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Riverina · Shipwrecks & the sea
153 stories in Riverina's papers · page 2 of 8
The French steamer General Chanzy, 2257 tons, trading between Marseilles and Algiers, was wrecked on the west coast of Minorca…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →M. Marcel Rodel, the sole survivor of the wrack of the steamer General Chanzy off the North Coast of Minorca, was asleep when the vessel struck…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Six steamers from Valparaiso are racing full speed to Huamblin Island, off the coast of Chili, where there are 88 people still clinging to the rigging…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Quettan, from Skagway to Seattle, struck an iceberg in the Icy Straits and sank. Seventy passengers reached the shore in small…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The 88 persons left on the lima, wrecked in the Magellan Straits, have been rescued by the Chilian cruiser Ministro Zenteno, which is taking the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamer Moresby has been. wrecked on a reef at Cook's passage, 75 miles north of Cooktown. The sterner is high and dry. All on board are safe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At Belfast, a land-slide wrecked the mail train from Carrickfergus yesterday. Many were injured. For an hour the train hung over the sea a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamer Moresby's missing lifeboat, with twenty people, was picked up at Howick Island, all well. Particulars regarding the discovery of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A quantity of wreckage has been washed upon the beach at Port Hacking. There was nothing to identify the wreckage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Whilst the Howard Smith steamer, Myra Fell, from Port Pirie, was discharging lead at Flood's Wharf, Circular Quay, on Tuesday morning, the steel mainmast…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →A quantity of wreckage has been washed ashore at intervals in the neighbourhood of Morsel Bay, and the most significant object was a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A sensational report in view of the mystery surrounding the fate of the Lua[?] Waratah has been received from Reuter's agency at Cape Town…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reuter's correspondent at Capetown sends an interesting message which may eventually throw some light on the fate of the Blue Anchor liner…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamer Clearpool, from Melbourne, laden with wheat, put into Mauritius on fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An unknown barque is ashore near Troubridge lighthouse, York Peninsula. Apparently no lives are lost. A tug has gone to render assistance…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The publication of the estimates has disclosed that the Government is asking supplies for only six weeks instead of five or six months to cover…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Government dredge Ulysses in tow of the tug Rhea, between Newcastle and the Richmond River, broke adrift during a storm at midnight on Thursday. Once…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Heavy floods are sweeping the lowlands of Missouri. A steamer was wrecked in the surging waters. Reports from Mandan indicate that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A letter from the light-keeper at Carmanhah, Vancouver Island, tells of the finding of wreckage. It includes a white painted ship's boat, several…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A ship's boat and a large quantity of wreckage, apparently from a large vessel, were washed ashore on the west coast of New Zealand, within 60 miles…
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