A Schooner Capsizes. Wellington
The schooner Omaka capsized off Wellington Heads yesterday morning. It is believed that the seven men on board lost their lives. One body has been recovered…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1921
322 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 17
N.Z. Disaster. a Schooner Wrecked. All Hands Lost. Wellington (N.z.)
The auxiliary schooner "Omaka," chaff laden, was wrecked off the Wellington Heads, all hands being lost. It is believed that there were seven…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Missing Airship. Arrives Crippled and Is Then Wrecked. London
The dirigible airship R34 has been landed at Howden. The members of the crew are safe. LONDON, Sunday.The airship R34…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Steamer Quarantined. Mild Form of Smallpox Aboard. Auckland
The steamer "Waiwera" arrived from Sydney yesterday and was sent into quarantine. One member of the crew was isolated at Motuihi Island,…
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When about fourteen miles out on her trip to Jervis Bay this morning the engines of H.M.A.S. Franklin became disabled. Naval engineers were despatched…
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When about fourteen miles out on her trip to Jervis Bay this morning the engines of H.M.A.S. Franklin became disabled. Naval engineers were despatched…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Held Up at Auckland Auckland, Tuesday Night
Most of the stokehold hands and many of the stewards have signed off the "Marama," on the plea that they did not want to So to Sydney as they…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Darwin's Labor Beauties. Steamer Service to Be Discontinued. Sydney
"Go slow" tactics are so rampant at Darwin that the steamer Mataram may cease to call there. The percentage of damaged and lost cargo is so…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →QUEENSLAND Fire on a Steamer. Chlorine Gas for Flying Foxes Basic Wage Declaration To-day. Brisbane
A fire broke out this morning on the steamer Suva berthed at the A. U. S. N. wharf. The brigade was summoned, and the flames soon got under control, but not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland German Mine Washed Ashore. Fatal Accident on the Railway. Brisbane
A live German mine, standing four feet high, with five studs nine inches long, was found on the beach about ninety miles north. of Brisbane by holiday makers on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prohibited Immigrants. Steamer Owners Penalised. Sydney
Being agents for the vessel Mataram," from which a prohibited immigrant entered the Commonwealth, Messrs. Burns, Philp and Coy., Ltd.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News of the World. Steamer Given Up As Lost. London
Hope has been abandoned for the safety of the Spanish steamer Yute, with a crew of 48, which has been over ninety days on the voyage from Baltimore to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Commonwealth Steamer. the Moreton Bay. to Be Launched on April 23. LONDON
Vickers, Ltd., will launch the Moreton Bay, the Commonwealth's first 22,000-ton liner, on April 23. Mr. Larkin, manager of the Commonwealth line, states that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Getting Back to Work. Activity at Steamer Offices. Sydney, Monday, Night
The Interstate shipping offices were busy to-day dealing with work connected with getting the ships running again. In most cases the counters…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wild Scenes at Florence. Looting, Wrecking and Burning. Troops and Students in Conflict at Palermo. London
Further messages from Milan tell of sanguinary conflicts between the Nationalist and Communist factions on Sunday in many towns, especially at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Schooner Overdue. Sydney
The schooner Alumna is now 61 days out from Melbourne to Tonga. Serious fears are entertained for her safety…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wireless Operator. Killed on a Steamer. an Interrupted Funeral. Sydney
At the inquest on the death of John Smyth, wireless operator on the steamer Port Denison, evidence was given that the deceased was watching some acetylene…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Communistic Outrage. San Marco Docks Wrecked. London
A message from Milan states that as a reprisal for the Socialistic destruction of the Trieste labor headquarters, 300 armed Communists…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lost His Bearing. Captain of a Schooner. Vessel's Narrow Escape. Sydney
While the trawler Brolga was on a fishing cruise on Wednesday the schooner Columbia River, of America, was sighted. The latter's skipper informed those on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Motor-boat Tragedy. Wreckage Identified
On June 12 last two young men named John and Arthur Marsh, who were conjointly working a farm at Palmer's Island, which they had acquired under the…
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