Safe Blown Open. Office Furniture Wrecked. Sydney
A large safe in the offices of the district base of the Army Service Corps, Victoria Barracks, was blown open early to-day, and stamps and money worth £8…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1924
268 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 14
Foundered in Pacific. British Steamer's Fate. Sydney
Information was received in Sydney to-day to the effect that the British steamer, Mary Horlock, has foundered in the Pacific Ocean…
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Mr. R. S. Perdriau, M.L.A., stated this afternoon that he had been informed that an officer from the Navigation Department will visit Byron Bay on…
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The steamer Australic, from Gothenburg, which wirelessed for immediate assistance 20 miles from Trelleborg on Sunday last, has reached Sassnitz…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Dorset. Fire in Glasgow Harbor. Exciting Scenes
LONDON, Thursday. There were exciting scenes in the Glasgow harbor early this morning when a fire occurred on the steamer Dorset…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wrecked Wollongbar
The wreck or the Wollongbar at Byron Bay has long been recognised as a danger to shipping, as the old hulk is causing sand to silt up in the vicinity of the…
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The hopes of Byron Bay residents that the Navigation Department would remove the wreck of the Wollongbar have been ended. Captain J. E. Morris…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Benandra Stranded. Safety of Crew in Doubt. Sydney
The steamer Benandra, of the Illawarra Steamship Company, is stranded on the Moruya bar. The vessel is full of water and badly damaged. No…
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"The first lifeboat--launched at South Shields--was a small pulling-boat for 12 men. It was, 30ft. in length arid cost £149. The modern motor lifeboat is 45ft…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Benandra Wreck. Sydney
The steamer Benandra, which went ashore at Moruya Heads, is breaking up. As the wreck completely blocks the channel, malting navigation impossible, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brisbane-richmond River Steamer
Mr. R. Hillecat (a director of the shipping line of John Burke, Ltd., Brisbane) and Mr. J. M. Stewart have been visiting the Richmond River district…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Marine Collision. Japanese Steamer Sunk. Crash Off Kentish Coast. Crew Trapped in Bunks. London
The Japanese steamer Tokofuku Maru, bound for Bremen to Japan, was sunk in a collision with the German steamer Heimdal in a fog off Dungeness…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Benandra a Total Wreck. Sydney
The steamer Benandra, which went ashore at Moruya Heads, is at total wreck. Nothing but her masts are visible. The body of the passenger…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Discovery of Wreckage Douglas Mawson Disaster Revived. Brisbane
The tragic disappearance of the small Gulf steamer, Douglas Mawson, during the cyclone season in March of last year while en route from Normanton has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Operator's Death. [?] Matra Wreck Recalled
The loss of the steam yacht Sumatra, while on a voyage from Sydney to Rabaul in June last, was recalled by an application in the Practice Court, Hobart. before…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Smallpox on Steamer. Brisbane
The steamer Victoria arrived at Thursday Island from the East with two cases of smallpox. The patients were landed, and the vessel was quarantined…
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According to the report received at the Federal Navigation Department this morning, the mast which was washed ashore at Narrabeen beach yesterday…
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News reached Sydney yesterday that the auxiliary schooner Mascot has been totally wrecked at the Santa Cruz group…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Schooner Mascot. Sydney
News reached Sydney yesterday that the auxiliary schooner Mascot had been totally wrecked at the Santa Cruz Group. There was no loss of life. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Sea. Steamer from Bombay. 1200 Pilgrims on Board. Making for African Coast. London
Twelve hundred pilgrims for Jeddah are aboard the burning British steamer Frangestan, from Bombay, which is making for Port Sudan, where she is…
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