Death on a Steamer. Sydney
While the steamer Southern Cross was on the voyage from Norfolk Island to New Hebrides, the second engineer died from influenza…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1920
202 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 11
Our Telegrams. Government steamer Profits. Three and a Half Millions. Sydney
The profits made by the Commonwealth Government steamers during the last three years total three and a half millions. The Dundula has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Call for Help. Reported Sinking of a Steamer. London
The steamer Baltic received a wifeless message at Liverpool and in response to a signal from the steamer William O'Brien in distress, steamed 28 miles and reached…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire on an Oil Steamer. San Francisco
The freighter West Cape, loaded with gasoline, and on route to the Orient, caught fire, and was beached and scuttled at Oakland, partly preventing the loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late Cables a Paris Tragedy. Joy Riding Party Wrecked Three Fatalities Paris, Sunday Night
A soldier and five men and women, while automobiling madly down the Avenue Gobelins, discharged revolvers, severely wounding a girl in the crowd…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sensational Explosion. At the Townsville Quarry. Some Cottages Wrecked. Rocks Cut Through the Roofs. Townsville
A sensational explosion occurred on Saturday in the council's quarry at the western end of the City doing consider able damage to a number of houses in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Strikes a Mine. London
Reuter' s Leghorn correspondent- telegraphed that the steamship Assiria, engaged in the Sicily. Sardinia, and Log horn service, struck a mine and sank. Four…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CASUALTIES. An Explosion of Petrol on Board a Ferry Steamer. Man's Frightful Injuries. Adelaide
There was a serious explosion of petrol on board the ferry steamer Success, in Port Adelaide. The vessel was beached in a badly damaged condition. William…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Schooner in Distress. Sydney
The schooner Mindoro reached Sydney in a leaky and damaged condition, as a result of encountering heavy weather. For a month the captain never changed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Drought. Fodder for New South Wales. a Steamer Secured. Sydney
The Minister for Agriculture has received a telegram from the Premier (Mr. Storey) stating he had been able to secure a steamer to carry wheat or fodder…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ice Bound British Steamer's Experience
Suffering from intense cold, equipped with insufficient food, for eight weeks locked fast in the ice, the 165 persons on board the British steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Influenza on Mission Steamer. Sydney
The Mclanesian mission steamer Southern Cross has been compelled to abandon tier island cruise owing to a severe outbreak of influenza on board,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Runs Short of Coal. Sydney
The steamer Havre reported by wireless on Saturday that she was short of coal in the Tasman Sea. A tug has been despatched to take the vessel in tow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Drifting Steamer Tug Can't Find Her. Sydney
The steamer Havre is still drifting off the coast. The tug Champion is unable to find her. (A Sydney message on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chinese Bandits. Attack River Steamer. Victorian Minister on Board. Shanghai
Armed bandits attacked a small steamer with a Victorian Minister, the Hon. J. McWhae, wife, and daughter, aboard, in the Yangtseze, between Tehang and Chung…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. the Steamer Havre. Drifting in Tasman Sea. Sydney
No further, messages have been received from the disabled steamer Havre. It is believed that the wireless installation has probably broken down. It is admitted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Wires Drifting Steamer Found. Being Towed to Port. Sydney
The tug Champion has found the drifting steamer Havre and is now towing her to port. (An earlier wire said:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Goes Ashore Sydney, Friday Afternoon
The coastal steamer Erringhi went ashore at Barren Joey. The cargo is being removed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Loses Its Rudder. Sydney
A wireless message was picked up by Garden Island from the steamer Kingsmere, to the effect that she had lost her rudder…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Marine Casualties. the Havre Picked Up. a Steamer Refloated. Sydney
News was received by wireless last night that the disabled steamer Havre had been picked up by the tug Champion on Wednesday night and taken in tow…
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