A Steamer Sunk. Crushed by a Falling Dock. VANCOUVER, Saturday Nights
The steamer Newport was sunk at Bilbao, Panama owing to the wharf to which she was moored collapsing with a roar. A great…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1912
189 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 10
Bass Straits Wreck- Captain Solely to Blame. SYDNEY, Thursday Night
In Melbourne to-day, the Marine Court found that the wreck of the G .W. Wolff in Bass Straits was caused by the improper and…
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In the early hours of yaaterday [?] ing information. [?] actions [?] which had [?] [?]…
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The debate on the second reading of the Navigation Bill was continued in the House of Representatives. Mr. Howe (N.S.W.) said that the…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—At the Town Hall to-night the Governor-General will preside at the thirty-fifth annual meeting of the Royal Shipwreck Relief and Humane…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Health Wrecked by Piles. Was Too Weak to Walk, a Splendid Cure by Bile Beans
"My husband for five years was a martyr to bleeding piles," says Mrs. Lily Thompson, of 278, Swan Street, East Richmond, Melbourne, "The pain he endured during…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Damaged Steamer. Making Sydney for Repairs. LONDON, Saturday Night
The steamer Mataram, which struck a rock, at Port Moresby. New Guines, is proceeding direct to Sydney for repairs…
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A tiny leak in a big ship can easily be stopped if taken in time, but if disregarded it will overcome the migntlest vessel, and drag her…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The Criccieth Castle bas foundered off Cape Horn. She had a full cargo. The terrific seas loosened the plates, and the water gained on…
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The coasting steamer Comboyne, 281 tons, while entering Port Kembla early yesterday morning, struck the breakwater and was…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The steamer Comboyne, while trying to put into Port Kembla harbour, struck the end of the eastern breakwater, and began to fill…
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A tiny leak in a big ship can easily be stopped if taken in time, but if disregarded it will overcome themightiest vessel, and drag her beneath the sea; there is no…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Sunken Steamer. Satisfactory Salvage Work. SYDNEY
The sunken steamer Comboyne at Port Kembla has been, moved fully 300 feet shoreward and about 15 feet towards the surface. It is hoped…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Ketch Candidate
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—In connection with the loss of the ketch Candidate, the Marine Board returned a formal finding that there was every reason to believe…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Ketch Ashore. At Bellingen Heads. URUNGA
The ketch Our Elsie grounded on the North Spit yesterday evening some distance from the training wall, when coming into the Bellini…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Cablegrams. Against Home Rule. Wrecked by Insurance Act. LONDON
Addressing the delegates to the annual gathering at the Cork International Fair, Mr. William O'Brien, M.P., expressed the fear…
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One of the many mysteries of the sea was investigated by Judge Back-house and assessors in the Marine Court in Sydney last week. On…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Afire. Cargo Damaged. SYDNEY
A fire occurred oil the steamer Tambo, off the Island of Tulagai, in the Solomons, early this month. While a quantity of benzine was bef…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Almost Ashore a Brig in Danger. SYDNEY
The brig Edward, bound from Tasmania to Port Pirie (S.A.) is almost ashore outside Port Phillip (Vic.) heads. She is riding on both…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Schooner Endeavour
SYDNEY, Monday.-The mail steamer Makura brought details of the wreck of the schooner. Endeavour, in the Fiji Group. While on a voyage from…
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