Cutter Wrecked. Suva, March 16
The auxiliary cutter Samtoin, owned by Jans Hing Loong, Ltd., of Suva, was wrecked on the reef leading into the Mubulau Passage at Kamba Point, not far from Suva. The…
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All Ashore
Just before sailing time…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dramatic Rescues. Explosion Wrecks Houses. Six Killed and 17 Injured. London, March 27
Six persons were killed and 17 injured in an explosion at Gateshead, Durham which, it is believed, was due to a steam excavator working on the roadway damaging a gas main…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fifteen Crash To Doom In Blazing 'Plane the Public Library 3Rd Mar. 93 of New South Wales Petrol Tank Explodes In Mid-Air Charred Corpses in Wreckage Two Sydney Victims Among Dead London
BURSTING into flames in mid-air, the Imperial Air-ways 'plane. City of Liverpool, which was flying from Cologne and Brussels to Croydon, crashed from a height of 600ft., near Dixmude, in Flanders, this afternoon killing all on board--12 passengers and the…
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Hiding in a lifeboat when the Balranald, which arrived to-day from England, was in Melbourne, a young man, who gave his name as Frank…
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THE French Island steamer Commandant, Destremau, which was recently sold to an eastern firm, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Chinese Pirates Capture British Officers. Steamer Ransacked. Shanghai, March 30
Four British mercantile officers were captured at Newchwang by daring piracy yesterday, according to reports received by the local office of the shipping agents, Butterfield and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Houses Wrecked. Explosion in Factory. Boy Killed. London, March 30
Mitcham, near London, presents a scene reminiscent of a war-time bombardment as the result of an explosion at 7 o'clock this morning in the Bush Company's lavender…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Air Disaster. King's Sympathy. Removal of Wreckage. Minister's Statement. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, March 29
The examination and removal of the wreckage of the air liner City of Liverpool, which met with disaster near Dixmud'e (Belgium), yesterday, began this…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Houses Wrecked Explosion in London Factory London
Scenes reminiscent of a war-time bombardment were witnessed at Mitcham, a suburb of London, following an explosion at 7 a.m. to-day in the…
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A VIOLENT explosion occurred at Mitcham, Surrey, yesterday, when a tank containing hundreds of gallons of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hoodlums Wreck Hall
Detectives are seeking a band of vandals who, during Thursday night, stole Bibles and other church property, after ransacking St. Paul's…
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SILHOUETTED against the stone structures of Martin Place--workmen engaged in the demolition of a building…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ketch Driven Ashore Wellington (N.z.)
The auxiliary ketch Lily. with a cargo of fish, was driven ashore at Bluff Harbor during a severe gale this morning, and is likely to become…
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COFF'S HARBOR, Thursday.--Mr. Joseph Daly, second officer of the N.C.S.N. Co.'s steamer Bonalbo, died in hospital here last night from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer Founders After Striking Reef. Capetown, April 5
The steamer Halerlc, bound from the Tyne to Australia to load wheat, sank off Paternoster Point, 20 miles north of Saldanha. She struck a reef yesterday afternoon, but floated…
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A message from Capetown on Wednesday stated that the British steamer Haleric, bound from the Tyne to Australia, sank off Paternosta Point, 20…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Buried in Coal On Steamer Millais. One Man Killed. Survivors' Graphic Accounts
Two men were buried in a fall of coal in the bunkers of the British ship Millais, which was berthed at Jones Bay, yesterday morning. One man was killed, but his companion was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Launch Wrecked Off Queensland Coast. BRISBANE
The launch Chelsea, owned by R. Gott, had her sails carried away by a squall on Saturday night when making for Yeppoon, near Rockhampton…
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The Dimboola is due to arrive at Sydney early this morning from Queensland ports. She will sail from King Street, at 5 p.m., for Melbourne…
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