Wreck of Dutch Steamer. Heavy Loss of Life. Vancouver
A Halifax message says that the steamer Anton Van Driel struck Cape Race at midnight. Only the bridge was visible this morning. Several boats were…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1920
173 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 9
Steamer Freights. Further Increases. Newcastle
Owing to the increase in wages to the seamen and to the wharf labourers a few months ago, heavy additions were made to the freights and passenger fares on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Germany's Loss. Steel Industry Wrecked. Great Britain's Gain
The secrecy which had been maintained by Germany regarding the war, iron, and steel output since October, 1916, was recently broken, and an analysis of the production…
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Six eases of influenza were on Monday discovered amongst the passengers and crow landed in quarantine from the Dutch steamer Roggeveen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Freights. Further Increases. Newcastle
Owing to the increase in wages to the seamen and to the wharf labourers a few months ago, heavy additions were made to the frights and passenger fares on…
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Six cases of influenza were on Monday discovered amongst the passengers and crew landed in quarantine from the Dutch steamer Roggeveen…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Germany's Loss. Steel Industry Wrecked
The secrecy which had been maintained by Germany regarding the war, iron, and steel output since October, 1916, was recently broken, and an analysis of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shipbuilding Proposed 12,000 Ton Steamer
Mr Ball, Minister for Works and Railways, stated on Tuesday that he recently interviewed the Prime Minister, Mr Hughes, in Melbourne, with regard to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamers Wrecked Contradictory Reports. London January [?]
The reported loss of the steamer Principossa Mafalda has mystified Europe, and has caused distress in the Argentine, where the bulk of the passengers reside. Every report…
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The French steamer Afrique (5400 tons), carrying 465 passengers, is a total wreck off La Rochelle (on the Bay of Biscay)…
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Reuter's Paris correspondent reports that the liner Afrique, with 463 passengers, outward bound for West Africa sunk 50 miles westward of La Rochelle. The vessel…
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Paris, Thursday.—During a gale in the Bay of Biscay the French liner Afrique (5404 tons) was damaged, and while returning to port struck a rock and sank…
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Galea have been general in British and French seas. Numerous wrecks of coastal vessels are reported. Two enormous seas swept…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Imperilled Steamer Saved. Vancouver
The Powhatan has been rescued. The Powhatan is a steel twin screw steamer [?]10,531 tons, owned by the limited States Shipping Board. She was formerly the…
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The Powhatan has been rescued. The Powhatan is a steel twin screw steamer of 10,531 tons, owned by the United States Shipping Board. She was formerly the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shipping Disaster. Wreck of the Afrique. London
Reuter's Paris correspondent reports that the liner Afrique, with 465 passengers, outward bound for West Africa sunk 50 miles westward of La Rochelle. The vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wreck of Afrique. Wireless Hero. London, January 20
The correspondent of "The Times" at Paris reports that the wireless operator on the Afrique went down with the ship. He sent constant messages to his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bleriot Plane's Trial Wreck and Fatality. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) Paris, Sunday Night
The new Bleriot aeroplane, constructed to carry 25 passengers in the Paris to London service, was wrecked in a preliminary trial in France, the pilot…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Today's Telegrams Steamer Sunk. Sydney
A cable has reached Sydney, stating that the cargo steamer Marne, while on a voyage to Australian from New YOrk, caught fire and was sunk in the Fanama Canal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Ashore
The coastal steamer Gunbar is ashore on the north spit at the entrance to Bellinger River. According to a statement received by the Navigation Department, the vessel…
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