Attempt to Scuttle an Australian Steamer
A DIABOLICAL attempt was made to scuttle the steamer Whampoa on her arrival at China from the colonies. According to the captain's story the vessel was between…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1896
28 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 2
Sidney Chinese Opium Dens. Once a Beauty, Now a Wreck
Every now and then the residents of Sydney are startled by reports of white girls being found in the opium dens that flourish in the Chinese quarters of the city, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Appalling Catastrophe at Brisbane. Sinking of a River Steamer. Terrible Loss of Life. Brisbane
AN appalling catastrophe occurred in the Brisbane River, a short distance below the Victoria-bridge, at about five minutes past 5 o'clock this afternoon. All the traffic on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrific Explosion of Dynamite. Hundreds of Houses Wrecked. Large Number of Victims. London, Feb. 20
A FEARFUL explosion of dynamite has occurred in one of the poorer suburbs of Johannesburg. Hundreds of houses have been blown to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Adelaide Express Wrecked. Marvellous Escape of the Passengers
The express train from Adelaide with the English mails aboard for the eastern colonies was completely wreoked four miles on the Adelaide side of Dimboola, at a quarter-past…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Catastrophe of the Sea. Firth of Solway Sank by a Steamer. Fifteen Lives Lost. London, 20Th April
A terrible fatal collision occurred last night in the Firth of Clyde, off Greenock The chip Firth of Solway. bound from Greenock to Dunedin, New Zealand, came into collision…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Catterthun. a Ghastly Sight. Sydney
CAPTAIN John Hall, who has had charge of the diving operations at the wreck of the Catterthun, returned from the Seal Rocks to-day. He states that after fixing the site…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Largest Steamer of the P. and O. Fleet
THE now steamer India, one of the aix large vessels under construction for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, was lmiuchcd last month from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Terrible Wreck
THE particulars are to hand of the fearful loss of life involved in the wreck of the.steamer On Wo, that sank after collision with the steamer Newchang…
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AN exciting incident occurred in New York Harbour recently. A tug-boat named Sayre came in collision with a ferry-boat. Her crew became alarmed,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Drummond Castle. London, June 17
A TELEGRAM from Ushant, an island off the north-west coast of France, contains information of a terrible disaster which has occurred in the vicinity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Telegrams. LONDON, Thursday. A Terrible Wreck
Farther particulars of the loss of the Donald Carrie Company's steamer Drum mood Castle, shows that she struck on a rock off Molenee Island (on the coast of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Drummond Castle Wreck. Heart-rending Scenes. Recovery of Bodies
Full accounts have now been received as to the precise circumstances in which the steamer Drummond Castle struck a sunken rock and foundered off the French coast on…
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An exciting incident occurred in New York Harbor last week. A tag-boat named Sayre came in collision with it ferry-boat. Her crew became alarmed, and leaped to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Smallpox on the Steamer Australian. a Case Discovered at Albany
An Albany telegram of Friday says:—TheFrench mail steamer Australien arrived from Colombo early this morning. After discharging her carge aud landing passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Remarkable Wreck Incident
In a recent notice of the death of Mr. Honry Boyd, an old Richinoud River settlor, a thrilling incident connected with a wreck near the Brunswick River, was (the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of a Ketch
On the 10th instant the ketch Ettie was wrecked at Esperance Bay, Western Australia, and Captiin Osborne, who was in charge, lost his life. The Ettle was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck at Esperance Bay. an Heroic Caption
Charles Harrison, one of the survivors of the ketch Ettie, states that on Thursday evening when approaching Black Island a heavy squall struck the vessel. Orders were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck in Esperance Bay. Two Men Drowsed
From West Australia is reported the wreck of the Ship Ettie in Esperance Bay. On Thursday afternoon, September 10, the vessel was caught in a hurricane off Black…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Rumoured Shipwreck. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
A MOST extraordinary rumour was extensively circulated throughout the city and suburbs this morning to the effect that Messrs. Howard, Smith and Co.'s steamer…
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