An Appalling Shipwreck. a Death Roll of 128
Fall details of the appalling disaster which overtook the steamer Hilda on the 18th ult, in the English Channel, resulting in the sacrifice of 128 lives,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1906
9 stories in Southern Highlands's papers
Adrift on a Raft. Sufferings of a Shipwrecked Crew
The New York correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote on 17th October:— Of the crew of eight of the schooner Van Name and King, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Blaze at Mittagong. Cottage Home a Total Wreck. Children Gallantly Rescued by the Matron
One of the most disastrous fires which has taken place in the district for some time occurred early yesterday (Tuesday) morning, when the No. 2 Cottage H[?], s[?]tarted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On a Channel Steamer. Snapshots in the Straits
On the quay a string of ant-like men are busy disembowelling the train of its mailbags and luggage. From the stone bollards miniature…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Fortune from a Wreck
It is pretty generally known that during the last twelve months the Hon. J. G. Aikman, M.L.C., of Melbourne, has made some thousands of pounds out of the wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Fortune From a Wreck
It is pretty generally known that during the last twelve months the Hon. J. G. A[?]kman., M.L.C., of Melbourne, has made some thousands of pounds out of the wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shot on the Bridge. Steamer Fired At. Mysterious Outrage
Particulars of a remarkable outrage in the North sea were given at Leith on 1st February by C. Lilge, the first mate of the German, steamer Gemma, 540 tons,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →H.U.S. Montagu Ashore
The first-class battleship Montagu, 14,000 tons, during a fog went ashore at Shatter Point, Lundy Island, at the month of Bristol Channel. The vessel…
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