An Awful Shipwreck. American Steamer Sunk. Terrible Scene on Board. London, Jan. 4
A terrible shipping calamity, involving heavy loss of life, is reported from San Francisco. The iron screw steamer Walla Walla,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1902
74 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 4
Disaster at Sea. a Steamer Sunk. 27 Lives Lost. London
The steamer Wallawalla, bound from San Francisco to Puget Sound, with 36 first-class passengers, 28 second-class passengers, and a crew of 60, came into…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Awful Shipwreck. American Steamer Sunk. Terrible Scene on Board. London, Jan. 4
A TERRIBLE shipping calamity, involving heavy loss of [?]ife, is reported from San Francisco. The iron screw steamer Walla Walla,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegraphic. New South Wales. Arrival of an Overdue Steamer. Sydney
The steamer Waikare, which left Sydney with a number of excursionists for new Zealand, and was considerably overdue, and for the safety of which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ketch Attacked by Aborigines. One of the Crew Killed. Waiting for Proas From Macassar
Mr. Jolly, of Port Darwin, received a telegram from Borroloola on Tuesday announcing the arrival of the ketch Venture, and stating that the boat was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Friday. Rescue of Shipwrecked Crew
The French gunboat Zelee picked up the crew of the barque Savernake, which was wrecked in November last on the Races while bound from 'Frisco to Falmouth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Steamer Wrecked. London, Tuesday Afternoon
The steamer Tiber, bound from Louisberg near the cast point of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia to Halifax, the capital of Nova Scotia, with a cargo of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Extraordinary Storm. a Village Wrecked. Buildings Bodily Shifted. Auckland (N.z.)
An extraordinary thunderstorm and whirlwind visited Leeston, in the Canterbury province, last evening. The lightning was extremely vivid, and appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegraphic News. General Cables. London, Mar. 24. the Pirate Steamer
The Venezuelan authorities are still in pursuit of the pirate ship Liber[?]dor, formerly the Ban Righ, which was fitted out by the Venezue an revolutionary party to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Steamer Ashore. the Crew Saved. Sydney
The steamer Kingsley, trading between Port Stephens and Sydney, went ashore during a dense fog last night, near Port Stephens, and is likely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victoria. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Friday. Small Pox on Board a Steamer
Two seamen belonging to the steamer Indradevi to-day developed small pox. They have been ill ever since the vessel's arrival in port, and have been strictly isolated from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Steamer Boveric. Disabled at Sea
News of the overdue steamer Boveric bound from Australian ports to Durban, was received in Sydney on Thursday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Ghastly Story. a Wrecked Boat's Crew Massacred
The [?]hooner Easington, from Bowen Straits, arrived on Tuesday, bringing Ahmet, a Malay from Trepang Bay. Ho reports that he was one of the crew of a proa which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hurricane in Pennsylvania. a Sunday Occurrence. Churches Wrecked
A telegram sent from Pittsburg to the San Francisco "Chronicle" on Sunday, March 30, states:—One of the fiercest windstorms over known in this section struck the city…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Torpedo Destroyer Wrecked. London, Tuesday Evening
The torpedo boat destroyer Recruit struck a rock on the coast of Cornwall, and sunk. Slip has settled, and it is feared her bottom has been rent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hurricane in Pennsylvania a Sunday Occurrence. Churches Wrecked
A telegram sent from Pittsburg to the San Francisco Chronicle on Sunday. March 30, states:—One of the finest windstorms ever known in this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Schooner Foundered
The schooner Advance missed the stays off Botany early this morning, and was driven on to Henry's Head and foundered: only the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Schooner on the Books
The schooner Advance missed her stays off Botany early this morning and was driven on to Henry's Head and foundered. Only the top of the masts is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Martinique Eruption. a Steamer in Flames
THE steamer Etonio arrived in New York on May 18, from River Plate via St. Lucia. " At St. Lucia," says the captain, " I went on board the British…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sketcher. the First Steamer to Cross the Atlantic
IN many quarters the idea seems still to prevail—and we gave expression to it quite recently in an article on 'Some Early Steamships'—that the…
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