New Steamer's Trials. Sydney
The Common wealth liner Ferndale underwent her official trial to-day, and it is stated the results were highly satisfactory…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1924
268 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 12 of 14
Steamer Kyogle. Gone to Gulf of Carpentaria. Sydney
The lighthouse vessel Kyogle left Darwin last night from Arnheim Bay to make wireless connection with the Huddersfield…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chinese Pirates. Mail Steamer Captured. Passengers Robbed, Cargo Pillaged. Shanghai
The Chinese mail and passenger steamer, Ningsin, while proceeding to Foochow from Shanghai, was pirated off Wenchow by thirty-four armed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News of the World Express Wrecked. Six Killed, Fifteen Injured. Rome
The Paris-Rome express de luxe, carrying 60 passengers, was derailed near Genoa. The engine and several carriages…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrific Explosion. Man Killed, Twenty Injured, Shop Wrecked. London
Ignition of gas escaping from a cellar in Swansea caused a terrific explosion and killed a passing cyclist, injured 20 pedestrians and wrecked a shop, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fracas on Steamer. Fireman Fatally Wounded. Newcastle
When the Hain liner, Treworlas, arrived to-day, additional particulars of the death of a fireman named John Jacob, aged 26, a negro, were obtained. Last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Ultimate Success" Mr. Ley on Marriage Bill. "Insurance Against Would-be Home Wreckers." Sydney
The Minister for Justice (Mr. Ley), commenting to-night on the Marriage Amendment Bill, said there could be no reasonable doubt about the ultimate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Under Arrest. Writ for Men's Wages. Sydney
The schooner Huddersfield is under arrest as the result of a writ being issued for wages by members of the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mishap to Steamer. Ashore Off Victorian Coast. Melbourne
The steamer Casino, of 425 tons, trading between Melbourne and Portland, went aground at midnight close to the shove at Cape Pratten, five miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Telegrams Steamer Ashore Melbourne
The steamer, Casino was floated off the rocks near Lorne early this morning, and under her own steam arrived in the bay. Much of her cargo was handed on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Overdue Schooner. Sydney
The schooner Cathkit, which was 50 days overdue from Hobart to Melbourne, was sighted early to-day near Bateman's Bay. She was seen by the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Refloated. Melbourne
The steamer Casino, which went aground near Cape Patten on Tuesday, was refloated to-day after most of her cargo had been taken out. The vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cablegrams. Steamer Strikes a Rock. Passengers Safe. London, Thursday Night
The Commonwealth and Dominion steamer Port Nicholson struck a rock off Las Palmas. The engineroom and stokehold filled…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Negro's Death. Two Men on Trial Stabbing Affray on Steamer, Sydney
Medi Doran (25), greaser, and Abdul Hamid (23), trimmer, both colored men, appeared at the Central Criminal Court, to-day on a charge of having murdered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trawler Wrecked. Ten of Crew Drowned. London
Ten were drowned and three saved in the wreck of the Fleetwood trawler Anida Islay off the coast of Argyllshire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer on Fire. Two Men Escape Death. Sydney
The engineer and fireman of the steadier Rarangi, lying at Dalgety's wharf, were badly burned last night when flames swept the stokehold of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Steamer. Collision in Suez Canal. Port Said
The German steamer Hamburg, from Brisbane and Fremantle to Antwerp, collided with a dredger in the Suez Canal. The latter sank in a siding, but traffic is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ketch Ashore. Hobart
The ketch Annie Taylor is ashore on Sandy Beach at Rheban, Tasmania, and is expected to become a total wreck. The ketch was fully loaded with 60,000 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Loss of a Ketch. Sydney
The ketch Annie Taylor, which went ashore on the Tasmanian coast, has been declared a total loss…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Island Steamer on Reef. Sydney
A cable was received from Rabaul to-day stating that the steamer Madal, 797 tons, grounded on the reef near Kalilli on Sunday. The prospects of refloating…
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