Call for Help Steamer Sinking
The steamer Diogenes, which sailed from Capetown on December 25, picked up an S.O.S. message on December 30, which read: "We are sinking,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925
14 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers
Giant Liner Ashore Naval Sloop Sinks Crew Not Yet Reported San Francisco
A wireless message has been recived at Honolulu that the steamer Express of Canada, owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway, is ashore…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Federal Steamer Sold For B.H.P. Cargo Service (By Wire.) Sydney
The Commonwealth steamer, "Eugowra," has been sold to the Broken Hill Proprietary Coy. for its cargo service…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Baptist Church Wrecked. Perverted Person's Sacrilege. Melbourne
Somebody entered the Baptist Church at St. Kilda on Saturday night and wr eked the interior and fittings, then turned on the fire hose…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Oil Steamer Aground All Holds Leaking (By Wire) Sydney
A Wellington (N.Z.) message says that the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co's. steamer "Cyrona," with all holds leaking, lies aground near the entrance to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mysterious Wreckage. Not the Missing Lieteela. Melbourne
The wreckage found on the South Australian, coast has been declared not to be from the missing ketch Lieteela. The searching destroyer has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Telegrams Anxiety for Yacht. Is the Endeavor Wrecked? Sydney
Anxiety is felt for the safety of the large, handsome Sydney yacht, The Endeavor. With her crew of three, she left Sydney on June 3, and is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer on Fire Big Blaze in Harbor Heroic Steward's Death
Shortly before 3 o'clock on Tuesday morning a fire broke out on the Howard Smith passenger steamer Canberra, berthed at the King Street…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Short Story “Such Is Fate.” “To wreck a ship, no matter how decrepit, why, ’twas murder.”
She was only an old tramp, a thing of no beauty, ungainly, unpainted, disreputable, floundering, nosing, jerking along, no polished brass adorned…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer on Rocks Crew Safely Taken Off (By Wire) Sydney
Melbourne.—The small steamer "Awaroa" has been abandoned on the rocks near Wilson's Promontary, Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →PRIME MINISTER's Steamer Held Up During Reception to Americans Mr. Bruce Warns Seamen (By Wire) Sydney
Melbourne.—There was considerable indignation yesterday at the holdup of the Prime Minister and official guests on the excursion steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tragic Wreck of the Fifties
A wreck that thrilled Sydney in the fifties when the ill-fated ship Dunbar crashed into the Gap at South Head, in a blinding gale, mistaking…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Horse Goes Mad When Taken from Steamer (By Wire) Sydney Monday Evening
The prominent Metropolitan candidate, Friarsdale, had a narrow escape from serious injury coming off the steamer "Katoomba" to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer "Mahia" Seamen in Possession Rockhampton,Monday Evening
Rockhampton seamen are now practially in possession of the steamer Mahia and the wharf both of which are heavily pocketed.Some seamen…
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