Robbery From a Steamer Dressing Case of Valuables Stolen. Sydney
The police are investigating a daring robbery of a dressing cane containing valuables worth £50, which was taken from a cabin of R.M.S. Mooltan, while…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910
153 stories in Riverina's papers · page 5 of 8
A Fatal Wreck London
Thirteen people, including seven passengers, have been drowned in the wreck of the steamboat "City of Saltillo," at Glenpark, near St. Louis…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aviators' Fall Machines Wrecked. Vancouver. May 16
News from Berlin states that four aviators fell during a competition at Johannisthal. Captain Englehurdt was seriously injured, and [?] the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Explosion. Engineroom Wrecked. Many People Killed. Some Shocking Effects. Vancouver, May 18
Eighteen persons were killed and 20 injured through an explosion in the American Sheet and Tinplate Company works. Canton, Ohio, this…
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A steamer with 94 workmen aboard, struck a rock in the river Dnieper, Russia, and sank, 47 being drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ship Ashore. VANCOUVER, May 20
At Colombo it is reported that the Boston bound steamer, Tymerie, is ashore. She carried East Indian merchandise estimated to be over a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News From the Capital. Sydney, Monday, a Wreck
News has been received of the wreck of the steamer Kirkfield on Christmas Island, on route to Japan with a cargo of phosphates. All…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Channel Disaster. British Steamer Sunk. 55 Lives Lost. London, May 23
A collision occurred in the English Channel between the Clyde stemmer Kerrymore and the German four master J. R. Vinnen. THe former was cut…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Magnetised Ship. Weird Experience of a Cardiff Steamer. Meteorite’s Plunge
“We have been struck by a comet or a thunderbolt, and our ship is disabled,” was the report of Captain Davies, the master of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tragedy of the Sea Submarine and Steamer Collide. Crew Go Down. London
The French submarine Pluviose sank in the Channel, after colliding with the South-Eastern Railway Company's stainer Pas de Calais. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Barque Wrecked. Part of Crew Drowned. London
The barque Swanhilda, bound from Cardiff for Antofagasta, Chili, went ashore at States Island, Argentina. Fifteen of the crew were saved, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Strikes the Bar. Leaking Badly
The steamer Macleay, whilst crossing out of the Macleay River this morning, struck the bar very heavily…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Criminal Band. at Their Guilty Work. Burglary, Fires, Wrecking
The "Express" reports that the extra, ordinary series of outrages, Including burglary, incendiarism, and attempted train-wrecking, which has occurred in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Afire. Brisbane
A fire which broke out on board the steamer Australic last night was extinguished this morning. The cargo was slightly damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Runaway Machinery. Hotel Narrowly Escapes Wrecking
"There were a few moments of excitement in Fitzmaurice-street just before six o'clock on Tuesday night. A traction engine, drawing behind it a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shipping Collision. a Steamer Sunk. London, June 20
The British cruiser King Edward yesterday collided with and sank the steamer Cheapside, off Guernsey. One of the crew of the latter was drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Express Wrecked Carriages on Fire. Ten Lives Lost. London
A shocking railway accident happened in France yesterday, the honors of a wrecked train being acce[?]tuated by the ignition of the debris…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Waratah. Return of Search Steamer. Melbourne
The steamer "Wakefield, which left Durban on February 25th, to search for the missing Waratah, arrived off the coast to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Austrian Steamer Overdue. LONDON, June 27
Much anxiety has been aroused [?] Bombay at the non-arrival of the Austrian-Lloyd steamer Trieste, of which nothing has been heard since she left…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Timber Steamer in Trouble. a Precarious Position. Auckland
The timber steamer Saundervale, 1668 tons, while entering Greymouth last night struck a rock and sustained serious damage…
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