Steamer Ablaze Stirring Story of the Sea
A stirring story of the sea was told by members bf the crew of the liner Havereham Grange who arrived at Southampton from Capetown on the 19th…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907
28 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 2
Doomed Women's Despair. Penned in a Sinking Steamer. Faces at the Cabin Windows
The steamer Dix (wrote the Washington correspondent of the "Daily Mail' on 19th November) has been sunk in collision with the Jennie, in Puget Sound,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forty Wrecked Sailors
Forty shipwrecked mariners landed at Sydney en Tuesday morning from the pilot steamer Captain Cook, this vessel baling returned from Lord Howe Island shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest Cables. London, Saturday. Wreck of the Berlin
Later particulars have been received regarding the unsuccessful attempts to rescue the passengers of the Great Eastern Railway Company’s steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Steamer Founders. Crew of Twenty-four Lost
Further particulars of a marine disaster cabled on the 19th December are given in the "Westminster Gazette", are as folows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Suevic. LONDON, March 18
The White Star liner Suevic, 12,500 tons, Captain T. J. Jones, which left Sydney on January 26 for London and Liverpool, is ashore on the coast of Cornwall…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A New Unsinkable Lifeboat
The first patent for a lifeboat was taken out in 1785, but four years later a greatly improved form was brought out by Henry Greathead, which was generally adopted and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Suevic Wreck
Writing to Mr. H. F. Wilson, of the Sydney Harbor Trust, Mr. W. J. G[?]man, who was a passenger from Sydney by the White Star liner S[?]vic, gives a thrilling account of hit own and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Berlin Wreck. a Deed of Heroism
The saving the last three survivors of the wreck of the Berlin by a Dutch merchant, Captain Martin Spelling, helped by his two nephews, in a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Lizard Wreck. Such Splendid Discipline
On 19th March the "Westminster Gazette" wrote:— It seems at first to be a remarkable coincidence that two greet passenger…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jack Ashore
Two sailors were sitting in the gallery of an old country church, paying great attention to the service. During the sermon one of them heard a distinct sound of snoring…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →When Jack's Ashore. the Funny Little Ways of Britain's Darlings
"There's a dale more done in the field than iver gets into the Fields Ordhers," said Private Mulvaney, of famous memory, and this remains…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Lizard Wreck. Such Splendid Discipline
On 18th March the “Westminster: Gazette” wrote:— It seems ot first to be a remarkable coincidence that two great passenger…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thrilling Wreck Soenes. 700 Passengers in Jeopardy. Mate Swims to an Island and Effects Rescue
A Reuter despatch from Hong Kong recently reported that the passenger steamer Heungshan, with 700 foreign and Chinese passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Supposed Wreckage
The pilot steamer Captain Cook returned to part after an unsuccessful search for wreckage off the South Coast…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Rigging. Tale of the North Sea. Gallant Life-boat Rescue
A three-masted schooner, the Caledonia, of Faversham, while bound from Sea ham Harbor to Whitstable with a cargo of coal, was wrecked on the Newcome…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fate of Wrecks. Wooden Vessels Last Longest
A French periodical devoted to maritime affairs discusses the question of what becomes of wrecked ships, and arrives at the conclusion that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Berlin Wreck. Terrible Story of Appalling Disaster. Only 15 Saved Out of 143. Thrilling Rescue Scenes. Dutch Captain's Dauntless Heroism
Among the many shipping disasters of recent times the wreck of the Great Eastern Railway Company's steamer Berlin, bound from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fate of Wrecks. Wooden Vessels Last Longest
A French periodical devoted to mar time affairs discusses the question of what becomes of wrecked ships, and arrives at the conclusion that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cutter Wrecked
A Suva (Fiji) cutter was wrecked on Kalalaga reel on the 6th inst. when Rev. Colin Bleazard, Wesleyan Minister, and two natives were drowned…
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