The Steamer Explosion in Rio Harbour Jan. 10
Further particulars of the recent disastrous explosion on board on excursion steamer in the harbour of Rio do Janeiro, by which 120 lives were lost, show that a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1895
21 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 2
Telegrams. London Jan. 28. Steamer Wrecked
The steamer Escurial was wrecked on the coast of Cornwall to-day during a heavy gale. In their efforts to reach the shore 11 of the passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Telegrams. Wreck of the Elbe
London Thursday—The North Garman Lloyd steamer Elbe, which visited Sydney in 1889, was run into by another steamer in the North Sea, while on her passage from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Elbe Wreck
Some of the American passengers of the Elbe accuse the, officers of that ship of cowardice and brutality. The French have captured Port…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Awful Scene at the Elbe Wreck
A cablegram to the Sydney papers, dated London, February 2, says ; -- The story of the last scene on board the ill-fated ship Elba has just been made public by some of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Terrible Experience. Adrift in a Water-logged Schooner. Four Men Drowned
MEN who for three days have been without food and drink, and whose unprotected bodies have been blistered, by the tropic sun, chilled by the tropic night, and bruised…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ashore
London, Monday—The ship Loch Kathrine, from Geelong, is ashore on the Thames in a dangerous position…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →What Becomes of Wrecks
In looking at the ocean, the mind almost instinctively turns to the fate of the ships which have found their resting-place therein. If the reader…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another Mail Steamer Lost. May 29
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company's steamer Colima, 2906 [?]ed off the Mexican coast. One hundred and never [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TELEGRAMS. The Financial Debate. Adjournment Motion re the Governorship No Appointment at Reduced Salar". Proposed Cable Steamer. Release of Abigail and Other Bank-frauds Prisoners. British Occupation of Chitral Discontent in Japan Rothschilds and the War Indemnit. SYDNEY
THE financial debate was continued in the Assembly to an early hour this morning. Sir Henry Parkes's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Carried a Live Shark Ashore
Jonathan Fowler, a Massachusetts fisherman, once walked out knee deep through the mud and filth of a seashore at low ride to a shark left by the retiring…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TELEGRAMS. [?] Council's Probable Increase. The Steamer Argus. A Japanese Protest. Another Hotel Burnt. Carbonic Gas to be used in Block 11 Mine. Canada and the N.Z. Mails. A Beggar with £1500. Tasmania and Woman Franchise.. Unemployed at Moree. Major-General Hutton More than Satisfied. SYDNEY
It is the general belief in political circles that about ten new appointments will be made to the Legislative Council…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TELEGRAMS. Per International Press Association Latest Particulars of the Wreck at Seal Rocks The New Ms.L.C. SYDNEY. Friday morning
FURTHER details of the wreck of the Catterthun show that she humped twice on the rooks and sunk within twenty minutes after striking,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Catterthun
Sydney, Friday—The steamer Catterthu[?] bound from Sydney to China, founded o[?] Seal Rocks early yesterday morning. T[?] steamer struck twice and sunk in twenty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Catterthun. the Second Officer's Story
THE [?] Marion Mayfield, which returned to the Forster at 6 p.m. on Friday found boat No. 3 about seven miles off Cape Hawke Head due east, with one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Terrible Shipwreck. Loss of 54 Souls with the "Catterthun." Brave Efforts to Save
Once more the treacherous water has swallowed up many brave hearts, and given sorrow to hundreds more. The fine steamer Catterthun was on Thursday shivered in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck
The inquest as to the cause of the dreadful wreck of the steamer Catterthun has been going on for the last day or two. The second officer, who was in command when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Catterthun
On Saturday mornink Captain Hall of the Marine Underwriters' Association, had an interview with Mr.Lanfear, the second officer of the Catterthun, with regard to the position…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Discorery of the Catterthun Wreck
CAPTAIN JOHN HALL, marine surveyor to the Sydney Underwriter's Association, who had been searching for the wrecked steamer Catterthun with a view to recovering the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another shipwreck
The schooner Norman, Captain James Neill, and owners, Byrnes and Speer, left Wollongong on Wednesday morning with a cargo of coal. All went well till off…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →