Steamer Runs Aground. Sydney
An Adelaide message states that the steamer Investigator ran aground on the Wardang Island while on a voyage from Port Piere to Port Victoria…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1918
245 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 13
Big French Steamer Launched. London
At Dunkirk, a 19,000 ton cargo steamer, the biggest French merchantman, was successfully launched, despite the Germans laying mine's in her course, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Submarine Menace. Y.M.C.A. Steamer Sunk. 3 LOST; 247 Saved. Portland (Oregon), Monday Night
A message from London says: An American Y.M.C.A. steamer has been torpedoed. The survivors, numbering 247, have been landed. Three lives…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collisions at Sea. Norwegian Steamer Sunk. Warship Rams Coasting Vessel. Sixty-six Lives Lost. New York
The Norwegian steamer Fjell was sunk in a collision with the Livingstone off the Virginia coast in a fog. The crews of both ships were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Boat Wrecked. Party's Trying Experience
Messrs. P. Leebott, R. Pearce, B. Boles, and F. McKay, residents of Coff's Harbor, returned to that centre last night after a trying experience in a motor boat, in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Swamped. Sydney
The coastal steamer, Rimu, was swept by a tidal sea whilst crossing Manukua bar, New Zealand, and completely swamped. Two men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spanish Steamer Sunk. Three Stokers Killed. London
Reuter's Barcelona correspondent reported on Tuesday that survivors from the torpedoed Spanish steamer Luisa had arrived there. They were attacked while…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arrival of San Francisco Steamer. a Large Mail. Sydney
The steamer Sonoma, which arrived at Sydney to-day from San Francisco, landed 5045 bags of mails the bulk of which is for Sydney and Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Launch Wrecked. Crew's Narrow Escape
Mr. W. Anderton's a motor launch was totally wracked on Monday Morning near Red Rock. It appears that one of the crew of four…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sardinian City Shelled. British Steamer Torpedoed. Rome
An enemy submarine recently shelled Carleforte, Sardinia, during a fog, killing two women, and torpedoed a British steamer there. A motor boat…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Launch Wrecked. Crew's Narrow Escape
Mr. W. Anderton's motor launch was totally wrecked on Monday morning near Red Rock (says the Coff's Harbor "Advocate"). It appears that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowning Fatality. at the North Coast Wharf. Man Falls Between Wharf and Steamer
A deplorable accident, resulting in the death of William Weatherstone, occurred at the North Coast Steamship Company's Grafton wharf yesterday. From…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Steamer Stranded. Melbourne
The steamer Romura, which left Melbourne on Saturday for Adelaide and Fremantle, stranded in the south channel, but is in no danger…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Large Steamer Wrecked. London
A 17,000 tonner, the Highland Scot, was wrecked off Rio de Janiero…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Record Shipbuilding. 5500.-Ton Steamer in 37 Days. Montreal, Wednesday Night
A message from Philadelphia says the Tuckahoe (mentioned in the cables on May 5) may be completed within thirty-seven days from the keel being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Timber Schooner Missing. on Queensland Coast. Sydney
The schooner Swordfish, timber-laden from Maryborough to Townsville, has been reported missing since May 1st…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Explosion Wrecks Chemical Factory. Appalling Casualty List. Portland (Oregon)
A message from Pittsburg says: An explosion of trinitorotoluel wrecked a chemical plant here. It is unofficially estimated that there are 170 dead and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Steamer Lost. No Details Available. Washington, Tuesday Night
The American tank steamer William Rockefeller has been lost at sea. No details are yet available…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams. First Wooden Steamer. Loading Oil for Australia. Sydney
The Ballata, the first unit of the fleet of wooden steamers ordered in America for the Commonwealth. Government, is now about to commence loading for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Irish Steamer Sunk. 37 Persons Lost
The Irish steamer Inniscarra, from Fishguard, Cork, was torpedoed and sunk. Only five, including the captain, were saved. It is believed that 37 persons…
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