Steamer Hung Up. Sydney
The steamer Makura, which was to have sailed for Vancouver to-day, was held up owing to the seamen's demand for in creased wages and insurances for £500…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1919
276 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 14
Steamer and Pontoon. Sydney
The steamer Port Darwin, while shifting her moorings near Cremorne, dropped a line which secured her. She commenced to drift slowly towards Cremorne…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Niagara. Mail Steamer Delayed. Sydney
The steamer Niagara, from Vancouver, left Suva on Sunday for Auckland, and reports all well aboard. The vessel will go into quarantine for a week after…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Transport Wrecked. Paris
The United States transport, Tenuderee, was wrecked in the Bay of Biscay…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →American Transport Ashore. 2100 Wounded Aboard. Vancouver
A message from New York says: The transport Northern Pacific, carrying 2100 wounded Americans home his grounded on Fire Island. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ashore on French Coast. Passengers and Crew Rescued. Vancouver
A London message reports that the passengers and crew of the United States transport, Tenadores, which went ashore on the French coast, were rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Northern Pacific. Landing the Wounded. a Lifeboat Overturns. New York
Several boatloads of wounded were transferred from the transport Northern Pacific when the sea moderated. Afer a lifeboat, containing a dozen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floating Mine Menace. Crowded Steamer's Close Call. London, Sunday Night
A cross-Channel steamer, with a thousand soldiers on leave aboard, narrowly missed a floating mine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Leave Ship Wrecked Twenty Yards From Shore. 200 Sailors Lost. London
A message from Stornaway (Outer Hebrides) gives further particulars of the loss of the naval vessel Iolaire (formerly the stream yacht Amalthea)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shipping Dispute. Remote Prospect of Settlement Trouble Likely to Extend. Another Steamer Laid Up. Sydney
The shipping dispute is still unsettled, and the prospects of a compromise are considered very remote. Another vessel, the steamer Levuka, was added to the idle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cable Steamer Missing. 41 Persons on Board. Honolulu
The steamer Kestral, which carries supplies to Fanning Island and other cable stations, has been missing since she left Fanning Island on December 19…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Explosion. Film Exchange Wrecked. Vancouver
A Pittsburg report says that [?] persons were killed, mostly women and girls, and a score injured by au explosion which wrecked the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Explosion at Pittsburg. Twenty Persons Killed. Film Exchange Building Wrecked. Pittsburg
Twenty persons were killed, mostly women and girls, and a score injured, through an explosion which, wrecked the Film Exchange Building, in the business section…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. Ferry Steamer Aground. Sydney
The ferry steamer Vaucluse, running from Watson's Bay to Sydney, ran aground at Parsley Bay yesterday during the high wind. There were about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Steamer Mined. Most of the Crew Lost. New York, Friday Night
The British steamer Northumbria has been mined in the North Sea. Most of the crew were lost. (The Northumbria was a steel screw…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. Smallpox on Steamer. Perth
The steamer War Armor arrived at Albany with three cases of smallpox on beard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Case of Smallpox. on Sydney Steamer. Sydney
A case of smallpox is reported on the steamer War Armour. It is very mild case, and the patient is now convalescent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Sinking Steamer. Most of Crew Saved. Vancouver, Monday Night
A message from Halifax says: An American steamer rescued the crew of the sinking steamer Castalia. Several were drowned through the lifeboats…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer on Fire. Adelaide
A wireless message has been received at Adelaide from the steamer Fraser River, which is steaming to Port Adelaide on fire. The vessel is in ballast from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer In Flames. Sydney
The steamer Fraser River is approaching the Semaphore, Adelaide, in flames. The fire brigade will meet her…
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