Douglas Hawson Mystery. Search Party Is Delayed by Trouble on Steamer Port Darwin
The expedition to investigate the Douglas Mawson mystery has been delayed ia starting owing to engine trouble on the steamer Huddersfield…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1924
341 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 11 of 18
Fire on Steamer. 23 Passengers Landed From Motor Ship Agusan (Reuter's Message.) Manila, August 1
Twenty-two passengers from the motor ship Agusan which caught fire off the Mindanao coast on July 30, have been landed from a lifecoat on…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Ketch Founders. One Man Is Missing and Three Reach Sydney Sydney
The ketch Eliza Davies, engaged in interstate trade between Tasmania and Melbourne, foundered in Bass Strait. She had a crew of four, three of whom…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bubonic on Steamer. Passengers on Parole Melbourne
Ten saloon and 26 Chinese' passengers on the steamer Arafura, which arrived on Thursday, and on which a case of bubonic plague was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ketch Founders. (Continued from page 1.) Captain Relates Story of Rescue of Survivors Sydney
The survivors of the illfated ketch Elsie Davies, which foundered in Bass Strait on Thursday night, reached Sydney early yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer on Breakwater. Slight Damage to Milluna Caused at Port Kembla Sydney
The Adelaide Steamship Company's steamer Miliuna went aground on the southern breakwater at Port Kembla. The steamer came into the harbor at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Schooner Cath[?]it. Overdue at Hobart Hobart
The schooner Cathkit which left Sydney with a cargo of timber for Hobart is 10 days overdue…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trouble at Fremantle Coastal Steamer Held Up Fremantle
The coastal steamer Kurnalgi was laid up yesterday owing to a dispute between the owners and the crew. It is understood that the dispute is an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Adrift. No News of the Ripple Wellington (N.Z.), August 7
There is no further news of the steamer Ripple which is adrift. It it believed that the boat was washed up on the east coast. The violent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Adrift. (Continued from Page 1.) No Tidings of the Ripple Wellington (N.Z.), August 8
There are still no tidings of the steamer Ripple with a crew of 18. The police, however, have received word that a boat and the body of a man have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Overdue Steamer. News of the Cathkit Sydney
[?]The fears felt for the safety of the schooner Cathkit, which left Sydney on July 3, and which was posted overdue at Hobart, were allayed to-day when…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Steamer Adrift. No Tidings of the Ripple Wellington (N.Z.), August 8
There are still no tidings of the steamer Ripple with a crew of 18. The police, however, have received word that a boat and the body of a man have…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Overdue Schooner. Cathkit Reaches Hobart Hobart
The overdue schooner Cathkit has arrived safely in port. Opposing gales delayed her and made the voyage trying and perilous…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire on a Steamer. Wood Pulp for Australia Considerably Damaged (Reuter's Message.) London, August 11
A message from Copenhagen states that a fire occurred on the Danish steamer Siam while she was in dock, causing considerable damage to a cargo…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Foundering of a Ketch. Evidence of Leading Hand About Eliza Davies Melbourne
At an inquiry yesterday into the foundreing of the ketch Elisa Davies, off Wilson's Promontory on August 2, Charles M'Inerney, leading hand on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Fordsale. No Trouble Anticipated in Signing on of Crew Sydney
No trouble is anticipated in the signing on of a crew for the steamer Fordsdale to-day. It is believed that the original crew is offering, but that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Schooner Aground. Little Hope of Refloating Auckland (N.Z.), August 12
The wooden schooner War Lord, of 98 tons, has gone ashore off the coast of New Zealand. The chances of refloating are slight…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Aground. Union Coy's Orowaiti Vancouver, August 13
A message from San Francisco states that the steamer Orowaiti owned by the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, is aground on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Forsdale. Management Will Resist Attempt at Job Control Sydney
Whether the dispute over the Fordsdale crew will develop into a general boycott of the vessel by other transport unions depends on the result…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Fordsdale. Members of the Old Grew Likely to Be Re-engaged Suspension by Union Sydney
A start was made to pay off the crew of the Fordsdale yesterday afternoon. The crew was called to the ship's saloon at 3 p.m. Mr. M'Kenzie,…
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