Fire on Steamer
ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—A fire on the German steamer Stassfurt which is loading wool at Port Adelaide rendered the electrical gear of the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1932
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Steamer Refloated
ADELAIDE, Saturday.-Assieted by four powerful tugboats, the steamer Cornwall; of 10,537 tons; which went aground near Osborne in…
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ADELAIDE, Friday. —Heavily laden with wool, frozen meas and general cargo, the steamer Cornwall of 10,537 tons. went aground in the…
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AFTER HALF AN HOUR'S 'TUGGING BY FOUR TUGS, THE STEAMER CORNWALL CAME OFF THE MUD BANK IN THE PORT RIVER It was take to Outer Harber for impection. A picture taken just as the Cornwall beagna to move downstreams. The fug Woonds is shesd, and the Foremosnt at the rear,…
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An iron footbridge on the eastern corner of Sulphide and Blende streets was completely wrecked last night, or in the early hours of this morning,…
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How they watched 35 companions die was told this afternoon by three survivors of the wreek of the American steamer Nevada, which…
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VANCOUVER, October 2.—The British steamer Bright San struck an iceberg and sank in the icy waters of Hobson's Bay before daylight with a…
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When the rteamer Maunganui arrived in Sydney this morning from Wellington the captain reported that a second-class passenger, Colin…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A man whoso name ia believed to havo been G. R. Simms booked a passage on the steamer Gwydir from Sydney to…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday. — When their efforts to open the strongroom failed thieves who entered the ofrice of Sharpe Bros. at Glebe last night set about to…
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While berthed overnight, at the Koraisigh landing Swan Hill on Wednesday 13th, the night paddle steamer [?] caught fire, and was burnt…
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An aeroplane.— which'was lost in yesterday's fog was discovered this morning wrecked on top of a hill a few miles from here. Two…
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Twenty-two United States aeroplanes speeding' over San Diego were caught in a fog last night and their pilots, in great danger of collision,…
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The coastal motor vessel Maroubra, which has just returned to Darwin, brought back four members of the erew of the Jugger Runic, which left…
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A fierce explosion in the petrol tank of a motor launch in the Brisbane River early to-day blew two men into the water. Their mates,…
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Resenting reductions in rates of pay under the Financial Emergency Act, about 200 sailors of the Royal Australian Navy who were to have…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.— The New Southern Cross, a Melanesian mission steamer, was totally wrecked yesterday on the island of Aneitvum in…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Nov. 12. With only one engine being used the steamer, Zealandia sailed from Auckland to Sydney yesterday…
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THE CREW OF THE MELANESIAN MISSION MOTOR VESSEL SOUTHERN CROSS—Left to right: Mr. R. Holmes (second officer), Mr. 0. Wilkes (launch man), Mr. J. Scott? (chief officer), Mr. M'Gregor (engineer), Captain A. M. Stanton (master), Mr. Newton (engineer), and Mr. Roberts (steward-cook). Right: The Southern Croes leaving Auckland (N.Z.)…
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Forty Solomon Island boys, four deck officers, and the cook and steward were terribly lacerated by coral when a boat launched from the…
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