Late Wires. Advices From the Metropolis Sydney, Monday, 6 p.m. Another Wreck
The steamer Lady Musgrave, which trades between Brisbane and the Clarence and Richmond rivers, was wrecked on Saturday. A…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1904
148 stories in Riverina's papers · page 2 of 8
Japanese Coasting Steamer. Sunk by the Russians. London, March 30
The Russian fleet on Sunday sank off the Miso Islands, which are opposite to Port Arthur, and at the entrance to the Gulf of Pe-chill, the Japanese coasting steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russo—japanese War. Campaign in Korea. Armies Drawing Closer. Cossacks on the Yalu. Japanese Steamer Sunk. Russian Fleet Off Poet Arthur. the Mikado Goes to the Front an Apology From Russia. London
A telegram from Seoul reports that 56 Japanese transports landed a large force ana 60 guns at Chinampho yesterday, and that there are now 125,000 Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blockade Running. Japanese Steamer Sunk
The news is telegraphed from Wei-hai-wei that a Japanese torpedo boat destroyer has torpedoed and sunk a Japanese steamer. The steamer was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"The Times" Enterprise. Special Steamer Chartered. London, April 7
"The Times" has engaged for the use of its war correspondents dealing with the naval operations off Port Arthur the small steel screw steamer Haimun, 1311 tons, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Russia Active at Sea. Sinking of a Japanese Steamer London
RECENT reports as to the presence of Cossacks between Gousan, on the north-west coast of Korea, and Pakcheng, on the Viadivestock railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A New Guinea Fight Government Steamer Attacked. Treachery of the Natives. Considerable Number Killed
News has been received of a Serious conflict between New Guinea native police aboard the steamer Merrie England and a number of natives at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →English Mail Steamer Stopped
Another instance of the suspicion with which British mail steamers are regarded by the Russian ships in the Mediterranean is afforded by an incident which happened…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Position of Neutrals. Russia and China. Britain Seizes a Destroyer. Mail Steamer Searched
Russia has made a demand upon china for permission to station forces temporarily outside Shanshai-kwan, 150 miles west-south-west…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Friday. Overdue Steamer
The overdue steamer Aparinia arrived from Suva to-day. She was delayed by adverse weather. THE ROWING CHAMPIONSHIP…
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Advices received at Paris state that the Russian cruiser Bogatyr, of 6750 tons. One of the latest additions to the Russian fleet, struck on the rocks at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cheap Steamer Fares. London, June 1
The Societe Anonyme de Navigation Belge-Americaine (Red Star line) and the International Mercantile Marine Co. and International Mercantile Navigation Co.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Explosion. Latest News. Distillery Wrecked. Stockyard Destroyed. London, June 6
A disastrous explosion at Peoria, in the State of Illinois, wrecked a distillery, which was the second largest in the world, the loss being estimated at ten million…
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An explosion at Caining distillery Illinois, the second largest distillery in the world, wrecked the building, and ten persons who were incinerated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Later News. Japanese Naval Operations at Port Arthur. Repair of Japanese Damaged Vessels. Rejoin Admiral Togo's Fleet. Discovery of Russian Wrecked Cruisers. Explosion on Russian Warship. London, June 9
Admiral Togo reports that eight Japanese torpedo boats entered the harbor of Port Arthur on Tuesday, under a heavy fire from the forts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Talienwan Bay. Russian Mines Destroyed. Wrecks Discovered in Deep Water
Admiral Kataoku reports the discovery and blowing up of twenty-one additional Russian mines at Talienwan Bay, and that wrecks—supposed…
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The Russian vessels wrecked off Talienwan are supposed to be the Boyarin and Noui. The vessels were discovered in deep water outside Talienwan Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Steamer Beached
To the north of Brothers Island the steamer was beached, but by this time and in this spot it was impassible to lower the lifeboats. Dozens of parents threw their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Terrible Disaster. Excursion Steamer Takes Fire Crowded with Women and Children. Harrowing Scenes on Board. 447 Bodies Recovered. London, June 16
One of the most awful disasters of recent times occurred yesterday at New York. An excursion steamer, laden with nearly 2000 passengers, to[?]k fire while proceeding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Appalling Disaster. Picnic Steamer Afire. an Awful Panic. Passengers Drowned and Burned. Deaths Estimated at 600. Deeps of Heroic Self-sacrifice. London
One of the most appalling disasters of recent years occurred on the General Slocum, a three-decked steamer, whilst conveying 1000 children, and 900 adults,…
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