Shipwrecked at Sea
Some few years ago a Swansea vessel was caught in a terrible gale. The captain had his wife on board, and when the wind was still rising he told her to go…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Southern Highlands · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1905
11 stories in Southern Highlands's papers
One-fourth of the Schooner Vesta
The schooner Vesta turned into the Saxifrage River under full sail, and after traversing nine miles of that placid stream, Captain Pumphery ported his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rammed by a Whale Schooner Sunk. After an Exciting Battle
A graphic account (reports the London "Daily Mail" of November 1st) has reached Liverpool of an encounter in the North Atlantic Ocean with a huge sperm…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In Darkest London Fog Accident and Incidents. Mane Fatalities. East End As Supply Fails. Vessels Wrecked and Delayed
"A city of dreadful night." Such was London on 22nd December; that London extends from Hampstead to Croydon, and Ilford to Acton Green…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of the Bonnie
FOR SALE AT AUCTION—To-day at eleven o'clock the ferry boat "Bonnie," damaged in the accident of Thursday, and now tied up at the foot of Elm…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A New Steamer
A new steamer for the Port Jackson Company, designed and built by launched on Tuesday, and was named…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lady Skippers Peril Incident of the Motor-boat Wrecks
In spite of the series of disasters which attended the motor-boat race from Algiers to Toulon, it has now been ascertained, happily, that no…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ten Minutes' Havoc. Tornado's Devastation. Theatre and Churches Wrecked
Twenty-four persons were killed and thirty-five injured in a tornado which swept over Central Kansas last night. The principal loss of life occurred in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Echo of a Great Disaster. Wreck of the Birkenhead
Yesterday, June 21, there was unveiled in the Parish Church of Beckingham, Norts, a memorial to the late Mrs Marian Parkinson, one or the last survivors of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Breaks in Two. Scene on the Mersey
While the Liverpool steamer Benshaw was proceeding up the Mersey on Saturday morning. June 10th, bound for Garsston with a cargo of about 3000 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boy Pirate. a Stolen Launch Steamer
Few boys have dared to attempt the feat of Charles Snarth, of Hull, who was charged at Boston, Lincolnshire, on August 18th, with the theft of a steam…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →