Island Steamer on Reef. Probable Total Wreck. Suva
The steamer Mesna is broadside on a reef with waiter in the holds and engine room. It is believed that the vessel will be a total loss. Some of the crew left for…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1924
268 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 14
Steamer Douglas Mawson. No News of Women Survivors Sydney
No further news of the two women survivors of the steamer Douglas Mawson can possibly be received for at least three weeks…
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The steamer Wakatu went ashore in a [?] this morning on Wripana Point. New Zealand. The crew landed safely. A heavy sea was running…
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A wireless message received yesterday states that the position of the steamer Mesna. which ran ashore on a reef near' the Tongan group, was hopeless…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lighthouse Steamer Kyogle. Dispute Settled. Sydney
The dispute concerning the crew of Commonwealth lighthouse steamer. Kyogle has been settled. The present frew is to be returned to Sydney from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sumatra Wreck. the Clarence River Bottle
The message found in a bottle recently in the Clarence River by one of the employees of the Copmanhurst Shire Council was forwarded to the representative of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on Steamer. Cargo and Fittings Damaged. Sydney
Late on Saturday nght a lire broke out among the copra cargo on the steamer Kaikoura at Wellington (N.Z.). Extensive damage was done in two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For China? Rifles and Ammunition. Discovery at Durban. Tramp Steamer Under Arrest. Capetown
A message from Durban states that the Customs authorities searched the tramp steamer "Nortmark" from Hamburg, and discovered thousands of rifles, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →350 Sheep Overboard. Steamer Nearly Founders. Melbourne
During the voyage of the steamer Kanna from Sydney, to Hobart 350 sheep were washed overboard. At one time the weather was so boisterous that it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Liner Wrecked. Destroyer Rescues Crew and Passengers. London
The Leyland liner Asian, from New Orleans, is ashore at Shagrock, between Galley Head and Fastnet, and is rapidly breaking up…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Captive Women. Story of Shipwreck. Told by Gulf Blacks. Wreckage on Beach. Brisbane
The Queensland Treasury authorities have received from Mr. W. Harvey, of the ketch lolanthe, of Burketown, information bearing on the wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Story of Wreck Told by Asian Survivors. Destroyer Picks Up Only S.O.S. LONDON
The survivors of the liner Asian, which I went, ashore in a fog, have arrived at Liverpool, where they told graphic stories of their sufferings…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fury of the Tempest. Timber Steamer Buffeted
The Union S.S. Coy's. Kahaki, when is now at Grafton taking in a cargo of heavy piles for New Zealand, had an an abnormally rough passage on her trip across…
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A report has been received by the Commonwealth Navigation Department, that the motor schooner, Doris Crane, of Fanning Island, is overdue at that place. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Slashed with Knife Fight on Steamer. Sydney
There was au affray on the steamer Eastern Moon, berthed at Circular Quay last night. Edward Reyes, a Chilean, was taken to hospital with knife slashes, in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Forty Deaths. Bandits Wreck Express. London
The "Daily Express" Moscow correspondent learns that bandits tore up the railway and wrecked the Odessa express train at Altouknovo…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ARBITRATION. Japan's Attitude. May Wreck Scheme. Dragging in Immigration. Geneva
M's. Loucher and Briand (France) lengthily conferred & with Adatchi (Japan) with a view to obtaining a modification of Japan's attitude on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ketch Found. Crew Rescued at Sea. Sydney
A wireless message was received in Sydney to-day from Captain Mathews, of the steamer Suffolk, stating that he had found the ketch Rambler near Sugarloaf…
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Commander Frank Worsley, of South Pole expedition fame, was the hero of a thrilling wreck of the auxiliary motor schooner Katherine Annie, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Towline Snapped. Steamer Crashes Into Wharf. Brisbane
While the steamer Tasmania was being berthed at Pinkenba wharf this morning he Bowling broke when the vessel was swinging on the floodtide. The anchor…
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