Telegrams. Cooma Lifeboat Found. Sydney
The steamer Fiona, which reached Sydney during the week end from Queensland ports, picked up a lifeboat belonging to the steamer Cooma, some miles from the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1926
222 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 12
Recruiting Vessel Wrecked Sydney
A radio message has been received in Sydney to the effect that the recruiting schooner, Andwell, has become a total wreck on the north-west coast of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fog Causes Wrecks on Japanese Coast. Tokio
A dense fog is reported to be responsible for two wrecks. The American freighter West Faralon, struck a reef off Oshima last night shortly after leaving…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →14 Lives Lost Steamer Crashes Into Pier. Shanghai
Fourteen persons were killed and drowned and scores injured when the Japanese freighter Taisho Maru crashed into a pier when avoiding a junk…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hurricane Off Florida Steamer Disabled. Mlami (Florida)
A hurricane of immense proportions raged in the region along the coast and the Caribbean Sea or twenty-four hours, reaching a velocity of 100 miles an hour…
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News has been received in Sydney that the ketch Metaven has run aground at Malo, in the New Hebrides, and has become a total wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rum Runner Fishing Schooner Seized. Vancouver
A St. John (New Brunswick) report states that, laden with liquors, estimated to be worth £60,000, the Nova Scotia fishing schooner Granite, was towed into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WRECKED Trawler Brolga Struck Reef on Vic Coast Crew Safe at Lighthouse. Melbourne
The trawler Brolga slruek a reef on the south-eastern coast of Victoria at an early hour yesterday morning, and several hours later was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ketch Wrecked Loss Of The Seagull the Captain's Story Five Mile Walk in Bare Feet. Newcastle
The ketch Seagull sprang aleak while on the way from Port Stephens to Newcastle, and was beached at Anna Bay. The crew landed safely after swimming…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thrilling Story Port Kembla Wreck Passenger' S Narrative. Auckland
A thrilling story of the stranding of the steamer Port Kembla near San Salvador. Island in the West Indies on July 8 was told by Dr. H. Birch, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer on the Rocks Refloated with Tide. Maclean
One of the C.S.R. Company's steamers with four punts in tow got out of the channel and went on the rocks in the mouth of the South Arm at about 11…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Seagull Sale of Wreck for £23. SYDNEY
The steamer Seagull, which was wrecked near Newcastle, was sold at auction for £23. Prior to the wreck, the vessel was valued at £3000. Her carge, which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Struck a Rock Japanese Steamer Wrecked. Vancouver
A message from Portland (Oregon) states that the Japanese steamer Kaikyu Maru, en route from Vancouver to Yokohama, struck a rock near the Aleutian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →160 DROWNED Russian Shipping Tragedy Steamer Hits Sea Wall Sinks in Fifteen Minutes. Moscow
One hundred and sixty persons perished when the passenger steamer Burevestnik, after leaving Leningrad for Kronstadt, collided with the Mole…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Held Up Steamer Fodder for Starving Stock. Sydney
The steamer Bombala, whose departure for Queensland with a large quantity of bay and other fodder for starving stock, was held up owing to the demands of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Egypt's Wreck Divers Fail to Locate It. London
A Brest message states that divers at tempting to salvage the sunken P. and O. liner Egypt descended 370 feet, but were unable to locate the wreck. They will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boat Wrecked Forty Drowned London, Thursday Night
A Riga message states that the coaster Neibade has been wrecked ill the Baltic. Thirty passengers and ten of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Baltic Wreck Supposed Floating Mine. Riga
The coaster Meibade was wrecked in the Baltic. Thirty of her passengers and ten of the crew were drowned. A violent storm prevented fishing boats putting off…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fast on Reef Oil Steamer Stranded. Cairns
Fears are now entertained for the oil steamer Rio Claro, which is still fast on the Scott Reef. The stranded vessel is now broadside on to the heavy weather…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Short of Coal Tugs Cannot Find Steamer. Wellington (N.z.)
When the steamer, Makura, was passing through Cook Strait last night, a small steamer signalled that she needed assistances, as her coal supplies had run out…
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