Steamer Missing. Overdue at Townsville. Brisbane
Fears are entertained in Brisbane for the safety of the steamer Tongala, which left Mackay on Thursday afternoon for Townsville, and…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911
242 stories in Riverina's papers · page 3 of 13
Hostilities Opened. Chinese Driven From Amur Valley. Manchurian Railroads Wrecked. Vancouver
Reports from Chinese ports state that the Cossacks are driving the Chinese from the Amur Valley. The Chinese are retaliating by wrecking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Schooner Goodwill Missing. Search Being Made. Brisbane
No trace has been found of Sub-Inspector Wyer, who left Thursday Island with Captain Walker on the schooner Goodwill on March 14 to search…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Missing Yacht. Body Washed Ashore. Melbourne
The body of a man, minus the head and arms, was washed ashore at Frankstown. It is believed to be the remains of a member of the crew of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Missing Yongala. Masters Mystified. Ominous Discoveries. Cargo Washed Ashore. Other Steamers Experiences Hurricane of Exceptional Violence. Brisbane
No news was received in Brisbane to-day of the whereabouts of the Yongala, now full four days overdue at Townsville. Speculation was rife all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Electrical Storm. Many Buildings Wrecked. Philadelphia
An electrical storm, accompanied by a cyclonic wind, wrecked many public and private buildings and unroofed churches and broke the telephone,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Missing Yongala. Dreadful Disaster Certain 142 Lives Lost. More Wreckage Ashore. Yongala's Fittings Picked Up a Mail Bag Recovered. Brisbane
Mr. Warcham, inspector of the Adelaide company in Brisbane, to-night received a telegram from Townsville as follows: "Small steamer Alert…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shipping Disaster Off Queensland Coast. Yongaia, With 141 Persons, Missing. Quantities of Wreckage Found
The Adelaide Steamship Company's fine passenger and cargo steamer Yongala, which left Mackay for Townsville on Thursday afternoon last, and was seen…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Lost Yongala. "Foundered with All Hands." More Wreckage Found. Statement by Company's Manager
"It is evident," said Mr. E. Northcote, Sydney manager of the Adelaide S.S. Company, "that the Yongala has foundered with all hands."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Yongala Come Almost Beyond Doubt. More Wreckage Found. Mails and Cargo
LATEST particulars from Brisbane show that the fate of the Yongala is now beyond doubt. Last night a telegram from Townville stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Lost Yongala. Moke Wreckage Found. Near Wheeler Reef. Brisbane
Mr. Wareham, manager for the Adelaide Steamship Company in Queensland, received an urgent telegram to-night from Townsville, stating that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Tornado. Over a Hundred Farmhouses Wrecked. Crops Ruined. Vancouver
A tornado has destroyed the settlement of Gainesville, Alabama No lives were lost, but the crops were ruined and forests levelled for miles…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Yongala Rapt Washed Ashore. Whisky and Water on Board. Brisbane
The latest information to hand in Brisbane to-night states that further wreckage has been washed ashore, including a raft with whisky and water…
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The steamer Malaga sank after a collision with the steamer Balder in the Thames. The crow and passengers escaped…
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The overdue steamer Yawata Mara arrived at Townsville this morning. The vessel encountered frightful weather, and was compelled to seek…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sensational Collision. a Steamer Sunk. Passengers' Dramatic Escape. London
A collision occurred in the Thames, off Rosherville, between the steamers Malaga and Balder. The Malaga sank in a few minutes. The passengers (30…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Wreckage Found. Brisbane
Spoken to this morning concerning the reported finding of a raft and bottled of spirits and bottles of water near Cape, Upstart, Mr. Wareham said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Loss of the Yongala. Search by the Tarcoola. More Wreckage Picked Up. Brisbane
In connection with the statement that the Merchants' Shipping Guild had requested an investigation into the allegation that a quantity of pig…
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The cargo steamer Oceano, 3,667 tons, Sydney to San Francisco, while loading hardwood at Port Stephens, went ashore at South Spit, near the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Special Cable News Another Steamer Ashore. London
The German liner Princess Irene, with a thousand passengers aboard, returning from Italy, went ashore in a fog off Lonehill life saving station…
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