Terrible Marine Disaster. the Wreck of the Steamer Alert
REGARDING the wreck of the Alert, the following further particulars are published:- Mr. James Douglas Ramsay, with his wife and sister, had just reached the back…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1894
47 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 3
Wreck of the Kanahooka
A telegram from Normanton, Queensland, on Friday night states that Arthur Rodgers, who was sent out four days ago with a black tracker to…
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Several of the survivors of the wrecked steamer Kanahooka have arrived in Sydney from Brisbano. The second officer, Mr. Priestly, gives a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gunpowder Explosion at Bendigo. a Shop Wrecked
A BENDINGO telegram of Friday says:—Shortly before noon to-day an occurrence of a sensational nature took place at the grocery and general store of Mrs. T. Bissett,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Victorian Defaulter Kemp. the Fleur De Maurice Ashore. Adelaide
NEWS has been received that the Flour de Maurice has gone ashore at Durban Buy, Natal, and is likely to become a total wreck. The vessel is the one in which the Viotorian…
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EVERY man has at some time of his life (and the lucky ones have it to the end) an island in his eye on which he is wrecked, hurrah! Should you prefer to be wrecked alone?…
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WHEN the steamer Aldinga went from Sydney to the Solomon Islands, the other day, she stopped off a wreck lying on the Bellona Shoal. It was that of the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Ingenious F[?]and. Forgery of Mail Steamer Tickets
A NOVEL line has been struck out lately by a man who advertised on Wednesday last (says the Age) that he had a ticket for a third class passage to England, by a P. and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Hyena Loose on Board a Steamer
IT is not a usual thing for an Australian steamer to have a savage wild beast as a passenger, even under close restraint; still more exceptional is it for such a generally…
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Particulars of a daring piracy on a passenger steamer in Eastern waters were received in Sydney on Sunday by the steamer Taiynan, from China…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of a Schooner. Auckland
The schooner Sovereign, owned by the Kauri Timber Company, laden with timber from Mercury Bay to Wellington, sprang a leak on Saturday night, and being unable to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Whaling in the South Seas. the Steamer Antarctic. Auckland
THE ketch Gratitude has arrived at the Bluff, and reported the Norwegian whaler Antarctic at Perseverance Harbour, in the Campbell Islands. During a severe gale the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Explosion on the German Steamer Essen. Adelaide
During the voyage of the German steamer Essen, which has just arrived at the Semaphore from Hamburg, a startling incident occurred. On June 29 the rockets and signal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →All Unlucky Steamer. the Miowera Again Stranded. London, July 31
News has been received from Norway of the standing of Mr. James Huddart's steamer the Miowera, near the island of Norway…
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The steamer Miowera, belonging to the Canadian-Australian line, has stranded at Fioro on the coast of Norway. The passengers were saved…
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There appear to be an average of about 600 wrecks amongst British vessels every years. There are, however, worse wrecks on land than on sea. Men who without…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Startling Discovery on Board the Steamer Gothic
On the 22nd ultimo, while the steamer Goehic was loading wool for London at Wellington, some wool stowed down on the orlop deck was found to be heated, and when the bales were opened smoke issued from…
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A TELEGRAM from Brewarrina states that a Chinese cook on the steamer Elfie, when the vessel was travelling from Walgett, shot at five men on board at about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tragedy on a Labor Schooner. a Kanaka Buns Amuck with a Tomahawk
A BRISBANE telegram of Wednesday reports that the labor schooner May arrived here from the South Sous to-day with 39 recruits. A sensational tragedy occurred on board on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burning of the Steamer Rodney
IN connection with the burning of the steamer Rodney on the Darling, near Moorara station, early on Sunday, the following special Gazette was issued on…
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