LONDON. Monday. Founding of a Steamer
The American steamer Commodore, which sailed with arms and ammunition for the Cuban rebels, sprang a leak and foundered. The…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1897
23 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 2
A Troopship Wrecked
London, Monday—The troopship Warren Hastings has been totally wrecked off the coast of Madagascar. The troops were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. the Wreck of a Troopship. London, January 25
Later news has been received concerning the loss of the Indian Troopship Warren Hastings, which was wrecked off the Isle…
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The Dutch liner Utrecht has been wrecked of the French coast. One hundred lives were lost…
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Reports from New York state that a boat containing four of the survivors of the French Trans-Atlantic steamer, Ville de…
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Sydney, Friday—The steamer reported to be disabled off Cape B[?]rda is believed to be the Cloncurry, which left Adelaide on 11th inst for Albany with 200 passengers…
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An Austrian Lloyd's steamer, bound for Vole, has been captured by a Greek torpedo vessel. On board were 72 Turkish seamen,…
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The French barquentine Victor Olgene arrived at St. Pierre Miquelon (Newfound-land) on April 25, bringing survivors of the brigantine Vaillant, Captain Pierre, which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cablegrams. the Wreck of the Aden. London, July 1
FURTHER details have been received the wreck of the P. and O. steamer Aden off the Island of Socotra, in the Indian Ocean…
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There is now building at the renowned ship-building yard of Messrs. Harland and Wolff, of Belfast, what will be the ocean-going steamer over constructed. It…
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Sydney, Tuesday—During a gale on the coast the Government tug Mikado and the schooner Heroine were driven ashore. All hands were saved…
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Sydney, Friday.—The steamer Tasmania bound for New Zealand was totally wrecked. All hands were saved…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.--Huddart, Parker, and Co.'s steamer Tasmania struck on a rock off Table Cape last night, and went down in…
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The chief local interest felt on Saturday with regard to the loss of the Tasmania very naturally centred in the whereabouts of the missing members of the crew and passengers. Being from Sydney,…
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On Thursday night, the magnificent, new steamer, the Tasmania, trading between Sydney and the New Zealand ports, struck on a rock near Table Cape, New Zealand…
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Sydney, Tuesday—The attempt to recover the mails from the wrecked steamer Tasmania has been abandoned, owing to the vessel having sunk ten feet into the sands,…
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London, Thursday.—The torpedo boat destroyers Lynx and Thrasher went ashore on the coast of [?]nwail during a heavy fog. The steampipe of the latter exploded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON. Monday. Wreck of the Triton. Immense Loss of Life
The steamer Triton has been wrecked on the Cuban coast. She was heavily laden and was driven, ashore by a strong current…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Kameruka Near Moruya
Steaming ahead at full speed in a calm sea with just a light breeze from the north-east blowing, the Illawarra Company's Kameruka, one of the best-known vessels on the coast, was on her way up to…
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About midnight on Saturday the Kameruka, bound from Elen to Sydney, via ports, went ashore on the Pedro Rocks, about 2½ miles S. E from Moruya Heads, and at once…
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