Launch of the Aberdeen-australian Triple-screw Steamer Euripides
The Euripides, a large triple-screw steamer under construction by Harland and Wolff Limited, for Messrs. George Thompson and Co., Limited's passenger…
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2,023 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 102
Nearly Run Down. Close Call at the Heads. Fishing Party's Escape. Big Steamer and Small Boat
There was a thick smoke base at Sydney [?] just after daylight this morning, and a [?] with two man on board had a [?] The big interstate steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Snow's Fire. Fresh Outbreak This Morning. Falling Wall Wrecks Grill Room. Thrilling Escapes
Fire gutted the big drapery emporium of Sydney Snow, Limited, at the corner of Liverpool and Pitt streets late last night, did damage to the extent of over £50,000, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of the Warrior. Aristocratic Party's Escape. New Orleans, Jan. 28
Those on board Mr. Frederick Vanderbilt's steam yacht Warrior, which went ashore on the coast of Colombia, were faced with death for some time…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Wrecked Yacht. Chew Defuses to Leave
NEW ORLEANS, Wednesday.—Death faced the passengers aboard Mr. Frederick Vanderbilt's palatial yacht. Warrior, which is ashore off the Colombian coast…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ferry Steamer Sinks Collision in Harbor. Passengers in Peril. Fireman's Courageous Act
The Balmain New Ferry Co.'s paddle boat Memel, with about 30 passengers, the majority, of whom were women and children, collided off No. 5 jetty, in Daling Harbor…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Collision in a Fog. American Steamer Sunk. Over 40 Lives Lost. New York
A shipping disaster, involving serious loss of life, occurred yesterday near Hog Island, off the Virginian coast. Following a collision between the steamers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Peculiar WrecK
The coasting steamer Dunira, of Glasgow ran on to the rocky coast a little south of Port[atrick last month. She was badly holed, and, as the picture shows, was driven completely on her side. Portpatrick is on the south-west of Scotland, and on a clear day is in sight of Ulster…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →From Fire and Shipwreck
ONE of the blessings that come deeply disguised in disasters on land and sea, is that which takes the form of more thorough provision against such occurrences in the future, or their amelioration and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Port Macquarie
Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. are in receipt of a cable from the owners of the steamer Port Macquarie, advising her arrival at Dunkirk on the morning, of January 29…
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The steamer Umgeni, with the deported men on board, has passed Cape Agulhas, the most southerly point of Africa, en route for England…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Steamer Western Australia
The State steamer Western Australia is still at Sydney for sale. During the negotiations which have been proceeding with a London firm for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Harbour Collision. Ferry Steamer Sinks
A collision occurred in Darling Harbour last Saturday between the Balmain new Ferry Company's steamer, Me Mel and Messrs. B. M. Corrigan…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sea Disaster. Collision in a Fog. Many Lives Lost. Steamer Sinks in Ten Minutes. Norfolk (Virginia), Jan. 31
Great loss of life has attended a collision between the steamer Monroe (4704 tons) of the Old Dominion Steamship Company, and the steamer Nantucket (2599 tons), of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wrecked in the Channel. Sailors Awful Fate. Death by Slow Drowning. London, Monday Morning
The German four-masted ship Hera was caught in a heavy southerly gale off Falmouth on Saturday night. She struck and heeled over until her rails were awash…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →German Ship Wrecked. Nineteen Lives Lost. Lifeboat Rescues Five
LONDON, Sunday Evening.--The German tour masted barque, Hera, Inward bound to Falmouth, has foundered off Nare Point. Nineteen lives have been lost…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Marooned Fishermen. Food Floated Ashore. London, Tuesday Morning
Four lobster fishermen have been marooned on Roanish Island, off the coast of Donegal, for several days. They had five days' provisions, and when these were exhausted a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Empire Transport Line. Addition to the Fleet. New Steamer's Trial
The steamer Royal Transport, built by Irvine's Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Ltd., to the order of Messrs. Furness, Withy,. and Co., Ltd., for the Empire Transport: Co.,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Sea. Steamer Moa Lost. Five Miles From Wanganui. Wellington, N.Z.
The steamer Moa, a vessel of 135 tons gross look fire five miles from Wanganul Hands this morning and was burnt to the water's edge…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Seadisastees. German Ship Wrecked. Nineteen Lives Lost. London, Feb. 1
The Gorman ship Hera, 1994 tons, while bound for Falmouth, sank off Nare Point, and 13 of the crow were drowned. The Hera struck the rocks at midnight. The…
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