Harbor Collision Steamer and Ferry. Sydney
A serious accident was narrowly averted on the harbor to-night when a collision occurred between the ferry steamer Kirawa and the Huddart Parker steamer…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1928
278 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 13 of 14
Exciting Voyage Steamer Reaches Port in Sinking Condition Melbourne
The wooden steamer Hillmeads, of 210 tons, had an exciting voyage from Tasmania. She arrived in port to-day, leaking badly and almost in a sinking…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Kallawatta. Sydney
The Mamie Court to-day held an inquiry into the foundering of the steamer Kallawatta, off Bungan Heads, on September 21 last. The court found the wreck was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Decomposed Body Washed Ashore at Stockton. Newcastle
The decomposed body of a man was washed ashore on the beach at Stockton Bight. It is believed to be that of a member of the crew of the coaster,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Express Wrecked Forty-five Dead. Bucharest
Forty-five are known to be dead in the Orient express smash, though it is reported there are still corpses in the debris. More than 50 were seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer's Record Voyage. Auckland
The steamer Mataroa arrived at Wellington yesterday from London after a record passage of 33 days 19 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Goes Down in Marseilles Harbor No Lives Lost. Paris
The steamer Numidia, which was due to leave Marseilles for Corsica, carrying cargo and 250 passengers, mysteriously sank in Marseilles harbor, with her cargo…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Oil on Waters £40,000 Worth Jettisoned to Save Stranded Steamer. Calcutta
The Norwegian steamer Finna[?]ger, carrying 13,000 tons of Soviet on from Batoum, grounded at Fulta Point in the River Hooghly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Factions Clash Fire Bars Replace Fists Free Fight on Freight Steamer Two Men Sent to Prison. Ingham (Q.)
The waterside work at Lucinda is still being carried out by the farmers and everything is going smoothly. The steamer Mallina left on Wednesday with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tango Maru Eight Feet Hole In Bow Stranded Steamer 1400 Bales of Wool Soaked. Thursday Island
The position of the stranded steamer, Tango Maru, remains unchanged. Diver Albert made an examination of the vessel and reports an 8ft. hole under…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer and Warship Collide. London
The White Star liner Runic arrived in the Mersey to-day with her stern damaged above the waterline, as the result of a collision near Greenock, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Chinese Pirates Steamer Held Up and Robbed One Killed and Two Wounded. Shanghai
The river steamer Shasi of 1300 tens was captured by pirates between Shanghai and Hankow yesterday evening by 32 pirates disguised as deck passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canoe Washed Ashore Two Brothers Missing. Melbourne
Anxiety is felt concerning the safety of two brothers, Bruce Wallace, 17, and John Wallace, 21, of Sandringham, who left home yesterday in a canoe and have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russian Steamer Sinks Forty Drowned in Black Sea. Bucharest
The Soviet steamer Korndemore sprang a leak in the Black Sea, and forty were drowned. Only one lifeboat was launched…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disaster Averted Crippled Steamer Towed to Port. Capetown
The steamer Riefontein was towed into Durban to-day, with her propeller snapped off. Luckily a strong wind countered the currents, and a sister ship, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stranded Steamer Looted by Chinese Pirates Passengers Robbed. Shanghai
Details of wholesale looting of the stranded Chinese coaster, Hsinchi, show that the [?] ashore after striking an uncharted rock in the vicinity of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Last Moments. Sinking Of The Vestris Survivors' Stories "Faulty Lifeboat Tackle." New York
The steamer American Skipper, arrived with 125 of the Vestris' survivors to-day, and the liner Berlin, brought 23…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sixteen Drowned Lifeboat Swamped Violent Channel Gale. London
A lifeboat at Rye, Sussex, was swamped while returning from an attempt to succour a distressed vessel. Sixteen of the crew were drowned,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Propeller Damaged Steamer Hits' Submerged Object. Adelaide
The British India steamer Australia is returning to Port Adelaide after having struck a submerged object in the Australian Bight. It is understood that the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lifeboat Tragedy Fifteen in One Grave Allegations of Defective Lifebelts. London
Fifteen of the eighteen lifeboat men who were drowned in the Rye Harbor disaster last Thursday were buried in one grave in the churchyard of their home…
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