Wreck on the Coast. a Steamer Lost. Sydney, Friday Night
News has been received that the steamer Orara has been wrecked off. Tweed Heads bar. The crew got ashore by means of a line and boat from the land…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1899
85 stories in Riverina's papers · page 2 of 5
Smallpox on a Mall Steamer. General Booth Quarantined. an Awkward Development. Perth
The German mail steamer Prinz Regent Luitpold, with General Booth on board, arrived at Fremantle at 11 o'clock last night. An enormous crowd, composed chiefly of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of the Orara. the Vessel Abandoned. Sydney, Friday Night
The steamer Orara, which was wrecked off Tweed Heads bar last week, has been abondoned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Atlantic Liner Wrecked. No Lives Lost. London, Thursday Night
The Dominion liner the Labrador, sailing between Liverpool and Canada, has been wrecked off the Hebrides. The crew and passengers, including…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cable News. an Ill-fated Liner. the Castilian Badly Ashore. London, Monday Afternoon
A grave disaster has befallen the splendid new Allen liner Castilian, 8800 tons, one of the most recent additions to the Angio Canadian fleet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. "This is true liberty, when freeborn [?]. Having to advise the publc, [?] speak [?]." Milton. Saturday, March 18, 1899. the Anti-federal Wreckers
AN impartial glance backwards along the track of Federation as made to date reveals one remarkable and noteworthy fact. Whilst all invitations…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gales in the Atlantic. Two Steamers Wrecked. Three Hundred Lives Lost. London
It was reported last week that as a consequence of heavy gales in the Atlantic, and blizzards on the eastern coast of America, nine vessels were overdue…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Fatal Plunge. Terrible Wreck -- Trembling Above the Seething Abyss -- Help Arrives at the Last Second -- She Looks Back on Her Peril with Dread
It falls, to the lot of few to know the dangers of shipwreck or to feel that mad panic which Baizes on the brain when the heart fails at the eight of, death in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Later Cables. Wreck of the China. London, Sunday Night
The Admiralty Board of Reference, to which the question of the wreck of the R. M. S. China, which took place off the Island of Peerim last year, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland. Wrecked on Barrier Reef. Brisbane, Friday Night
The remains of the pilot steamer "Cutter" have been found on the Barrier Reef. There is no trace of the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wrecks on the English Coast. London
Tempestuous weather on the western English coasts has caused further losses ol shipping. The steamer "Cato" foundered off the coast of Cornwall whilst a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Steamer's Plight. Towed Safely to Port. London
The steamer Gaspesia, which was recently reported to have had such a terrible experience iu fie Gulf of St. Lawrence, where she was icebound for 52 days and drifting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Overdue Steamer. Fears for Her Safety. Sydney, Friday Night
Fears are felt for the safety of the steamer Wollumbi. The vessel was out in the recent gales…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Weathered the Gale. the Disabled Steamer Wollumbin. Towed Into Port
All anxiety for the [?]tely of the disabled steamer Woliumbin, of Mr. G. W. Nicoll's line was set at rest on Sunday, when the crippled vessel was towed safely into port by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Wreck. on the Australian Coast. Thirty Lives Sacrificed. Adelaide
The head keeper of Cape Borda Lighthouse telegraphed this morning that a young had named G. O. May had just arrived from Rockey, River, on the south side of Kangaroo…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Australia. the Wreck of the Loch Sloy. Bodies Washed Ashore. Adelaide, Friday Night
The bodies of nine men and two women have been washed ashore near the scene of the wreck of the Loch Sloy. Nothing has yet been heard of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Adelaide. Friday. the Looh Sloy-wreck
The bodies of nine men and two women have been washed ashore from the wreck of the Loch Sloy. There is no news of the missing survivor, Kilputrick…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Loch Sloy. Stories of Survivors
It now appeare certain that out of a complement of 35 passengers and crew, of the ship Loch Sloy, under four were fortunate enough to reach land, when the vessel was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Wreck Inquiry. London
As a result of the inquiry into the wreck of the excursion steamer Stella last month the board hat decided that the vessel was carelessly navigated and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Australia. Wreck of the Loch Sloy. Bodies Recovered. Adelaide
Twelve bodies of the unfortunate victims of the wreck of the Loch Sloy including those of Captain Nichol, and Captain Leicester and his wife have…
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