Steamer Founders. Eleven Men Saved. Three Drowned. Newcastle
The North Coast Company's steamer Nerong foundered yesterday. Eleven of the crew and passengers were saved; but three, were either drowned or died from…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1917
205 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 11
Steamer Nerong Founders Off Norah Head. Three Deaths from Exposure
The North Coast Company's steamer Nerong foundered off Norah Head, south of Newcastle, on Wednesday afternoon. She was sighted in a helpless condition…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wild Labour Riots in Hungary. Cafes and Shops Wrecked by Hand Bombs
The "Daily Chronicle" special correspondent, writing from Milan on July 1, stated:—A lurid light upon the riots that broke out in Budapest on the evening of June 27 is reflected…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On Board a Steamer. Newcastle
Frederick Kari Winkler, a naturalised German, was, at the police court to-day, fined, £5, or a month for having been on board the steamer Duckenfield, at Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Submarine Outrage. French Steamer Sunk
Paris, Wednesday Evening.—A submarine attacked a French steamer in Spanish territorial waters on September 14. The submarine was sheltering…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Port Kembla. Christmas Comforts Lost
Messrs. Joseph Gill and Co., agents for the steamer Port Kembla, when was sunk by an explosion off Cape Farewell, New Zealand, early on Tuesday morning, state that the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News by Wire. a Commandeered Steamer. Sydney
The Hopewell, one of the first steamers commandeered by the Queensland Premier arrived this morning from Brisbane with 253 tons of sugar…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on a Steamer. Mails Destroyed
Further details in connection with the fire on a large steamer in the Victoria Dock, Melbourne, on Tuesday night show that the fire broke out in No. 1 hold, and must have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Steamer Service
Now that the industrial position has considerably improved the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Co., Ltd., is reverting to the pre-strike service between…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Suspicious Fire on a Steamer
Members of the crew of a large steamer on which a fire occurred on Monday night state that there was no possibility of any person having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Guarding a Steamer. Safety of the Dimboola
Thorough precautions were taken by the Melbourne Steamship Company to ensure the safety of the steamer Dimboola, which left Melbourne on Wednesday for Fremantle…
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A fire broke out on the steamer inderra in Sydney harbour at seven o'clock on Sunday morning, in No. 3 held, containing general cargo…
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A fire broke out on the steamer Indarra at 7 o'clock on Sunday morning, in No 3 hold, containing general cargo. The vessel, which belongs to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Interstate Steamer Leaves
The first interstate steamer to leave Sydney since the strike began was the A.U.S.N. Company's ship Wyreema, which left port last night. The boat departed with a large…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Spanish Steamer Stopped
New York, Tuesday.—It is reported from Monte Video that a British cruiser held up a Spanish steamer, presumably seeking von Luxburg…
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A fire broke out on the steamer. Indarra in Sydney harbour at seven o'clock, on Sunday morning, in No. 3 hold, containing general cargo…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Explosion on a Steamer. Injured Man's Compensation. Sydney
In the Banco Courts before Mr Justice Ferguson, Joseph Buttle claimed £2500 from the Union Steamship Co. as compensation for injuries he received…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hun Seaplane Wrecked Incident of Violation of Dutch Waters
The "Telegranl" (Amsterdam) publishes a picturesque account of a deliberate breach of Dutch territorial waters by German seaplanes and a German destroyer, The seaplanes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Italian Steamer. Sunk by Submarine. Athens
A German submarine torpedoed the Italian steamer Burl and also sunk several of the lifeboats. Fifty survivors have gone to Corfu, and hundred and fifty have gone…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French Steamer Sunk. 250 Missing. London
Reuter's Paris correspondent reports that a steamer carrying 559 passengers, including Algerian soldiers some prisoners of war, and a crew of 67, has been torpedoed in the…
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