Mystery Cleared Up Steamer"s Strange Movements. Sydney
Some months ago residents of Newcastle were mystified by a report that a foreign woman had inquired at a local shop the depth of water close in shore, and…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925
241 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 13
Shipping Trouble The Steamer Levuka Situation Serious Union Secretary in Court. Sydney
When the call was made this morning for six hands for the steamer Levuka there was response. As the vessel is timed to leave for Melbourne to-morrow,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sequel to Steamer Collision Claim for Damages. Brisbane
A writ has been issued out of the Supreme Court against the owners of the Federal Steam. Navigation Co. steamer Surrey by the Australian Steamships…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Steamer for Macleay
The North Coast S.N. Company is having a steamer specially built for the Macleay trade, with large hatches and ample deck room to handle timber, a fore hold…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Aground. Osaka
The steamer President Yarn Buren has gone aground off Suma, near Kobe. It is hoped to refloat the steamer at full tide to-morrow morning…
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The cargo steamer Trebartha, of 4597 tons, is ashore on a reef at New Ireland. All efforts to refloat the vessel have proved unsuccessful and it is feared she…
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The steamer Trebartha, which went ashore on a coral reef near Kaewieng, New Ireland, was refloated this morning, apparently undamaged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on Steamer. Sydney
A fire broke out early this morning on board the steamer City of Bristol, lying at the wharf at Woolwich. When the fire fighters arrived the flames had a good…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tugs Long Tow. Adelaide to England Has Steamer Been Abandoned? Adelaide
It is rumored in shipping circles that the steamer City of Singapore, which is being towed by two Dutch tugs from Adelaide to England has been abandoned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →21 Drowned River Steamer Sinks. Vancouver
A message from Memphis (Teanessee) says it is officially announced that twenty-one lives were lost by the sinking of the steamer Morman in the Mississippi River,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flooded River. Houses Carried Away Wrecks Looted and Robbed. Sydney
At a meeting of St. Peters Council last night it was stated the Woronora River rose nine feet in an hour during the heavy rains on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"For Fun" Boys Wreck Church Interior. Melbourne
Two boys, each 11 years, who are stated to have admitted to the police they wanted some fun, have been arrested in connection with acts of sacrilege and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bolts Held Burglars Wreck Safe Lock. Brisbane
During the early hours of Saturday morning burglars unsuccessfully attempted to rob the safe at the State Insurance Offic Ipswich, by the aid of high explosive…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Caught in a Gale Schooner Damaged, Seaman Killed. Adelaide
The auxiliary schooner Kermandie put into Port Adelaide yesterday with her propeller shaft broken. It appears the vessel was caught in a heavy gale, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schooner Wrecked. Sydney
The loss is reported off Suva of the schooner Moonah. The crew were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Weeks Overdue Schooner Believed Lost. Sydney
The schooner Lialeeta is now thirty days out from Balgowan, Spencer's Gulf, South Australia. The vessel left on April 11 for Melbourne, and was due to arrive…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Missing Ketch Wreckage Washed Up. Melbourne
Shipping circles are not optimistic concerning the missing ketch Laileeta. The authorities are of opinion that it would be useless to send a vessel in search, as it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Opium Traffic. Drug on a Steamer. No One Claimed It £3000 Worth Thrown Overboard. Sydney
According to a passenger who reached Sydney this morning by the steamer St. Albans, while the vessel was off the North Queensland coast a tub containing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Missing Ketch Destroyer and Seaplane Searching. Melbourne
The destroyer Tasmanian and a seaplane were despatched from Melbourne this morning to search for the missing ketch, Lialeeta, now 42 days overdue from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →OVER 40 Lives Lost. Turkish Coaster Wrecked. Constantinople
Forty-four passengers and the crew were drowned when the Turkish coaster Heraklia, with a cargo of coal, foundered in a storm at the entrance to the…
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