[?]A Steamer Ashore
The steamer Op[?]a, 576 tons, bound from Giaborne to Lyttleton without cargo, ran on the rocks east of Cape Pallister, in a heavy fog (says a…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1926
186 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 8 of 10
Latest News Issue General Cables Fire on a Steamer (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver. October 1
A Savanna message states that the steamer New Britain which is on fire off the coast of Georgia released all ships which were proceeding to her assistance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Bruce Sends Message From Steamer Mooltan (A.p.a. Message.) London, October 2
Mr. Cobham was delighted when he received a radio message from Mr. S. M. Bruce, Prime Minister of Australia, from aboard the Mooltan expressing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Men in a Boat Meet with Accident Forced to Swim Ashore
Three men in a boat had an unexpected bath on Saturday when the boat capsized about 300 yards from the shore near Rickett's Point, about 10…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman Chases Steamer for Return of Husband Man Does Not Heed Appeal (Special to "The Miner.") London, October 3
"What is the story behind a dramatic chase by a wife of the liner Galicia, which was departing for Trinidad from Plymouth?" asks the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Encounters Storm
Pounded by mountainous seas and forced to keep her head into a storm for 24 hours the freighter Janus, headed for Fremantle, on Monday, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreckage of a Boat
An object observed floating in the sea near the South Head on Tuesdaywas found to be portion of a pleasure boat or a small launch (says a Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on a Steamer Battle of Seven Hours to Conquer the Flames Adelaide
Sixty miles west of Neptune Islands while ploughing her way through the teeth of a hurricane at 2.50 o'clock yesterday morning, a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Men Missing. Motor Launch Found Ashore at Wollongong Sydney
There is still no word of two men believed to be named Walter Flowers and Frederick Bolding who went to Sydney from La Perouso in a small…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Refloated a Month on a Reef Cairns (Q'land)
The steamer ' Rio Claro which has been refloated after having been over a month on Scott's Reef is practically undamaged. She will be overhauled…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Passenger's Complaint of Conditions on Steamer Captain Denies Charges. Sydney
Mr. W. H. Mountford, a commercial traveller, who arrived yesterday from England on the steamer Herminias, complains bitterly of the treatment of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Passenger's Complaint of Conoitions on Steamer Captain Denies Charges. Sydney
Mr. W. H. Mountford a commercial traveller. who arrived yesterday from England on the steamer Hormi[?]us, complains bitterly of the treatment of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire on Cargo Steamer All the Crew Burned (A.p.a. Message.) London, October 21
A perilous existence in a blazing ship with the fames sweeping from the holds and blistering tho tieck was tho experience of the crew of the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fast Steamer Service for Australia and Britain Another Company's Offer (A.p.a. Message.) London, October 24
Hard upon the heels of the announcement or Sir James Connolly's fast shipping service scheme comes the information that Mr.J.C.M. Amery…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victoria Gelignite Wrecks a Room Melbourne
An explosion occurred in an outstore at a picture theatre in Faraday-street, Carlton. at 7.20 o'clock on Saturday night.Gelignite was used and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ship Destroyed by Fire Lifeboat Rescues Crew (Special to "The Miner.") London, October 24
Carrying a cargo of matches the British steamer Falcon caught on fire off North Foreland. The fire blazed furiously, cases of matches exploding…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Katoomba Held Up. No Firemen Offering. Adelaide
Positions for three firemen on the steamer Katoomba, which is at Port Adelaide on the way to West Australia, are still open. It was hoped…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Katoomba Held Up. No Firemen Offering. Adelaide
Positions for three firemen on the steamer Katoomba, which is at Port Adelaide on the way to West Australia, are still open. It was hoped…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Industrial Steamer Karanoa Helo Up by Alleged Job Control Sydney
The steamer Kara[?]a was held up yesterday by alleged job control. She was to have left at 3 p.m. for Melbourne and Adelaide, but now the date of her…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Robberies on Steamer
While the Commonwealth liner Esperance Bay was approaching Sydney yesterday a wireless message was sent to the police, Informing…
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