Sixteen Drowned Fishing Schooner Rammed. London
The fishing schooner Avalon was rammed and sunk in a dense fog by the steamship President E. Wilson. Sixteen of the crew were drowned…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1927
241 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 13
Chinese Pirates Seize French Steamer Sixty Killed or Wounded Gallant Action of British Submarine Crew. Shanghai
News of a dramatic fight between pirates and military guards, on board the French steamer Kiangking, trading up the Yangtse .Gorges) on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mafalda Wreck Passengers Allegations Lax Routine on Board Ship. Rio De. Janeiro
The steamship Formosa has reached here with Mafalda survivors, who declared the vessel's machinery was bad. They stated that third class…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russian Steamer Seized at Alexandria. Cairo
The newspaper "Ala[?]ram" stated that the 1500 ton Russian steamer Chicerin was seized when leaving Alexandria (Egypt) for Odessa with £90,000 worth of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams Ferry Steamer Adrift. Sydney
When something went amiss with the steering gear of the ferry steamer Kirawa, which left Circular Quay for Mosman last night. she drifted helpiessly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brisbane-lismore Steamer Service
Messrs. Hammond and Company, Ltd., have arranged to start a fortnightly steamer service between Brisbane and Lismore. The s.s. Poonbar, 1000 tons,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fight on Steamer Man's Skull Fractured. Sydney
During an argument and fight between two men aboard the steamer Chrono[?] in Darling Harbour Harry Richmond received a fractured skull. Later the police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fell Down Hold Second Mate on Steamer Nimbin Killed. Lismore
R. S. Roskin, Second mate on the North Coast Navigation Coy's steamer Nimbin, fell 13 feet down the hold of the vessel, while travelling between Coraki and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →314 Drowned in Mafalda Wreck. Rio De Janeiro
The casualties in the Principessa Mafalda wreck are officially announced as 314 persons. The rescued totalled 945…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Harbor Disaster Crowded Ferry Steamer Goes To Bottom Cut in Two by Ocean Liner Tahiti Worst Smash In History Of Harbor Eleven Bodies Recovered Ten Identified Six Others Reported Missing Heroic Rescue Work--heartrending Scenes Sydney
Cut in two by the huge American liner Tahiti, the Watson's Bay ferry steamer, Greycliffe, laden with passengers, sank off Clark Island in the most terrible disaster in the history of Sydney Harbor. The number of those drowned has not yet been ascertained, but latest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schooner Sinks Mails to Goldfields Lost. Melbourne
All Australian mails were lost when the Chinese owned schooner Hoin Cau foundered on its way with the goldfields mail to Morobe and Salamoa, in New…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Harbor Disaster Sixteen Persons Still Missing Divers Continue Search of Sea Floor Second Portion Of Wreck Located Death Roll Expected to Be 43 SYDNEY
The death roll in the Greycliffe disaster in Sydney Harbor on Thursday will total 43. Twenty-seven bodies have been recovered and identified, while sixteen are known to be missing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mafalda Wreck Owners Issue Statement. Genoa
The owners of the ill-fated steamer Principessa Mafalda issued a statement in which they declare the disaster was not attributable to anything but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No More Bodies Found. Wreck Brought to the Surface. Sydney
The Grey[?]liffe wreck was raised to the surface yesterday. No more bodies were recovered, and it is the opinion of the police that they…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ferry Smash No More Bodies Found "Washed Away by Current" Wreck Brought to Surface. Sydney
The Greycliffe wreck was raised to the surface by 2.30 this afternoon. Little difficulty was experienced by the divers, though the work was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ferry Disaster Part of Wreck Beached Supreme Court Judge to Inquire Sydney, Tuesday
Portion of the hull of the Greycliffe was raised this morning and beached near Taronga Park. The raising of the main portion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trouble on Steamer Katoomba. Fremantle
The trouble with the crew which has prevented the steamer Katobmba sailing for Sydney for some time has been settled, and the vessel will leave for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gas Tank Explodes 28 Dead, 300 Injured TRAGEDY At Pittsburg Surrounding Buildings Wrecked. Pittsburg
When a gas tank, with a capacity of five million cubic feet, exploded with a deafening roar to-day, it wrecked all the buildings in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams Steamer's Fireman Drowned. Sydney
John Napier, 50 fireman of the steamer Omana, fell in the harbor and was drowned to-day. FATAL RESULT OF EXPLOSION…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lifeboat's Crew Took Desperate Risks Epic of Sea. London
How a lifeboat from Moolfre (Anglesey) saved the crew of a ketch in the height of terrible gales in October by descending on a wave to the ketch's' deck, was…
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