Cooks Again Refuge to Sign on One Steamer Help Up. Sydney
Trouble has arisen over the signing on of cooks for the steamer, Barwon, which is now in Sydney. It is stated the men, in refusing to sign on, are acting under…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1928
278 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 14
Murder Charge Affray On A Steamer One Man Shot Fight Between Engineers. Brisbane
Carl Muller, fourth engineer of the American steamer Tampa, died in the Brisbane Hospital this morning from gunshot wounds received during an affray on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Twenty-six Dead Boiler Explosion Wrecks Buildings. Mexico City
Twenty-six bodies have now been recovered from the buildings which were wreeked when a large boiler exploded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sold for £2210 Wreck of the White Bay. Newcastle
The wreck of the White Hay. as she lies at Stockton Beach, was sold to-day at auction for £2210, to E. S. Budroleen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder Charge Against Engineer Tragedy on American Steamer. Brisbane
Lloyd Edward Nesmith, 27, second engineer on the American steamer, Tampa, was to-day committed for trial on a charge of the wilful murder of Carl Franz Muller,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Uralla Wreck. Salvage Operations
Two expert rocket men were to leave Newcastle on Saturday morning last on board the North Coast Co.'s steamen Doepel to commence salvage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Explosion in Shop Three Hurt--building Wrecked Adelaide
Three people were injured when an explosion wrecked a shop at Semaphore yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Struck Clothes Line 'Plane Wrecked--occupants Unhurt. Sydney
A Moth 'plane was badly damaged when it crashed at Ryde to-day. The machine landed safely on Ermingotn golf links, but when rising, struck a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →White Bay Wreck Sole Survivor Leaves Hospital Sydney
The sole survivor of the White Bay wreck, Franz Grieupero, was discharged from Newcastle Hospital to-day. The Superintendent of Navigation will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Interstate Steamer Passengers Sydney
Concerning the permit granted to the E. and A. liner Tanda to bring passengers from Hobart to Sydney it was explained to-day that when it was shown that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ashore in Fog British Cruiser at Halifax. Halifax
Steaming slowly into Halifax harbor (Nova Scotia) in a dense fog on Monday the British cruiser Dauntless crashed ashore well inside the harbor entrance…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chickenpox on Dutch Steamer. Sydney
The case of sickness on board the Dutch steamer Nieuw Zeeland has been diagnosed as chickenpox. The vessel, therefore, will be given a clean bill of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Near Shave Hobson's Bay and French Steamer Serious Collision Averted. Colombo
A serious collision between the Hobson's Bay and the French steamer General Metzinger was averted by the merest chance. The Bay boat was driven…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →White Bay Wreck
The steamer White Bay turned bottom upward in the sorf at Stockton about the same time the Urana was drivern astorn. One of the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Uralla Salvage Operations Abandoned. Newcastle
Attempts to refloat the steamer Uralla, which is ashore at Morna Point, failed, and salvage operations were abandoned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In a Hurricane Steamer Two Days Late. Suva
The steamer Suva which arrived yesterday from Sydney met with the biggest seas for years. On Sunday the vessel ploughed into an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fight for Life Missing Man Found Lived on Raw Fish Launch Wrecked--companion Drowned Brisbane
A thrilling story of a man's fight for life, has been revealed by the finding of William Corbett, one of two men, who left Gladstone in a launch…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer on Fire Outbreak in Oil Bunkers Passengers Landed in Lifeboats. London
The steamer Carmarthenshire was descending the Thames when the oil bunkers were found to be seriously on fire. The ship had to be beached immediately and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreckage Found
Wreckage resembling portions of Mr. Roy fowler's fishing launch, which was lost during the recent gale, is reported to have been found…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cannibals' Cave Island Steamer Crew's Discovery. Sydney
The crew of the island steamer, Malwara brought news of the discovery on Bougainville Island of a cave in which cannibalistic feasts were held. Piles of…
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