240 Persons Drowned. Chilean Steamer Goes Down. Vancouver
Two hundred and forty were drowned when the Chilean steamer Itata capsized and sank in rough seas, off the Island of Choros, north of the town of Coquimbo…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1922
194 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 10
Express Wrecked. Driver and Fireman Killed. "We Loosened the Plates." Chicago
The Federal authorities have started sweeping investigations in an effort to determine whether the recent wrecking of a million dollar express and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams Fire in a Steamer's Bunker. Sydney
A fire broke out last night amongst four hundred tons of coal in the bunker on the steamer Ooma. The bulkhead was burnt and a number of tons of coal were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Liner Wrecked Thousand Passengers Aboard. Steamers Racing to the Scene. No Details of Disaster. London
The Hamburg-America liner Hamonia, when one hundred miles from Oporto, Portugal, with one thousand passengers aboard, has wirelessed that she…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trouble on a Steamer. Sydney
Industrial trouble has developed on the Commonwealth Government's liner Esperance Bay regarding the manning of that vessel. The Seamen's Union is insisting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Passenger Removed From Steamer. Secretary Communist Party. Sydney
When the steamer Hobson Bay reached Fremantle yesterday a passenger who was alleged to have been travelling on a passport issued in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland News. Rain in Dairying Areas. Children to See Eclipse. Steamer in a Typhoon. Brisbane
All the State Schools in Southern Queensland will be closed at 3 O'clock on Thursday afternoon to enable the teachers and pupils to view the eclipse…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Schooner Overdue. Darwin
The Government auxiliary schooner, John Alice, is some days overdue from the Gulf ports…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ireland. Attempt to Sink Steamer. London
Armed raiders in the darkness over powered the guard on the Irish steamer Alexander at Kingstown, opened the seacocks and decamped. Engineers on a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ketch Ruby Ashore. Sydney
The ketch Ruby has gone ashore near Green Point, Broken Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News of the World. "All Brothers." Soviet Steamer in England. London
With everyone from the captain down to the cabin-boy on a footing of perfect equality, the Soviet steamer Bolshevik has arrived at Harwich. The whole…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →QUEENSLAND Three Months Revenue. the Wheat Crops. Steamer Aground. Brisbane
The revenue returns to-night showed that for the first quarter of the year the State is £91,448 to the bad. The revenue for the three months was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Supposed Wreck. Sydney
During her voyage to Port Darwin the steamer Bambra passed over what is thought to be the wreck of the Koombana. which was lost with all hands in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Steamer Captured. London
The Irish Free State troops captured in Sligo Bay a steamer from Glasgow carrying cases of arms and ammunition consigned to Ballina…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →First Since 1914. German Steamer in Port. Sydney
The steamer Hanau, the first German ship to enter, the port of Sydney since 1914, arrived to-day under the command of Captain Voss. who was interned at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Makes Port. Capetown
A Durban message says the steamer Langton Hall, Whose coal bunkers were on fire, has arrived there. The fire has abated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer on Fire. Passengers and Crew Rescued. Vancouver
The steamer City of Honolulu, of 17,000 tons, is on fire and has been abandoned by passengers and crew 1400 miles east of Honolulu…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Traffic. Alteration in Times. Yulgilbar in Commission
An alteration in favor of the travellers by steamer from the Clarence to Sydney has been made by the North Coast Steam Navigation Company…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Ashore. Launceston, Wenesday
The Union Company's steamer Conah, which carries mail from Melbourne [?] Launceston, went ashore near Kelso Bay[?] River Tamar, between 6.30 and 7 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coalition Machine Wrecked. London
As was expected spanners have been thrown in the works of the Coalition machine. It was the hand of one of the engineers that threw them in, the…
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