Tramp Steamer Strikes Rock Later Messages Reassuring. Sydney
A wireless message was received this morning from the Inte[?]state freighter from Crown to the effect that the vessel had struck. Webb Rock, off the South…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1930
186 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 10
Steamer Passenger Traffic Reduced Fares on Coastal Boats. Sydney
As a result of -the falling off in cargoes and passenger traffic between New Zealand and Australia, the Union Steamship Company has decided to curtail its…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Signals of Distress Starving Malays Japanese Steamer Provides Relief. Brisbane
During the voyage of the Tango Maru from the East to Brisbane a 50-ton Malay fishing boat was sighted flying signals of distress. When the Tango Main…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Federal Session Purchase Of Steamer at a Cost of £120,000 to Be Built at Cockatoo. Canberra
Mr. Seullin stated that the House of Rcpresentatives would sit five days next week starting at 3 p.m. on Monday. The motion to construct a lighthouse…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →'The Wreckers' Ruthless Vandalism Furniture and Fittings Destroyed. Sydney
It is reported that during the past week or two vandals raided a number of firms at Erskineville and ruthlessly destroyed property valued at many hundreds…
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A message has been received from the steamer Balranald that II stowaways, including two women and their families, numbering five, were found on board…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Sea German Steamer Destroyed Grew and Passengers Rescued. London
The steamer Rangitata, homeward bound from New Zealand, sighted the German steamer Targis, west of the Azores, on fire. Flames were coming…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Sixties Bushranging Days Boiler Explosion on Steamer Six People Killed an Early C.R.J.C. Meeting. January 1865 to JUNE 1865. Telegraph Line--grafton to Rockhampton--opened
The telegraph line was opened from Grafton to Rockhampton (Q.); the charge for 10 words and under, 8, and 4d for each extra word…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Passenger Missing. Sydney
When the steamer Karoola arrived from Melbourne to-day it was reported that a third-class passenger named Paul Maccarvev, of Melbourne, was missing. It…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →200 Boys for One Job Rejects Wreck Premises. Melbourne
Over 200 boys applied for a job, advertised by F. and G. Turner, surgeondentists, to-day. When one lad was selected, the others practically wrecked the…
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Hong Kong telegrams state that Chinese pirates, travelling as passengers on board the steamer Helikon, overpowered the Chinese officers temporarily…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lost at Sea Passenger on Coastal Steamer. Sydney
The Acting Deputy-Director of Navigation held an inquiry into the disappearance of Paul MacGarvey, third-class passenger on the steamer Karoola,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mission Schooner Lost Seven Natives Drowned. Sydney
The general secretary of the Methodist Missionary Society of Australia, Rev. J. Burton, has received a radio message from Samarai (Papua), stating that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rescued From Burning Steamer Flames Sixty Feet High. London
A thrilling story was unfolded when the steamer Rangitata docked at Southampton, with ten passengers, including two women and two children, and 53 of…
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Twelve stowaways from Australia on the cargo vessel Templemead were detained at the immigration depot at Durban, including an ex-member of the British…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →S.O.S. Signals Anxiety for Steamer Sumatra. Sydney
Signals of distress from the steamer Sumatra, which gave her location as midway between Borneo and Java, were picked nil yesterday morning by several…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"The Wrecker."
The A.B.C. Players, under the direction of Laurence Halbert will present "The Wrecker," from 2FC, on August 7. This has been, adapted by the "Storyteller,"…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sinking Steamer Sends S.O.S. COLLISION 100 Miles From Gibraltar. London
A wireless message from the steamer Nerbudda states that, she is sinking one hundred miles east of Gibraltar, after a collision with a Spanish steamer…
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Trouble with the crew has resulted in postponement of the sailing time of the steamer Moeraki until to-morrow, it is understood that in the meantime…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Sinking 100 Miles From Gibraltar Assistance Required Quickly. Gibraltar
The steamer Berbudda, which came into collision with a Spanish vessel about 100 miles from here now reports that she requires help. The stokehold and engine…
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