Steamer "White" Again Seamen's Union Reverse Decision. Sydney
A special meeting of the Seamen's Union to-day rescinded the previous resolution declaring the Union Steamship Company's steamer, Koranui, "black"…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1932
125 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 7
Murder and Plunder on Steamer Passengers' Terrible Ordeal Shanghai
Piracy, murder, and violence, culminating in the deaths of three Chinese passengers and the wounding of a score of others, marked the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Passengers Robbed Three Shot Dead Pirates on Chinese Steamer Shanghai
Piracy, murder and violence, culminating in the deaths of three Chinese passengers and the wounding of a score of others, marked the 24–hour voyage of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Island Japanese Vessel Ashore. Manila
Radio advices received here state that the Japanese steamer, Kohwa Maru, en route for Manila to Geraldtown, Ausralia, was forced off her course by a heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ferry Steamer Adrift . Excitement Among Passengers. Sydney
There was considerable excitement among the passengers on the Sydney ferry steamer, Lady Rawson, yesterday, when the propeller shaft snapped and the vessel…
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During the height of a cyclonic blow at Townsville between 3 and 5 o'clock on Tuesday morning, the Federal liner Surrey broke her forward mooring hook and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →30 DEAD Sensation At Shanghai Steamer Blown Up American Shot Dead. Shanghai
Two serious incidents occurred today increasing the tension locally. The first happening took place this afternoon when a terrific explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clergyman Drowned Daughter Brought Safely Ashore. Adelaide
Rev. H. S. Joyce, 46, of Port Adelaide, and chairman of the South Australian Congregational Union, was drowned at Middleton Beach…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gulf Wreck Rumor of Woman Survivor Birtles to Investigate. Sydney
Francis Birtles will leave Sydney on February 7 to make inquiries into reports that a young white woman, survivor of the steamer Douglas Mawson wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrific Explosions Freezing Works Wrecked. Tamworth
Currabubula township was shaken last night by three terrific explosions, which wrecked the freezing works. Sheets of tin arid pieces of burning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lost Propeller Japanese Steamer Disabled. Perth
Radio advice was received at [?] mantle last night to the effect that the Japanese steamer, Capetown Maru, had lost a propeller 300 miles south-west of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Strange History Ketch Built From 15 Vessels
Built from the hull of an old barge that ploughed the broad stretches of the Murray for more than 20 years, the three masted ketch Moorara, at Port Adelaide,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Finding of M2 Investigating the Wreck Memorial Service to Be Held. London
Since the submarine, M2, has been located divers have been continually attempting the exploration of the wreck, but they cannot remain below longer than…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Tyalgum Damaged
As the coastal steamer Tyalgum was about to pass through the Pyrmont bridge last Friday night the span closed and caused considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →5000 JAPS. Landed At Woosung Resembled Gallipoli Rowed Ashore in Boats Chinese Put Up Fierce Defence. Shanghai
The scene of greatest hostilities shifted to–day from Chapel to the Woosung area, where the Japanese are heavily engaged with Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Japanese Steamer Safe. Fremantle
The Japanese steamer Capetown Maru, which lost its propeller 300 miles from Cape Leenwin last week was towed, into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Japanese Steamer Fast Aground. Perth
Efforts to refloat the Japanese steamer, Hayo Maru, which grounded near Bunbury, have so far failed. The cargo of wheat is now being transhipped as fast…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Ashore on the South Coast. Likely to Become Total Wreck. Sydney
The Patrick Steamship Company's cargo vessel Northern Firth, grounded on Brush Island, off Warden Head, which is 30 miles south of Ulladulla, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Portuguese Exiles Attempted Escape in Open Boat Taken on Board Dutch Steamer Batavia
Nine Portuguese exiles were picked up by the schooner Jewasunye, while they wire drifting in mid sea in a lifeboat in which they had escaped, from Dilly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Nimbin Ashore Near Ballina Result of Heavy Fogs. Ballina
The motor ship, Nimbin, of the North Coast Steam Navigation Company's line, ran ashore in a heavy fog three miles south of Ballina, early this morning, and…
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