Sand in Oil Boxes Attempt to Damage Steamer. Perth
Engineers on the South African Government chartered steamer Apolda, which is delayed at Bunbury owing to a strike of the crew for Australian rates of pay,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925
241 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 13
Fire on Steamer Skip and Cargo Damaged. Wellington (N.z.)
A fire broke out in the hold of the steamer Turakina, which was to have sailed at 11 o'clock this morning. The fire has how been got under control, but…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Rough Passage 30-Ton Ketch Wins Through. Sydney
Captain Hayward, who arrived in Sydney to-day from the New Hebrides, says he took charge of the 30-ton ketch Meringo at Port Patterson, and set out for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Not Accidental Fire on Steamer Turakina. Wellington (N.z.)
An inquiry which was held into the cause of the fire on the steamer Turakina shows the outbreak was not accidental as at first thought. It is now stated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Striking Seamen. Raid Steamer. Sydney
Striking seamen raided the steamer Apolia at Bunbury, West Australia, and raked out the fire bars and dropped two anchors…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trouble on a Steamer. Cooks Refuse to Strike. Sydney
An Auckland message says that the crew of the Okaki ceased work yesterday. The cooks refused to be coerced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wanted Man Found on Steamer a Last Minute Arrest. Brisbane
On October 12 last Thomas Deneby, who was charged with having broken and entered the premises of a jeweller in George street, Brisbane, failed to appear…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal for Steamer. Brisbane
Loaded with 160 tons of coal and manned by a volunteer crew the steamer Palmer of John Burke, Ltd. line, left Brisbane this morning for Bowen where…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer West Moreland. Trouble at Port Adelaide. Adelaide
All of the members of the victualling department with the exception of the chief cook ceased work on the steamer West Moreland at Port Adelaide…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Manuka. Victim of Job Control. Melbourne
When the steamer Manuka was ready to sail for New Zealand at 2 p.m. to-day it was discovered that there were five firemen missing. Later three of the men came…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Strike Steamer Leaves Townsville Police Present at Departure. Townsville
The overseas steamer Somerset got away from here this morning at five o'clock. Five cars laden with police arrived on the jetty. There were only a few pickets…
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The North Coast Steam Navigation Company has disposed of the Brundah to Burns, Philp and Co. for the Island trade. The new owners are applying for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Ship Driven Ashore by Gale. London
The latest news of the stranding at Kingstown of the ship Hamburg with wheat from Melbourne for Irish ports, says the weather is moderate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →40 Tins of Opium Found on Steamer. Sydney
Customs officers yesterday discovered 40 tins of opium, valued at £400, secreted in the refrigerating chamber of the steamer Arafura…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tables Turned Seamen and Secretary Lively Fremantle Meeting Steamer Declared "White." Perth
It is reported that the Fremantle branch of the Seamen's Union which carried a motion of no confidence against Houghton, the secretary, also subjected…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ketch Afire with Cargo of Petrol. Adelaide
The ketch Wellington, loaded with seventeen hundred cases of benzine and kerosene, caught fire in Port Adelaide River. It is feared the vessel will be a total loss…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Treasure" Yaght Blown Ashore in Gale. London
At Plymouth, in a blinding gale at 11 o'clock last night, the yacht St. George which returned in September from a scientific cruise in the South Pacific,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shots Fired Strikers .Rush Steamer Serious Riot in Brisbane Two Men in Hospital--others Injured. Brisbane
The most serious riot in Queensland prising out of the British seamen's strike occurred at about nine o'clock on Saturday night' aboard the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Declared Black. by Sydney Watersiders. Sydney
Members of the Waterside Workers' Federation in Sydney have refused to load the steamer Somerset which arrived from Townsville last week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Case of Suspected Smallpox. on Steamer From Borneo. Melbourne
The steamer Murex which arrived yesterday from Borneo with a full cargo of bulk oil has reported two cases of suspected smallpox…
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