First Steamer to India. Only 31 Tone of Coal Taken for a Voyage Which Took [?] Pate
W[?] wat the first steam voya[?] iron England it [?] accom[?]lishes? This canpot be answered with a[?] degree of certainty for…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913
9 stories in Southern Highlands's papers
Bird Chorus on a Wreck
Several men who clambered over the rocks and entered the cabin of the battered Danish steamer, G. Koch, which was wrecked near Aberdeen, with a loss…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →How to Avoid a Wreck
A tiny leak in a big ship can easily stopped if taken in time, but if disregarded it will overcome the mightiest vessel and drag her beneath the sea,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →His Domestic Happiness Was Wrecked
"It's just awful how criminally ignorant I've been regarding our food," said Mrs. Newlight to her husband the other day. "I can never be thankful enough that I…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Schooner's Crew of Women Captain's Husband the Only Man Not Suffragettes
W. S. Gilbert, in his "Bab Ballads," treated the idea of a ship being manned by women from a humorous standpoint; Clark Russell, in one of his sea stories, also utilised the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mystery of a Wreck. Cruiser Abandoned Five Years Ago
The mystery of an abandoned vessel reported to have been seen at Cape Gatha Blanco, French, West Africa, on May 10, and feared to be a Union-Castle liner, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wrecked on Desert Island. Six Months on Ice-clad Rock
News reached North Shields of the safety of twenty of the crew of the sealing schooner, Sea Bird, belonging to Messrs. Vivian, of that town. The vessel was wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Whale Butts a Steamer
A collision with a whale caused such seri-out damage to the Danish steamer Wladmir Reitz that the vessel was forced to put into St. Johns, Newfoundland, for repairs. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Directors and Wrecks. Fixing Responsibility
After the disaster on the New Haven Railroad at North Haven, U.S., in which twenty-one persons were killed, the Coroner's inquest placed the blame upon the…
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