Wreck of a German Steamer. the Passengers and Crew Rescued. Sydney
News has been received in Sydney from New Guinea of the wreck of the German steamer Ottilie, owned by the German New Guinea Company, and employed by the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1891
13 stories in Riverina's papers
The LIFEBOAT
High the rampant waves are leaping With a wild tumultuous sound, Seas infuriate are sweeping O'er yon vessel "homeward bound."…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wrecks and Floods in Victoria. Two Hundred Houses Submerged. a Thousand Persons Homeless. the Steamer Bancoora Ashore. Melbourne
THE sch[?]ner wrecked at the Heads yesterday afternoon was the Nowra, from Tas[?]ia. The hull, with the cargo, is sunk in deep water. The whole deck was lifted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Barque Foundered. Eight Lives Losf. Thrilling Experience of the Only Survivor. Nine Days in an Open Boat. Sydney
Further particulars received regarding the wreck of the barque, Ellen, at Seal Rocks show it to have been much worse than was at first supposed, eight lives having been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →First News of the Wreck. Warrnambool
A terrible shipping disaster occurred at 3 o'clock this rooming, off the rugged coast at Moonlight Head, near Port Campbell. This place was the scene of the wreck of the Lech…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Gambier. Queenscliff
MRS. M'Carthy, the unfortunate lady who lost her husband by the collision of the Easby and Gambier on Friday morning last, and who stated that there was £19 in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Marine Catastrophe. Wreck Op the Barque Figi. One Survivor Reaches Land. One Man Drowned in the Breakers. Twenty-four Seamen Clinging to the Wreck. 260 Tons of Dynamite on Board
NEWS reached Melbourne on Sunday of another startling marine disaster on the iron-bound coast which stretches from Warnambool to Cape Otway with hardly a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Fiji. Graphic Particulars From the Scene of the Wreck. Warrnambool
THIS wreck of the barque Fiji has involved great loss of life. Eleven sailors have been drowne', and a resident of Port Campbell has sacrificed his life in attempting to save…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Fiji
A CAMPERDOWM telegram states that there is nothing new in connection with the wreck of the Fiji. It is alleged that if Stansmore had proceeded to Port Campbell with news of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Fiji. Cobden
Some surprise was expressed here at the announcement that the wreck and carge of the ship Fiji had been sold for £270. It is expected that the purchasers will be heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Electric Lifeboat. Mr. Edison's Latest
THREE is to be a now application (the Times Paris correspondent announce[?]) of the Sims-Edison invention for propelling and controlling torpedoes, which was exhibited in May…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A New Australian Steamer
THE managers of the Orient line have added to their fleet the Ophir, a twin screw steamer of 6500 tons register and 9500 horse power, which is the first steamer of that description…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Severe Gales on the English Coast. Wreck of the Ship Benvenue. London, Nov, 11
Very severe gales have been raging along the south and and west coasts of England. Several shipping disasters of a miner character have occurred in the English-Channel…
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