Steamer Strikers Reef
The steamer Bombala while on a voyage from Queensland ports to Sydney struck Salamader Reef, just outside Townsville last night, and early this morning the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1919
201 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 11
Launching of New Steamer
Messrs. Morrison and Sinclair launched at their yards, Johnstone's Bay, at 10.15 to-day (Wednesday), the hull of a steamer for the Newcastle and Hunter River…
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A new steamer, built to the order of the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company, and intended for the Sydney-Newcastle trade, was launched at high water on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Air Flight Fears for Howell's Safety Reported Wrecked at Sea. No Survivors Found. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Sunday Night
A Corfu message states that, Captain Howell's aeroplane has been wrecked off St. Goorge's Bay, Corfu. There is no hope of survivors…
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During the Christmas and New Year holidays steamers will be run between Newcastle and Sydney every night by the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship…
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A new, steamer, built to the order of the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company, and intended for the Sudney-Newcastle trade, was launched at high water last…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →British Steamer Wrecked Large Loss of Life. Mostly Natives. London, December 19
Reuter's correspondent at Saigon (capital of Froach Cochin-China) report that the British steamer Lien Shing (1659 tons), bound from Hong Kong to Saigon, is ashore on…
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A Halifax message says the captain first made, fourth engineer, wireless operator, and 39 of the crew of the British steamer Manxman were drowned when the…
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Armed raiders wrecked the Dublin offices of the "Irish Independent." holding up the editors and sub-editors with revolvers…
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Vancouver, Saturday.—A message from Portland (Oregon) states that the oil tank steamer Chanslor has been wreckel. Thirty of the crew were drowned…
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The Howard Smith liner Bombala, which stranded on Salamander Reef, was successfully floated on Monday. The steamer Dilkerra toward the steamer Bombala off, and…
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New York, Monday.— A mutiny occurred aboard the United States steamer America, about to convoy the American Peace Delegation back to New York, and…
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The body of David Gordon, aged 63, of Broadmeadow-road, Hamilton, owner of the ill-fated launch, Scotch Queen, which was lost off Swansea bar on…
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A fight between firemen and greasers on the steamer Commonwealth last resulted in a fireman named Billows being slashed on the arm with a razor and the arrest…
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Tho Howard Smith liner Bombala, which stranded on Salamander Reef, was successfully floated on Monday. The steamer Dilkerra towed the steamer Bombala off, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Steamer Wrecked Large Loss of Life. Mostly Natives. London, December 19
Reuter's correspondent at Saigon (capital of French Cochin-China) reports that the British steamer Lien Shing (1659 tons), bound from Hong Kong to Saigon, is ashore on…
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A Halifax message says the captain, first mate, fourth engineer, wireless operator, and 39 of the crew of the British steamer Manxman were drowned when the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Irish Wreckers. Raid on Newspaper Office. London, December 22
The raid on the "Irish Independent" offices was extraordinarily daring, in view of the fact that the newspaper premises were within 120 yards of Dublin's main…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Lost Off Newfoundland. Vancover, December 29
The Dutch steamer Anton Vanderil has been lost off. Newfoundland. The entire crew of fifty was drowned…
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Norman Harris, a school hoy, living in Farquhar-street, Junction, picked up on the Bar Bench, Junction, on Monday afternoon, the name-plate of the ill-fated launch, Sectch…
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