Steamer Shuck by Lightning
A startling experience befel the steamer Star of Scotland shortly before 6 o'clock on Thursday evening, when she was struck by lightning, a…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1905
83 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 5
A Shipwrecked Crew. Thirteen Days of Agony. a Cannibalistic Resort. London, Jan. 12
Further details of the loss of the American dredger Texas, while on the voyage from Danzig, in Germany, to Galpeston, show that the 12 survivors…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Later News. the Port Arthur Surrender. Capture of a Dutch Coal Steamer. Exchange of Prisoners Arranged. a Russian Device. Wish Us to Escape Disastrous Campaign. London, Jan. 17
It is staled that there were 31,000 effective troops in Port Arthur when the surrender took place. A Dutch steamer, currying coal for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Schooner Violet [?]Oepel Founders Off the Coast a Terrible Voyage. Sydney
The coastal [?] Violet Do[?] foundered five miles to the north of B[?]inger [?] this morning. her crew were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of a Barque. Sufferings of the Crew. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The barque Mayfield, which left Geelong on the 3rd inst, for England, was totally wrecked on Sunday on the Tasmanian coast. All hands were saved. It appears that on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Vessel Wrecked. the Crew Saved
Word has been received that the barque Mayfield, bound from Yulong to England with 30,414 bags of wheat, was totally wrecked last Friday in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Russian Envoys in Australia. Attempted Purchase of a Steamer
In spite of the greatest secrecy on the part of the police and of the federal authorities, the facts in regard to the recent police "scare" have been allowed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest War News. Reported Japanese Retirement. Capture of a German Steamer London, Feb. 13
Russian scouts report that the Japanese are retiring south of the Sha-ho The Japanese captured a German…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Orizaba Ashore
The mail steamer Orizaba, inward bound from London, is ashore on Garden Island, thirteen miles from Fremantle. A heavy fog obscured the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →R.M.S. Orizaba. Wrecked on West Australian Coast. No Lives Lost. Perth
The Orient-Pacific Company's R.M.S. Orizaba, incoming from London, has been wrecked at Garden Island, three miles from Freemantle, and 10 miles off…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Orizaba Wreck. Position Hopeless. Vessel Settling Down. Perth
Fine weather continued throughout last night, and the latest advice from the scene of tho wreck states that the vessel is in practically the same…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Orizaba Wreck. Hull to Be Sold. Perth
Owing to the calm weather an exceptionally quiet night was passed by those on the Orizaba. The vessel lies in exactly the same position as when she struck, and there is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Orizaba. Aground Near Fremantle
The Orient liner Orizaba, when approaching Fremantle on Thursday night in [?] heavy fog struck a bank in shallow water near Garden Island, and hung amidships…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Ketch Lost
Tho Ketch Kekens, which left The Bluff (N.Z.) on the 17th January for the West Coast, with a fishing party, has not since been heard of. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Fatal Wreck
A pearling lugger was wrecked during a cyclone off Ellen Island, and five coloured men were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New South Wales. (By Telegraph.) an Overdue Steamer. Sydney
A steamer loft Suva, Fiji, to-day. in search of the overdue steamer. Pilbarra. THE CATARACT DAM…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thrilling Sea Adventure. a Barque and Schooner
The Warren liner Iowa has reached Liverpool from Galveston, after a very rough passage, during which the after wheel-house, 35ft above the sea, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Kyber. Twenty-three Lives Lost. London, March 15
The ship Khyber, 1927 tons, which left Melbourne on October 27 with a cargo of 28,769 bags of wheat, for Queenstown, has gone ashore on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of a Wheat Ship Off the Coast of Cornwall. Twenty Three Lives Lost. London
Hurricanes are blowing on the British coast. The ship Khyber is a total wreck off the Cornish coast. Only three of her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News by Wire. Missing Steamer Found. Sydney
News of the missing steamer Pilbarra reached Sydney last night. The propeller blade broke on route to Noumea. The remai[?]n [?]des were…
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