Steamer Sinks in the Darling. Laden with Wool. Wentworth
The steamer Wilcannia struck a snag and sank in the Barling 60 miles from Wentworth. She was laiden with wool from up the river…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1917
265 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 13 of 14
Sinking of River Steamer
The Wentworth correspondent of "The Register" reports concerning an incldent recorded in "The Miner" yesterday:—"The steamer Wilcannia…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE S.S. Matunga. Wreckage Found. Adelaide
Wreckage from the steamer Maninga has been found in the South Sea Islands…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Searching Intending Steamer Passengers. Melbourne
Under new Commonwealth regulations passengers who wish to board vessels which are to leave any Australian port will be searched and their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Steamer for Port Pirie Trade. Sydney
The steamer Koolonga has been purchased br Messrs. Scott, Fell, and Co. for the Port Pirie trade…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Schooner's Experience. Bough Weather at Sea. Adelaide
The schooner Wollomai, which armed at Port. Adelaide from Hobart yesterday with a cargo of timber, had a rough experience last Saturday. She…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Steamer on Fire. Adelaide
The Farmers' Union coastal steamer Ready caught fire on Saturday at Port Adelaide. The forecastle was gutted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General Cable News. Big Steamer-colliery Combine. (Reuter's Message.) London
The Liverpool "Journal of Commerce" states that it is rumored that one of the largest shipowning combines contemplates amalgamation with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of a Ketch. Captain and Crew Safe
The ketch Ina has been wrecked on Silsby Island, in the Sir. Joseph Banks group, where she was probably loading guano. She was a vessel of 53 tons,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of a Ketch. Captain and Crew Safe
The ketch Ina has been wrecked on Silsby Island, in the Sir Joseph Banks group, where she was probably loading guano. She was a vessel of 53 tons,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ketch Wrecked. the Captain's Story. Adelaide
Captain John Sherridan, the master of the wrecked ketch Ina, who has arrived from Port Lincoln, states that the vessel was anchored on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Submarine-steamer Duel. Fight Watched From the Shore
The story is told in an English paper of the encounters which a Glasgow-owned steamer had in foreign waters with enemy submarines. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Antarctic Schooner Aurora. Fears for Her Loss. Sydney
Fears are entertained for the safety of the auxiliary schooner Aurora, well known in connection with Sir Ernest Shackleton's exploring expedition…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A New Zealand Steamer Sunk. Many of the Crew Lost. Wellington (N.Z.)
The Ap[?]rima one of the Union S.S. Company's cargo steamers is the latest victim of the German submarines. according to a cable received from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wars. Artillery Activity on Western Fron. T Big Enemy Surrender in East Africa. British Submarine Losses Higher. New Zealand Steamer Torpedoed. Reported Catastrophic Position on Russian Fronts. On the Western Front. Enemy Raids Repulsed. Artillery Activity in Flanders. (Reuter's Message.) London
Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:— "There is nothing special to report from the Cambrai battle front. We…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood on the Lower Darling. Steamer Wilcannia Recovered
A Wentworth telegram in "The Advertiser" states:— "The steamer Wilcannia, Captain Thamm, passed through here on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Explosion on a Steamer. Three Persons Burned. Melbourne
An explosion occurred on board a steamer this morning at the Victoria Dock. The vessel had just completed discharging a cargo of benzine. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Munitions Steamer Explodes. Two Towns Set on Fire. a Third of Halifax City Wrecked. Hundreds of Persons Killed. (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver
An explosion occurred on a munifions steamer at Halifax, the capital of Nova Scotia. The city and the closeby town of Rockhingham were set on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Explosion on a Steamer. Death of One of the Victims. Melbourne
Harvey Irving (26), seaman, the of the victims of the explosion oh a steamer at the Victoria Dock yesterday morning, died in the hospital yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barrier Miner. Friday, December 7, 1917. the Broken Hill Wreckers Raising Their Heads Again
ONLY those who were present at the meeting of the Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association last Wednesday can say exactly how many were there. But…
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