Steamer on Fire in Indian Ocean Crew Abandons Ship Perth
The steamer Siltonhall is reported to be on fire 2000 miles from Fremantle, and the steamer Anthea is going to her rescue. It is further stated that the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1929
273 stories in Riverina's papers · page 9 of 14
The Wrecked Steamer Colombo, Sept. 23
There has been no word from the stea[?] [?] which is aground off [?] Island, or the tub Her[?] reached up to 6 p.m. to-night…
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No message from the steamer Hochst, which is aground off Minnicoy Island, or the tug Hercules, which went to her assistance, had been received up to 6…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crew Rescued Steamer Siltonhall On Fire in Indian Ocean PERTH
A wireless message was received, from the steamer Anthea stating that she had picked up the crew of the steamer Siltonhall, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crew Rescued Steamer Siltonhall on Fire in Indian Ocean Pepth
A wireless message was received from the steamer Anthea stating that she had picked up the slow of the steamer Siltonhall, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Firm on Reef the Steamer Hochst Colomso, Sept. 24
A wireless message from the [?] [?]lercules states it arrived at Minicoy [?]noon on Sunday, and a diver ex[?] M[?]ed the bottom of the disabled…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stranded Steamer Tug Arrives Alongside Ship Embedded on Reef Colombo
A wireless message from the tug Hercules states that it arrived at Minnicoy Island at noon on Sunday. A diver examined the bottom of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jumped Overboard Young Egyptian Incident on Steamer Sydney
During the voyage of the mail steamer Orsova, when only a short distance from Port Said, a young Egyptian, who had been wedded only…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stranded Steamer Hay Be Refloated Salvaging Cargo Colombo
Information received to-day indicates that the disabled German steamer Hochst is fast aground amidships. Divers examined the visible gaps, but…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer on Fire Graphic Story of Disaster Ship a Mass of Flames PERTH
A wireless message from the steamer Anthea, which picked up the men from the steamer Siltonhall: which caught fire at sea on Saturday, tells…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer on Fire Graphic , Story of Disaster Ship a Mass of Flames Perth
A wireless message from the steamer Anthea, which picked up the men from the steamer Siltonhall which caught fire at sea on Saturday, tells a story of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stranded Steamer Attempt to Refloat Fails Cargo Jettisoned Colombo
The attempt to refloat the disabled steamer Hochst at Minnicoy Island was unsuccessful, and a heavy strong current pushed the vessel farther on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Twenty Deaths Hurricane in Bahamas Steamer Wreckeo Vancouver, Sept. 27
A report from Miami, Florida, says that fear that. Nassau, in the Bahamas has been hit by a tropical hurricane which has been raging for two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fierce Gale Steamer's Ordeal Minor Casualties Sydney
Flooded cabins, a stout door stove in, and broken crockery, were some of the effects of a fierce storm which the liner Maunganui encountered in crossing the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Steamer Hochst Position Becomes Serious Colombo, Sept. 27
The attempts or the tugs Hercules and Olivia to tow the steamer Hochst off the reef near Urincoy Island have been fruitless. The weather is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hawaiian Earthquake Entire City Wrecked Church Booked on Foundations Hilo (Hawaii)
An earthquake wrecked the entire city of Hilo this morning. One of the main streets was ripped apart in two places. The Catholic Church rocked on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire on Steamer Coal Ablaze Perim
About 200 tons of coal on the steamer Port Nicholson caught fire, but the flames are now under control. It was found necessary to place a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Steamer Afire in Gulf of Aden Perim, Sept. 29
About 200 tons of bunker coal caught alight in the steamer Port Nicholson. The blaze, however, is under control. Surveyors recommend…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Hochst Embedded on Reef Little Hope of Refloating Colombo
Every effort to refloat the steamer Hochst, which wont aground off Minnicoy Island, failed, and she is now lying broadside on, firmly embedded…
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The steamer Port Nicholson, which called here with a fire in the coal cargo, is undamaged and resumed its voyage to-day…
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