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Riverina · Shipwrecks & the sea
145 stories in Riverina's papers · page 5 of 8
A fund for the benefit of dependents of those who lost their lives when the coastal steamers Fitzroy and Out. Jack foundered was inaugurated at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The s.s. Corakl has arrived after a desperate struggle against high seas, Tho vessel . was sheltering at Fraser Isanld when the strom broke…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Almost two mouths ago the ketch Lily May went down off Wallaroo, South Australia, but no trace was found of the captain or crew, owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Efforts to find the cause of the mysterious lights which were observed 80 miles north-east by east from Sydney Heads, which were regarded by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A tiny leak in a big ship and easily be stopped it taken to time. [?] if dis[?]. It will overcome the night[?] vessel and drag her be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The coastal steamer Alaska struck a reef and sank on the California coast. One hundred of the passengers and crew were drowped…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tho steamer Alaska, San Francisco to Portland. stiuck a reof during a at night time on the Californian coast and sunk quickly. It Is believed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The [?] and sound of the [?] [?] drawing In at Wagga railway stallon yesterday morning. way T…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When within 30 miles of Port Jackson, her destination, the schooner John W. Wells, 2,627 tons gross was swept by -westerlies hundreds of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In view of the stormy weather, anxiety is felt at Hobart regarding the schoon[?] T[?]uraka, which is [?]ing from Dunedin to Hobart. She is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Union Castle liner Saxon, on which General Smuts is returning to South Africa is reported to be afire in two bunkers. She is proceeding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamer Champion, about which fears had been entertained, was reported off Sandy Cope. Queensland this morning. The vessel left Rockhampton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The schooner Maroro was sighted off Sydney Heads this afternoon. The vessel was 40 days out from Gisborne, New Zealand and grave fears has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer "Canadian Importer," en route from Vancouver to Melbourne with lumber, was lost off the Oregon coast…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The King has sent a message to the Air Ministry, stating that he is grieved and shocked at the terrible disaster, which resulted in the loss of many…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The airship R38 exploded at Hull and fell in flames into the Humber whils passing over the city the explosion occurred and finally it was seen to break…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The new airship, R 38, intended for the cross-Atlantic trial trip, broke in halves over hull with about 60 persons on beard…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A message from Seattle says the steamer Canadian importer has been sunk the coast of the State of Washington, U.S.A. Part of the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An unsuccessful effort was made at low tide last night to shift the wreckage and thus release the bodies, which are most probably entombed beneath…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Air Ministry is making an exhaustive inquiry concerning the explosion which wrecked Die airship R38 at Hull. The inquest tomorrow will be…
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