Harbour Disaster Mail Steamer Strikes Ferry Boat. Killed and Missing Estimated at 20 Persons. About 50 Taken to Hospital
Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 November 1927 · page 4
In Sydney Harbour on Thursday afternoon the R.H.S. Tahiti ran into the "Watson's Bay ferry boat Greyeliffe, cutting her in halves and sinking her…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 November 1927 · page 2
At 4.30 p.m. on Thursday afternoon, the steamer Tahiti bound for San Francisco collided with the Watson's Bay ferry steamer, Greycllife…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 November 1927 · page 10
With the aid of a Harbour Trust punt and a big crane, the smashed hall of the foundered ferry steamer Greycliffe was…
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Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 November 1927 · page 2
Thrilling Stories of the Sydney Harbour disaster were told by passengers of the steamer Tahiti, which arrived at Wellington (N.Z.) on Monday,…
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Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 November 1927 · page 2
Divers Harris and Carr on Monday succeeded in having the wrecked Greycliffe raised to the surface. It was a difficult task, and preparations…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pittsburgh Removing Wreckage Bodies Seen in Water Fifty Persons Still Missing. Pittsburgh, Nov. 15
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 November 1927 · page 5
Twenty-four hours after the explosion of the gas tank the authorities are still unable to estimate the total number of…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 November 1927 · page 5
The steamer Inkura, is at present lying at bouy in the stream, owing to the refusal of the crew, to take her to sea…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 November 1927 · page 5
It is expected that the wreck of the Greyeliffe will be salvaged during the week-end. Everything is in readiness for the…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 November 1927 · page 5
The remaining portion of the wrecked Ferry, Greycliffe, was lifted this morning and beached near. Taronga Park…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 November 1927 · page 5
At the Greycliffe inquiry to-day, Mr. Evans, who appeared for pilot Carson, said the Crown had submitted a gross misstatement as to the…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 November 1927 · page 5
When the Greycliffe inquiry was resumed to-day, justice Campbell said it was a matter of importance that the stem of the Greycliffe wreck…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 November 1927 · page 7
Bound for Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands, on her first commission in nearly 18 months, the small steamer Kobiloko sprang a leak yesterday…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 November 1927 · page 12
How a lifeboat from Moolfre (Anglosey) saved the crew of a ketch during the height of the terrible gales on October 28 by descending to…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 November 1927 · page 5
Bound for Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands, on her first commission in nearly 18 months, the small steamer Kobiloko sprang a leak yesterday…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 November 1927 · page 5
Captain Thomas Carson, pilot on the Tahiti gave evident at the resumed inquiry regarding the disaster to the ferry steamer Geycliffe…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 November 1927 · page 5
Watkin James Williams, 46, a shipowner, was sentenced to one years' gaol and ordered to pay tho costs of the prosecution, on thirteen counts…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 November 1927 · page 7
The steamer Kiwitea was this morning declared "black," because she was loaded by non-unionist labour in Tasmania. The crew was paid off…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 November 1927 · page 7
When the mail steamer Maloja arrived from London this morning, not a solitary man offered to work on the vessel…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 November 1927 · page 6
The new pilot steamer for Sydney this morning to undergo her trials before being taken over by the Navigation Department. She will…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1927 · page 3
The new pilot steamer Birubi left for Sydney this morning to undergo her trials before being taken over by the Navigation Department. She will…
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