A Steamer Ashore. Levuka Not in Danger Sydney
The steamer Levuka went ashore at Stone Island, near Bowen, at midnight on Monday. The vessel was en route from Cairns to Melbourne. The vessel…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1923
198 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 8 of 10
Collision at Sea. Battleship and Steamer. Steamer Badly Damaged (Reuter's Message). Vancouver, September 12
A San Pedro message states that the United States battleship Texas collided with the steamer Steel Seafarer in a heavy fog in the vicinity of San…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire on a Steamer
Contrary to the expectations of the master of the steamer Glentworth (Captain A. M. M'Rend) the fire which broke out in the hold of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Missing Steamer. No Trace of Baron Blantyre Which Has Reen 39 Days Out May Have Struck Iceberg (Reuter's Message.) Capetown. September 18
The Blue Funnel steamer Nester, en route from Australia, reports that wireless signals have not elicited a reply from the missing steamer Baron…
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The heavy gales which swept along the Victorian coast line caused many vessels to run for shelter to nearby islands (says a Melbourne message in…
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The heavy gales which swept along the Victorian coast line caused many vessels to run for shelter to nearby islands (says a Melbourne message in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Schooner Founders. One Member of Crew Gets Safely Ashore Four Reported Missing
The 66-ton schooner Seaflower, engaged in trading between Fremantle and Port Hedland, foundered in mountainous seas 60 miles north of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →General Cable News French Seaplane Wrecked (Reuter's Message). London, September 27
The French seaplane lathan II, a reserve entrant for the Schneider seaplane contest to be decided on Friday, was forced down into the sea outside…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General Cable News French Seaplane Wrecked (Reuter's Message). London, September 27
The French seaplane Lathan II., a reserve entrant for the Schneider seaplane contest to be decided on Friday, was forced down into the sea outside…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fogs in the Channel. Three Steamers Ashore a Schooner Sunk (Reuter's Message). London, September 30
Remarkable fogs in the English Channel have caused disasters to shipping from the Falmouth coast to the mouth of the Thames, particularly off…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Bar0n Blantyre. Hopelessly Overdue Sydney
The stranded steamer Baron Blantyre is now regarded as hopelessly everdue…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Port Pirie Shipping. Steamer Idle All Day Owing to Labor Shortage
A serious shortage of wharf labor was experienced in Port Pirie on Thursday (says the "Recorder"). With seven vessels in port much…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aeroplase Wreckage. Discovery at Kora Island Recalls Lost Aviators
Discovery of the wreckage of a plane near the island of Kora, near Fiji, recalls the loss of the schooner Amelia J., and the disappearance of two aviators,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rough Weather at Sea. Terror Among Passeingers on Steamer Manuka Sydney
The Union Company's steamer Manuka had a severe bulfeting. The vessel arrived seven hours late to-day. She was swept by mountainous seas, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Factory Wrecked. Acetylene Explosion Melbourne
The explosion of an acetylene cylinder at the engineering works of Small and Shattel at Fitzroy wrecked the factory…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Ashore. Possible Refloating on the Morning Tide Sydney
Burns, Philp, and Company's steamer Blontoro. according to a wireless message received to-day, ran ashore on Young Reef, off Thursday Island,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Overdue Schooner Arrives Sydney
The missing schooner Louis Theriault, which was overdue 30 days between New Zealand and Sydney reached port yesterday afternoon, thus allaying the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fierce Storms in S.A Schooner Alcairo Wrecked East of Marion Bay Cargo of Gypsum Goes Down Many Houses Unroofed Adelaide
Fierce gales last night and early this morning caused considerable damage. The schooner Alcairo, with a full…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Firemen Are Killed by Explosion on Steamer (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver, October.11
A Philadelphia message states that three firemen were killed and several injured by a boiler explosion on the steamer Daghild in the Delaware…
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A Brest telegram states that a Swedish salvage company has at last succeeded in locating the whereabouts of the P. and O. liner Egypt, which…
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