Explosion of Dynamite. a Building Wrecked. Narrow Escapes
PERTH (W.A.), January 5.-An explosion of dynamite occurred at Free mantle early on Friday morning in a small building a short distance from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shipwrecks & the sea, 1895
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Cable Messages. The Weather in Europe. Many Wrecks
LONDON, December 27.—The steamer Abydos was wrecked off the coast of the Isle of Man during the late terrible gales which passed over the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Accident to a Channel Steamer. She Collides with Calais Pier. Escape of the Passengers. London, January 4
A channel steamer, heavily laden with passengers, ran full tilt into Calais pier. The steamer was quickly beached, and be lives were lost, but a hole was knocked…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Channel Steamer Ashore. Machinery Disabled. London, Jan. 5
The mail steamer Empress, running between Dover and Calais, has gone ashore near the Calais pier, owing to an accident to her machinery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Jack Ashore. a Truant Orlando Man. Eluding the Search Party
The time-expired sailors on this station, who trill shortly leave for home on H.M.S. Crescent, are naturally enough excited at the prospect of good being once more…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Collision in the Channel, a Steamer Sunk
LONDON, January 7.-The barque Primavera, which left London on the 5th instant for Hobart and Launceston, came into collision in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News by Cable. Channel Steamer More Passengers In Peril
LONDON, January 5.-An. accident which it was at one time feared, would be attended with onsiderable lose of life, occurred yesterday to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Special Cables Accident to a Channel Steamer. the Paddle Wheel Smashed. the Vessel Near Calais Harbor. Passengers in Peril for 10 Hours
LONDON, Saturday.--An extraordinary accident occurred near Calais yesterday in connection wiht the Channel steamer Empress…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Star's Special Cables. Collision at Calais a Pier Wrecked. The Vessel Badly Damaged-- Beached to Prevent Sinking. London, January 5
An extraordinary accident occurred at Calais yesterday when one of the Channel steamers ran into thepier. The force of the impact was so great that the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dynamite Explosion Near Fremantle. Buildings Wrecked and Two Men Injured. Narrow Escape of the Township
PERTH, Saturday.--A dynamite explosion occurred at Fremantle shortly after midnight on Tuesday at a powder store connected with the harbor works. About…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Jack Ashore. a Mistaken Refuge
The city and water police were giving chase to a man-o'-warsman who was "wanted" on board the Crescent. In his confusion, Jack ran into the first house he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →2.30 Edition. Late Cables. Terrible Explosion. An Excursion Steamer Wrecked. 120 Lives Lost
LONDON, January 8,-A terrible explosion, attended with great loss of of life, has occurred in the harbor of Rio Janeiro…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision in the Channel. a Steamer Sunk
LONDON, January 7.-The barque Primera, which left London on the 5th instant for Hobart and Launceston, came into collision in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision in the English Channel. a Steamer Sunk. the Crew Rescued
LONDON, Monday. -- A serious collision has occurred in the English Channel between the barque Primera and the steamer Pearl…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Marine Board Inquires. Wreck of the Emma Matilda
The wreck of the cutter Emma Matilda off North Head at 3.30 a.m. on January 2 was this afternoon inquired into by the Marine Board. There was only one witness,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Armenian Atrocities. Story by Refugees. Outrage and Murder. Brutalities by Turkish Soldiers-- Women Violated and Butchered-- Men Murdered -- Houses Wrecked and Villages Desolated
A telegram from Athens on December 3 reports that 20 Armenian refugees have arrived there from Armenia after a journey full of hardships and suffering. They were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Marine Board Inquiry. the Wreck of the Emma Matilda
A meeting of the Marine Board was held yesterday afternoon, when there were present: -- Captain Hixson (president), Captains Jenkins, Moody, O'Sulllvan, M'Lean,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shipping Disasters. Wreck of the Barque Richard Parsons. Six Lives Lost. the Captain's Story -- Terrible Privations
By the R.M.S. Mariposa yesterday details were received of the loss of the American barque Richard Parsons. The vessel was an a voyage from Newcastle to Manila,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Peterborough Ashore
The steamer Peterborough, a small wooden steamer of 111 tons, which for some time past has been running between Sydney and Bateman's Bay, attempted to cross the bar…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Weather in Europe. Six Steamers Ashore in the Black Sea. Towns Isolated by Snow
LONDON, Tuesday.--Terribly severe weather prevails throughout Europe, and numerous disasters by sea and land are reported…
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