Fire at Sea. a Steamer Destroyed. the Crew Saved. London, May 15
The steamer Thorthil bound from New York to Brazil, caught fire and foundered in mid ocean. The crew, numbering 29, took the four boats and…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907
196 stories in Riverina's papers · page 6 of 10
Jack Ashore
Two sailors were sitting in the gallery of an old country church paying great attention to the service. During the sermon one of them heard a distinct sound of shoring…
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The schooner Emma Sims went ashore near Wellington, when one of the sailors took a line ashore and saved his four companions…
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Shanghai advices state that the French cruiser Changy is ashore on the Saddle Islands, and is in a bad position…
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Two anchors and some wreckage, relics of the Dunbar, which was wrecked, at South Head, Sydney Harbor, in August 1357, were discerned 30 yards from the shore by chief…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Island Hurricane Story of Wreck and Ruin. Great Loss of Life
"Not one house remains standing. Every cocoanut Pahn is stripped of its fruit, and every tree of its leaves. From a distance the island looks like…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mail Sorting on Train and Steamer
The "Postmaster-General has made arrangements for the sorting of letters and packets on the trains between Brisbane and Sydney, with a view to expediting…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Wrecked Cruiser. Vessel Abandoned. London. May 31
The French cruiser Changy, which went ashore recently on one of the Saddle Islands, 200 miles south of Shanghai, has been abandoned…
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The Orient Company's R.M.S. Oroya, bound from Australia to London, had a break down off Ushant on Saturday week, and was helpless for three hours…
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An American revenue cutter has seized a British schooner for illegal sealing on the Alaska Coast…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small-pox Outbreak. Two Cases on a Steamer
The steamer Agapanthus has arrived at Newcastle from Hong Kong with a case of small-pox on board. The vessel was ordered into quarantine. The…
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The steamer Kiaora , is wrecked 60 miles from Kawhia, and Captain Blacklock and two passengers have been drowned, and 27 survivors are…
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Farther details of the wreck of the steamer, Kia-ore, on the New Zealand , coast, show that the vessel ran on a reef, parted amidships, and sank in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cable News. a Steamer Injured. London
The White Star steamer Medic from Australia, has arrived at Liverpool with a slight crack showing above her waterline. She will be placed in a day dock in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Kia Ora
The steamer Kia Ora has been wrecked between Kawhia and Mokau on the West Coast of North Island, New Zealand. Captain Blacklock and two passengers, Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Pacific Steamer Wrecked Loss of 90 Lives Feared. London, June 25
The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer Santiago 2953 tons was met with disaster. The steamer quitted puerto de Corral, on the…
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The captain of the steamer Allowrie reports sighting a ketch sunk a mile and a half south-east of Botany Heads this morning. Her mainmast was showing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck in Botany Bay. All Hands Supposed to Be Lost. Sydney
The captain of the steamer Allowrie, which returned to port this morning reported having sighted a ketch with bull submerged off Botany, only her…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Pyramus. on Barrier Reef. Governor-general on Board. No Lives Lost. Cairns
H.M.S. Pyramus saw to it that the vicissitudes of the Governor-General's northern trip did not end at Port Darwin, for with his Excellency aboard…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Piracy in the Red Sea English Steamer Captured by Arabs
Suez advices to May 29, received by the Gentian mail steamer Bulow, contain details of a remarkable incident in the Red Sea The steamer Kilburn…
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