. Efforts to float the steamer off have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Burned in Canada. London, Thursday night
The steamer Urinnotoba, the finest passenger boat in the Red River Trade, has been burned to the water's edge. No word has yet been received as to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Loss of a Ketch
The ketch Folicity struck a rock at Wellington Heads, and foundered. The crew had a terrible experience before being rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brigands Seize a Steamer. London, Monday night
A band of brigands disguised as passengers held up a Russian steamer plying on the river Sungari. After a desperate light they overcame the…
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The steamer Tarcoola has brought to Melbourne a boat's crew of curviest of the ship Carnarvon Bay, which was wrecked on King's Island, in Buf's Straits. Another boat is missing…
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Mothers and wives wept bitterly on the Liverpool landing stage when, on Wednesday (says "Lloyd's News" of July 17) the Pacific liner Oropesa came…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Steamer Waratah
A telegram was received on Saturday by the Sydney Mariano Underwriters' Association, sating that the Postmaster at Forster(Victoria) reports that mr. C. M'L[?]nuon, National…
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The steamer Strathnairn, from Dunedin, is now seven days overdue at Hobart…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Overdue Steamer Arrives
The overdue steamer S r[?]h firn has arrived at Tasmania. The vessel encountered hurricane, and was compelled to take shelter for four days in Foveaux Siraits…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Indigestion And Kidney Trouble. Became a Wreck, and Often Wished for Death. Complete Health Restored by Bile Beans
Mrs. M. Scanlon, of 1 Avon Place, off Haines St., North Melbourne, says:--'Four years ago I was a grout victim of indigestion, which laid me up for days aud days, during…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Big Passenger Boat Wrecked. London, Thursday night
According to latest advices the French liner Louisana, plying from Harve to New Orleans, is ashore on a reef off Key West. Half the 700…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Telegrams. International. London, October 24. Another Wreck
The steamer Cutter Lespedes has been wrecked off the Cuban Coast. All hands were drowned, except two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Ship Wrecked
The Prcussen, a five masted ship, from Hamburg to Valparaiso, was wrecked off Dover. In a gale the coastguard threw a line aboard with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Passenger Steamer for Australian Trade
The famous Lino Funnel line (Messrs. Alfred Halt and Co ). which has been established over half a century, and comprises 68 steamers, is about to be extended by the inauguration of an Australian passenger service through the medium of three specially-designed screw steamers. The first af these, the Actions, was launched on August 23rd. The liners will sail from Glasgow, calling at Fishgunid I he outward voyage, and will each is over 10,000 tons register…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mew Passengees Steamer for Australian Trade the New Blue Funnel Liner Aeneas
The famous Elue Funne) line (Messrs. Alfred Holt and Co), which has been established over half a century, and comprises 65 steamers, is about to be extended by the inauguration of an Australian passenger service through the medium of three specially-designed screw steamers. The first of these, the Aeneas, was launched on August 23rd. The liners will sail from Glasgow, calling at Fishgu[?]d or the outward voyage, and will sach be over 10,000 tons register…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Year's Wrecks. Increase Over 1908
The statistical summary of ships totally lost, broken up condemned, &c., published by Lloyd's Register, shows that during 1909 such vessels numbered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck on the Galioian Coast. London, Thursday night
The German steamer Palermo is a total wreck on Cape Combeda, on the West Coast of Galicia. Five of the passengers and crew out of [?]neteen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Swedish Steamer Wrecked
The Swedish steamer Cedric has been wrecked in the Gulf of Bothnia. Twelve persons were drowned, including all the officers, except the captain…
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