A Tough Ordeal. Steamer in Cyclone. LONDON
A terrific three-day [?] with a cyclone. In which the steamer [?] lost its first officer overboard, and five of the crew were Injured (two…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1930
136 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 5 of 7
Steamer on Fire a Race for Port DURBAN
The British steamer "Brookwood," from Tyne to New Caledonia with a cargo of coal, wirelessed that the after hold was afire and they were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Whale in Harbor a Launch Wrecked Futile Efforts at Capture Sydney
A humped-back whale, about 40 feet in length, entered Sydney Harbor to-day and efforts were made to capture it without success…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tahiti Sinking Passengers Take to Boats Some of the Crew Still on Board Cargo Steamer Almost at Hand Sydney, Sunday Night
The latest news from Suva, regarding the sinking vessel, Tahiti, states that the cargo carrier, Penybrin, which had raced 180 miles to the rescue, had sighted the Tahiti's rockets at 6.55 p.m. She was due to reach the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shatterproof Glass Still Holds After Rail Wreck
An American railway company, in the southern spates recently reported that a freight train carrying a capacity load, of pig iron, coal and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Robbed of £800 Steamer Passenger's Loss Sydney
It was reported to the police by wireless early to-day that Henry Ballantyne, a passenger on the steamer Maunganul, had lost £800 from his cabin…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Vehicular Ferry Boat Ashore Sydney
Over-running the docks on the Sydney side of the Hawkesbury River at Kangaroo Point This afternoon the vehicular ferry George Peat, ran…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →German Steamer Collision with Trawler Excitement in Harbor Sydney
The German steamer Stassfurt and the trawler Millimumul figured in a collision on the harbor to-day, and both were damaged. It is rather a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lamp Explodes Fishing Ketch Destroyed MELBOURNE
The Bass Strait fishing ketch Lady Brassey, was destroyed by [?] at Crib Point yesterday, following the explosion of a petrol lamp on board…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Struck a Reef Mission Schooner Sinks Suva
The Methodist Mission schooner John Wesley, struck the Augo reef near Oneato and sunk un 18 feet of water. A salvage party was despatched. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Smallpox on Steamer Brisbane
When the steamer Changte arrived at Thursday Island to-day a case of smallpox among the second class passengers was reported. The vessel will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sea Gives Up Treasure Wrecked Liner Egypt Is Now Being Ransacked Brest
Salvage work on the liner Egypt has been facilitated by calm seas, and already the divers nave removed the deck plates and entered the captain's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer in Quarantine SYDNEY
Led into port by the pilot steamer. Captain Cook, the Dutch liner, Nieuw Zeeland proceeded to anchorage off the Quarantine Station early to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Small Pox. Dutch Steamer Quarantined SYDNEY, Thur[?]
The Dutch liner, [?] which a case of smallpox [?] arrived in Sydney this [?] an immediately, went into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Adelaide Trouble Steamer Held Up Adelaide
The steamer Bimboola was held up to-day because a fireman was missing at sailing time. Taree Adelaide members of the crew also gave notice. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecked Egypt Safe Found Brest
Divers brought to the surface the safe of the Egypt, found in the captain's cabin. When it was opened with an oxy-acetylone flame is revealed the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Struck a Reef Tramp Steamer Wrecked Capetown
The tramp steamer, "Malmesbury." bound from the Cape with a load of maize, struck a reef near Cape Columbine in a thick fog last night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Smallpox Steamer in Quarantine Sydney
The steamer Changte was placed in quarantine on arrival from the East to-day following the discovery of a case of smallpox at Thursday Island. After…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cobb and Co.'s Oldest Driver Richard Palmer, 94, of Cronulla, Remembers the Days of the Wreck of the Dunbar
Mr. Richard Palmer, who resides with his daughter, Mrs. Stanley Latta, at Cronulla, and who is a wonderfully hale and hearty man, is now in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Founders Suva
The steamer Jedmoor trading between La Toka and La Basa, foundered on a reef in the La Basa River, Fiji. She was leaking slightly in…
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