Industrial No Cooks Seek Employment on the Steamer Yarra Newcastle
When a call was made for a cook to fill a vacancy on the Huddart Parker steamer. Yarra, yesterday there was no response. It is feared that the vessel…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1928
296 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 15
An Aeroplane Wrecked Pilot Daish Escapes Bulolo (New Guinea), April 21
A Bristol fighter plane in charge of Pilpt Daish crashed on Tuesday and was wrecked. pilot Daish was uninjured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hold-up Thought Likely of Steamer Goulburn Sydney
When the steamer Goulburn arrived in Sydney to-day from Melbourne it was stated that a cook's assistant gave notice yesterday. It is unlikely…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Refloated Brisbane
The steamer Houtman, which went agound. at Cape Moreton Bay yesterday, was refloated undamaged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shipping Disaster Hutch Steamer Lost Off Nova Scotia Coast (A.p.a. Message.) Vancouver, April 30
The Dutch steamer Callisto broke up and sank with all hands after running aground in a thick fog on Saturday on the shorey of Nova Scotia…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Govt. Steamer Converted From Coal to Oil Burner
The work of converting the lighthouse steamer Cape Leeuwin from a coal to an oil burner has been successfully completed, (says a Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wrecked Butch Steamer Wreckage Is Located Hope Abandoned for Crew (A.p.a. Message.) New York, May 2
A Sydney (Nova Scotia) message states that the wreckage of the Dutch steamer Callisto, which has teen hidden by a dense fog since the vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Govt. Steamer Converted From Coal to Oil Burner
The work of converting the lighthouse steamer Cape Leeuwin from a coal to an oil burner has been successfully completed (says a Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Sinks Crew Scrambles Ashore
Further information concerning the sinking of the small steamer Reemara at Kettering on Wednesday shows that the vessel was [?]ying alongside the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aeroplane Wrecked Taree
A Moth aeroplane piloted by Max Rosenfeld crashed and was completely wrecked just outside the town late yesterday. He was landing when some…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Explosion on Ketch Much Damage Done Auckland (N.Z.), May 5
An explosion of benzine which occurred on a fishing ketch in Half Moon Bay, caused extensive damage. The deck was blown off and the hull was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Collision at Sea British Supply Steamer Sinks a Greek Vessel British Vessel Also Sinks (A.p.a. Message.) London, May 4
The naval supply ship Bacchus, of 200 tons, sent out an S.O.C., that she had been badly damaged and was sinking bows fast after ramming, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Following Appeared in To-day's Afternoon Issue Collision at Sea British Supply Steamer Sinks a Greek Vessel British Vesser Also Stnks (A.p.a. Message.) London, May 4
The naval supply ship Bacchus, of 200 tons, sent out an S.O.C. that she had been badly damaged and was sinking bows first after ramming and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer in Trouble the Nautilus Sinking Rockhampton
The steamer Canonbar returned to Gladstone last night and reported that while towing the steamer Nautilus to Brisbane the towline snapped. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer on Reef in a Bad Position Off Thursday Island Brisbane
The steamer Hyacinthus has struck a reef off Thursday Island, and is in a bad position. A strong wind is blowing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shipping Troubles the Steamer Kanowna Fails to Get Services of Butcher Sydney
When a call was made for a butcher to fill a vacancy on the steamer Kanowna, which is nuder charter to Huddart, Parker, there was, no response…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Steamer Hyacinthus Refloated Yesterday Thursday Island
The steamer Hyacinthus, which ran aground on a reef on Wednesday, was refloated on Thursday night. It is understood that the vessel was not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Girl Stowaway on Steamer Benalla to Be Landed at Fremantle Melbourne
A wireless message received to-day from the steamer Benalla, which left Melbourne yesterday for London, informed the police of the presence of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Girl Stowaway on Steamer Benalla to Be Landed at Fremantle Melbourne
A wireless message received to-day from the steamer Benalla, which left Melbourne yesterday for London, informed the police of the presence of a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire on a Steamer Severe Damage Done Sydney
A serious fire broke out on the steamer Seattle, of 6463 tons, which was lying at the wharf at Darling Harbor late yesterday afternoon…
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