Out of the Jaws of Death. Wonderful Escape of Schooner's Crew. Suffer Shipwreck, Starvation, and Awful Privations. Eat Grass on Easter Island
Sunday Times · Sunday 4 January 1914 · page 9
Like a chapter out of "Robinson Crusoe" was the story which four of the crew of the ship-wrecked El Dorado poured into the ears of a "Sunday Times" reporter at the Sailors' Home…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Steamer Stranded. Only Tw0 of the Crew Saved. Copenhagen, Saturday Morning
Sunday Times · Sunday 4 January 1914 · page 9
The Russian mine-laying steamer Neiroks has been stranded at Ronne on her maiden voyage from Middlesborough to Libau. The vessel herself is practically undamaged…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Story of the Sea. Thousand Miles to Land. Thrilling Journey in 22-Footer. Shipwrecked Crew in Sydney. Eleven Days of Torture
The Sun · Sunday 4 January 1914 · page 7
With their ship a wreck in mid-ocean, nearly 1000 miles from land, and with an angry sea tossing them about as though they were corks, the crew of the American…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mine-layer Wrecked. Five Men Drowned. London
The Sun · Sunday 4 January 1914 · page 5
A vessel for laying submarine mines, which has just been built in England for the Russian Government, was being sailed to the Baltic by an English crew of six with a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Struck Floating Wreckage. Mishap to a Tramp Steamer
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 3
The tramp steamer Knight of the Garter arrived in the harbor on Saturday, after a somewhat protracted passage from Valparaiso, due to a mishap to her propeller. She left…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Captain Shot Dead. Piratical Attack on Steamer
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 9
A daring case of piracy is reported by the officers of the steamer St. Albans, which arrived on Saturday from the East. The steamer Kwan Chau Wan, belonging to the Shung Hing…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Touched 'A Rock. Steamer's Propeller Stripped. Wellington (N.z.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 10
A wireless message has been received from the Chatham Islands to the effect that the steamer Himitangi has touched a rock on the north side of Big Island, and is now anchored,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →From the Islands. Mission Steamer John Williams a Volcanic Haze
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 11
The mission yacht John Williams returned to Sydney on Saturday, after a four months cruise in the South Seas, and brought as passengers the Rev. W. E. and Mrs. Goward, of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Shipping Casualties. Mine-laying Steamer Stranded Ftve Lives Lost. Copenhagen, Jan. 3
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 9
The Russian mine-laying steamer "Neiroks has become stranded near Ronne,, on her maiden voyage from Middlesborough to Libau, but she has sustained no damage…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New Super-dreadnought. Japan Building 37,000 Ton Monster. Another Steamer for Australian Trade Wanted
Evening News · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 1
That the trade between Japan and Australian is [?] tha tthe business men in both [?] have applied to the N. Y. K. Company to put another steamer on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wrecked. on an Island Reef. Barque Triton. Sailor's Extraordinary Career Wellington (N.z.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 9
The barque Triton, which left the [?] on November 21 for Malden Island, was wrecked near Ratotongn, in the Cook Group, on December 21, exactly a month after she had…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Barque Triton Wrecked
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 4
Cable advices received from Wellington last evening state that the Norwegian barque Triton, which left the Bluff on the 21st November for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lost in the Pacific. Thousand Miles in an Open Boat. Shipwrecked Sailors' Graphic Story
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 7
A story full of the tragic happenings of a grim fight with death was unfolded yesterday to a representative of "The Daily Telegraph" by members of the crew of the ill-fated schooner…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An Adamless Eden. the Cult of the White Skin. Every-day Life on Easter Island. Experiences of Shipwrecked Crew
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 6
Scarcely more than a dot on the chart of the Pacific, Easter Island, which is more than 1000 miles from any other human foothold, has come into the limelight of public notice by reason of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Himitangi Safe. Vessel in Tow. Wellington
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 10
A wireless message received from the Chatham Islands states that the steamer Himitangi, which touched a rock and stripped her propeller, is being towed to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Another Atlantic Disaster. Oil Task Steamer's Fate. New York
The Sun · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 8
The fate of the unknown oil tank steamer that was reported by wireless to be sinking 40 miles south of the Ambrose Channel lightship is still in doubt…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →World Sport Chronicles Games Ashore of the Turf and Afloat. Fixtures for the Week. To-day
Evening News · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 2
A.J.C. Anniversary meeting, general entries. A.J.C Doncaster Handicap and Sydney Cup entries. V.R.C. Newmarket Handicap and Australian Cup entries…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blown in Halves. Oil Tank Steamer. the Oklahoma Disaster. London, Tuesday Morning
The Sun · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 7
Later details of the disaster by which the American oil tank steamer Oklahoma was overtaken near Sandy Hook show that an explosion occurred on the vessel, and that the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Suddenly Sinks. an American Steamer. Twenty-four Sailors Perish. New York, Monday Evening
Evening News · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 1
News of a terrible disaster at sea, resulting in the loss of 24 lives, has just reached this city. White off Sandy Rook, the atcamer oklahoma…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Eldorado Wreck. Captain Benson's Voyage
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 9
Particulars of Captain Benson's voyage from Easter Island to Tahiti, after the wreck of the schooner Eldorado, show that, after leaving their comrades on Easter Island, Captain…
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