Job Control Another Steamer Idle. Melbourne
The cargo steamer Sargos was held up to-day as the result of job control. Refusal to man the vessel was the result of the owners declining to engage a…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1926
222 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 12
Missing Steamer Found. Auckland
The cruiser Dunedin, which went in search of the missing steamer Awarua, has found the little .vessel off East. Cape. The cruiser will tow the Awarna to port…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Narrow Escapes Crew of Wrecked Boat Sea Smashed Rudder
TWEED HEADS, Saturday. Further particulars of the wreck,of the Albatross on the Tweed bar yesterday show that it was more serious than…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Florida Hurricane Thousand Dead and Five Thousand Injured Property Damage Is Estimated at £20,000,000 Floods and Tidal Wave Follow Terrific Blow Many Towns and Cities Wrecked New York
From the reports of the New York "Times" correspondents at various places along the Florida East Coast, devastated by the hurricane, floods and tidal wave of Saturday, it is estimated that the dead will total a thousand and the injured up to 5000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schooner's Rough Voyage Crew Have Bad Time Sydney
The schooner Maroro reached Sydney late last night after a voyage of 55 days from Gisborne (New Zealand). The crew numbering 10, suffered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →After the Hurricane Sea Strewn with Wrecks. Norfolk (Virginia)
Vessels at sea report sighting the wrecks of vessels on the occasion of the Florida hurricane. One derelict wooden vessel was used as a naval target. The steamer Lake…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ovebdu E Schooner Arrives Crew's Great Hardships. Sydney
The overdue three-masied schooner Waroro reached Sydney Late last night after a 55 days' voyage from Gisborne. The vessel experienced a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Food Rations. On Battered Schooner Maroro Safe in Port Terrible Weather in Tasman. Sea. Sydney
The schooner Maroro reached Sydney late last, night after a voyage of 55 days from Gisborne (New Zealand)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stranded Steamer Port Kembla a Total Wreck. Sydney
A message from London states the steamer Port Kembla, which became stranded at San Salvador several weeks ago, had broken in two. The vessel was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Push Wrecks Bar Contents Smashed Up. Melbourne
A push outrage circurred at Richmond on Saturday, when a crowd of larrikins took possession of a hotel bar, swept the bottles from the shelves, smashed the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Canonbar Sale of N.C.S.N. Co. Steamer. Sydney
The steamer Canonbar, which was built in 1910 for the North Coast Steam Navigation Co., has been purchased by J. Burke, Ltd., of Brisbane, and will in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fast on the Rocks New Zealand Steamer
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Saturday. The steamer Ojau, 575 tons, [?]ound from Gisborne to Lyttleton without cargo, ran on to rocks east of Gape Palliser in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer on Fire Off the Coast of Georgia. Savannah (Georgia)
A navy radio advises that the steamer New Britain is on fire off the coast of Georgia. All ships in the vicinity were proceeding to her assistance late on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer's Distress Signals Allegations at Inquiry. Wellington (N.z.)
Circumstances relating to the disablement of the steamer Awarua and her salvage by the cruiser Dunedin were related at the inquiry to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Macleany Steamer
Captain--Ellery, Kempsey manager of the North Coast Steam Navigation Company, states that the new steamer, the Arakoon, left the Glasgow shipbuilding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Early Shipwreck Recalled
Mr. N. C. Hewitt writes:-- The death of Mrs. J. S. Cordingley, widow of the late Mr. T. Cordingley, of Townsyille, at North Sydney, recently, at the age of 82…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian Birds Seized on Outgoing Steamer. Sydney
Shortly before the Tahiti sailed for America on Thursday a Customs officer seized 140 finches and eight parakeets for which, it is stated, the necessary permit…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Coast Steamer Sold
The North Coast Company's well known coaster Gunbar has been sold to, a New Zealand firm, to be employed in the Dominion coastal trade. She is a steel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Sea Near Shave for Steamer Janus. Adelaide
A serious fire broke out on the shelter deck of the British steamer Ja[?]s, bound for Port Adelaide; from Calcutta. A gale was raging at the time, and it was thought…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disabled Steamer Coramba. Lismore
The North Coast Company's steamer Coramba, arrived off the Richmond bar this afternoon, and signalled for assistance. She was unable to negotiate the bar…
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