Steamer in Quarantine. Suspected Bubonic Case Landed at Thursday Island Sydney
The steamer Scottish Strath, having landed a native on Thursday Island suspected of suffering from bubonic plague, went into quarantine…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1924
341 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 18
Fight on a Steamer. Death of a Fireman Leads to Another's Arrest Brisbane
In a fight aboard the steamet Cooma at Cairns John M'Cain, a fireman, was killed. His opponent, another fireman, has been arrested…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest News Issue French Airship Lost No Wreckage Yet Found (Reuter's Message.) London, January 1
Reutar's Paris correspondent reparts:— "Officials of the French Ministry for Marine point out that all the evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Ashore. Assistance Being Sent to Boat From New York Brisbane
A wireless message received yesterday stated that the steamer Pruth. 4698 tons, from New York, had gone ashore at Nateara Reef, near Point…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Collision in Thames. a Steamer Damaged (Reuter's Message.) London, January 2
The steamer Somerset arrived in London from Adelaide with a damaged how as the result of a collision in the Thames mouth with an oil tanker, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steaner Ashore. Saving of the Vessel Is Considered Possible Brisbane
There is every possibility of the steamer Pruth, which is stranded on a reef at Port Moresby, being saved, as the weather conditions have improved…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →French Airship Lost Wreckage Has Been Located Off Cape San Marco, Siciby (Reuter's Message.) London, January 3
The wreckage of the Trench airship Bixmude has been located under the sea, south of Cape San Marco, Sicily. Two bodies have been found…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest News Issue the Lost Airship. (Continued from Page 1.) Wreckage Is Located (Reuter's Message.) London, January 3
Reuter's Marseilles correspondent reports:— Following the discovery of charred aluminium and burnt pieces of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Report Not Confirmed Regarding the Wreckage (Router's Message). London, Jannary 4
Reuter's Paris correspondent reports:— "The French Miuisiry for Marine has not received any confirmation of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Report Not Confirmed Regarding the Wreckage (Reuter's Message). London, January 4
Beater's Paris correspondent reports:— "The French Ministry for Marine has not received any confirmation of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Ashore. Efforts to Refloat Pruth Failed on Saturday Last Brisbane
The steamer Pruth is still stranded on a reef at Port Moresby. Efforts to refloat her on Saturday failed. Six thousand cases of benzine have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[?]Tre on a Steamer Causes Damage to Wool (Reuter's Message.) London, January 6
Reuter's Malta correspondent reports that the steamer Leitrem, bound for Dunkirk and London from Rockhampton and Brisbane, reports a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chinese Brigands. British Steamer Attacked on the Yang-tsze-kiang Two Officers Killed (Reuter's Message.) Shanghai, January 8
On January 6 the steamer Tzesui was attacked by brigands in thp Upper Yang-Tsze-Kiang River. They killed the British master Captain Brandt…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Abandoned. Half the Crew Is Picked Up But Others Are Drifting (Reuter's Message.) London, January 10
A wireless message from the steamer Malda, via Lands End, states that the vessel has picked up in the Atlantic a lifeboat which had left the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Air Pilot's Endurance. Drifted at Sea for 4 Days on a Wrecked Machine (Reuter's Message.) London, January 9
Reuter's Rome correspondent reports:— Sergeant Perin, an air pilot, was found exhausted at Venice after…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Abandoned. Half the Crew Is Picked Up But Others Are Drifting (Reuter's Message.) London, January 10
A wireless message from the steamer Malda, via Lands End, states that that vessel has picked up in the Atlantic a lifeboat which had left the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Wrecked Airship
A Reuter Paris message says the despatched boat, which is searching for the wreckage of the Dixmuds, recovered from the sea the ch[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Smallpox on Steamer. Passenger From Noumea Is Found Suffering Brisbane
The French steamer Francois Xavier arrived at Townsville from Noumea with a smallpox patient aboard…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck Off N.Z. Coast. Port Elliott on a Reef All the Crew Landed Auckland (N.Z.), January 14
The Cunard freight steamer Port Elliott, of 7359 tons, bound from Auckland to Wellington, went ashore near East Cape, about 80 miles north of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck Off N.Z. Coast. Report That Port Elliott May Yet Be Refloated Wellington (N.Z.), January 14
Reports received from Gisborne to-day state that the Port Elliott is lying in a little sandy bay studded with rocks and [?] yards from the highwaer…
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