Steamer's Fast Trip
A new record has been established for the sea voyage from Brisbane to Sydney hy the Orient Line's 20,000ton liner Orama, which arrived in…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1926
186 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 10
Hurricane at Samoa Lighthouse Carried Away From Its Concrete Bed Vessels Driven Ashore Wellington(N.Z.), January 5
A message received here tells of a terrific hurricane which is raging in Samoa. Great damage has been done. A number of vessels have been…
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The Commonwealth steamer Cooee, 4328 tons gross, has been sold to Continental buyers at a satisfiiotory price (says a Sydney message in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Almost Aground Entering Fremantle Harbor
There was excitement in the Fremantle harbor at dusk on Monday evening, when the incoming mail steamer Mongolia appeared to go…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer in a Gale
The Niagara, which encountered stormy weather from Vancouver, arrived a day late at Auckland and was compelled to heave to for two hours…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Elderly Man Stranded When Yacht 60Es Ashore Rescued by Police. Sydney
Stranded at the foot of a steep cliff in the quarantine ground at North Head when his 20ft. yacht was blown ashore on Friday, Clement Williams…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Sinks Coaster Near Port of Shanghai Loss of Life Reported (Reuter's Message.) Shanghai, January ll
The steamer Empress of Asia to-day collided with the coaster Tungshing belonging to the firm of Jardine and Matheson, in the river near Shanghai…
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Owing to an accident to her machinery, the Commonwealth line steame[?] Boorara has been delayed on her voyage to Australia (says, a Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Month's Pay for 2[?] Days' Work Lighthouse Steamer's Crew
The new Commonwealth Lighthouse steamer Cape York has secured a crew at the rate of £6 16/ a day, for two and a half days, to take the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blazing Motor Launch Owner Swims Ashore Sydney
Victor Barclay, of Taree, was proceeding to his oyster lease at Wallis Lake in a motor launch when the engine backtired and the launch…
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The case of small[?] which was reported on the Malo[?] has been diagnosed as measles and the steamer was not placed in [?], as was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Industrial Steamer Karoola Manned After a Long Idleness Fremantle
A call was made yesterday for a crew to man the interstate steamer Karoola which has been laid up at Fremantle for many weeks through…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Immigration Eventful Voyage Reported From Steamer BENDiGO Fremantle
The liner Bendigo arrived from England yesterday with 1211 passengers including &30) assisted migrants. The voyage was marked by two births, one…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Frank Bullock Retires Reaches the Outer Harbor on Steamer Maloja
"I am sorry to have to retire from the saddle, but I cannot leave the game, so I will take on training," commented Frank Bullock, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident on Steamer Man's Arm Torn Off on Voyage to Sydney Sydney
During the voyage of the steamer Marama from Auckland (New Zealand) to Sydney S. Ramsey (19), an engine-room wiper, met with a dreadful…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Aldinga Tied Up Owing to a Dispute Sydney
As no settlement to the dispute on the steamer Aldinga has been arrived at the crew have been signed off. The vessel is to be tied up for an indefinite…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm in Atlantic Twelve Men Rescued From Steamer Antinoe (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver, January 27
A New York message says that 12 men in a very weakened condition were rescued on Wednesday night from the British freighter Antinoe…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest News Issue General Cablenews Steamer Held Back for Girl Emigrant (Reuter's Message.) London, January 31
Kathleen Robinson, a 10-year-old Swindon girl, who is going to New Zealand unaccompanied on the Athenic to join her parents, will long…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Discontented on Ship Put Ashore by the Crew
Declaring that he had a grievance and would not move until it was settled, a fireman made a lone hand attempt to hold up the coastal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Is Delayed by Behavior of Crew Trouble in Stokehold Melbourne
The steamer Moeraki which was due to sail at 5 o'clock on Friday afternoon for New Zealand, waa delayed for three hours by the behavior of the…
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