Ooma Wreck Sold. Sydney
The wreck of the steamer Ooma, which went ashore at Ocean Island, Was sold to-day by public auction for £150, the purchasers being the British Phosphate…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1926
222 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 12
Steamer Sinks. Eleven Persons Drowned. London, Thursday Night
A Reuter message from the Port of Spain states that eleven persons perished when the Trinidad Government steamer Naparima was sunk in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"I'm Alone" Sole Survivor's Song Cardigan Castle Wreck Boatswain's Terrible Experiences. London
The story of heroic efforts made to save the life of a pet dog figures in the account of the experience given by the boatswain, Henry Batchelon, the sole…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Held Up Steamer Pulganbar Claim of Seamen Want Wharfies Rates for Handling Cargoes. SYDNEY,Tuesday
Seamen employed by the North Coast Steam Navigation Company are claiming wharf laborers rates of pay when they handle c[?]rgo at river…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Schooner Bombarded British Ambassador to Inquire. Washington
Following the receipt of the London despatches stating that the British Ambassador here would be instructed to conduct an inquiry into the alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →OFF N.Z. COAST Steamer Sinks Number of Lives Lost Vessel Battered by Storm. Auckland (N.z.)
Several lives were lost when the steamer Karu, bound from Whangape to Australia, after springing a leak, foundered during a storm…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Refloated Watersiders Strange Attitude. Brisbane
The oversea vessel Touraine was refloated this morning after being aground in the river since Wednesday night. A dredge shifted the mud from around the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Karu Wreck. Two Men Drowned. Sydney
Further particulars of the loss of the steamer Karu on the New Zealand coast show that two were drowned. The vessel in now breaking up fast…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Karu Wreck Two Men Lose Lives Exhausted Survivors Found. Auckland
Further particulars of the loss of the steamer Karu, on the New Zealand coast, show that two men were drowned. The vessel is now breaking up fast, and her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News of the World Japanese Steamer Sinks. Vancouver
The Japanese steamer Horaisan Maru, bound for Japan with lumber, turned turtle and sank at Grey's Harbor bar to-day. Forty-eight men who were picked up…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another "Black" Steamer. Hobart
The steamer Kanna has been declared "black" by the Hobart branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation until the end of the present dispute with the Zine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Arrested Steamer Knockfierna Released. Sydney
The Limerick Steamship Company yesterday paid a cheque for an amount between £3000 and £4000 to Mr. Scott Fell, M.L.A., and thus secured the release of its…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer's Collision with Wharf Inquiry in Brisbane. Brisbane
At the inquiry to- day by the Marine Board into the collision of the Clan Morrison with the Pinkenba wharf shortly after 5 o'clock yesterday morning Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plane Hits Hangar Machine Wrecked, Officer Injured. Melbourne
At Point Cook yesterday a reconnaissance' plane, piloted by a cadet, struck a canvas hangar, wrecking it, together with a machine that was housed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sea Epic Towed 2000 Miles Steamer Disabled in Gale. London
Another sea epic was recorded on the arrival of the Manchester Producer at Liverpool, after being towed 2000 miles by the Dutch ocean tug in the height of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disabled Steamer "Black.'' Melbourne
Shipwrights engaged in repairing the steamer Clan, MacNaughton, which went ashore recently, have declared the vessel "black." They refuse to return to work…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →News of the World Disabled Steamer in Tow. Honolulu
The American steamer Mazatlam whose engines have been disabled 800 miles off Guam since March 10 has been taken in tow by the steamer William Penn for a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Sea Steamer Off South African Coast. Sydney
A message was received in Sydney today by the Marine Underwriters Association, stating that the steamer Paparoa, with her No. 3 hold seriously on fire, is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Coal Bunkers on Wheat Laden Steamer. Adelaide
A fire broke out in the coal, bunkers of the steamer Farmlington Court at Wallaroo yesterday and the flames were subdued with much difficulty. The vessel is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Leaking. London
The owners of the British steamer Fort Hardy, from Glasgow and Liverpool to New Zealand via the Panama Canal, have received a wireless reporting a leak of…
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