Influenza. Steamer at Melbourne. Quarantined with Eight Cases. Sydney
The steamer Northumberland has been quarantined at Melbourne with eight cases of influenza aboard…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1920
63 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 3 of 4
Shipping Trouble. Men Want Act Enforced. Steamer Held Up. Sydney
The outlook for Australian shipping is clouded by the determination of seamen and firemen not to work ships on which the manning scale and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Threatened Hold-up. Steamer Firemen and Coal Hands. Sydney
The Federated Seamen's Union, threatens to hold up more steamers unless its demand limiting the amount of coal to bo handled by firemen to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lieut. Parer's Aeroplane Wrecked
Lieuts. Parer and McIntosh flew over Culcairn at 5.45 on Saturday night. About 20 minutes later their engine developed magneto trouble, and they…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. Jumped Off Steamer? in Sydney Harbor. Sydney
A passenger fell or jumped off a Manly steamer last night near Pinch gut. Every effort to save him failed. His name is unknown…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Industrial Disputes. Steamer Leaves Under Ballast. No Coal Cargo
The steamer Sofala left Newcastle for Singapore in ballast, after waiting 37 days for a cargo of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Damage to Steamer
Over £3000 damage was sustained by the steamer Bermagui when she struck Bellambie Reef…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams. Steamer Fouls Sailer. Sydney
A heavily-laden Japanese steamer going from Newcastle yesterday fouled the anchor of a sailing ship. The anchor penetrated her ballast tank and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Driven Ashore
Two island schooners were driven ashore in the Paumoto Group during the recent heavy weather, and are expected to become total wrecks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schooner Wreckage Found. Sydney
Wreckage was found at King Island, whice it is feared belongs to the schooner Southern Cross, which carried 1000 cases of benzine on deck. The cargo…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. Missing Schooner and Airmen. No Traces. Sydney
The steamer Melbourne reports no sign of the missing schooner Amelia J. and no traces of the missing airmen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Audience Wreck a Theatre
An extraordinary scene was witnessed at a Vienna music hall, where an international wrestling competition was in progress. The Italian world's champion,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Trip to New Zealand
Miss Addle Turner, daughter of Mr and Mrs. H. Turner, or Wingham writes:— On Saturday, 16th October, I got my…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sawmill Wrecked
Owing to the bursting of a flywheel at Ellis and Burnan's timber mill at Manunul, in the King Country, damage to the extent of £13,000 was done One piece of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Held Up. Sydney
The Commonwealth steamer Delungra was held up yesterday when the crew discovered that their request for extra trimmers had not been complied with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Adrift in Open Boat. Wrecked Schooner's Crew. Madman Capsizes Craft
A poignant Story or We struggle for life or a shipwrecked crew was told at Lowestoft, the skipper or an English trawler landed the surviving members of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Held Up. Crew Demand Extra Help. Sydney
The steamer Aramac en route for North Queensland was held up at Brisbane by the crew demanding three extra trimmers and a general servant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Comboyne. Sinks Off Bass Point. Crew Saved
The steamer Comboyne when off Bass Point, near Kiame, early on Saturday morning in a fog struck a submerged obstruction and sank…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Comboyne Wracked
ALLEN TAYLOR'S steamer Comboyne struck a submerged rock off Point Bass, South Coast, on Sunday morning last, and foundered in a few minutes. No lives were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →30,000 Tonner Ashore. Breaks Loose and Sinks Collier. London
During a gale a 30,000 tonner, the Grafwaldersce, broke from her moorings at Southend. Six tugs towed her to Gravesend, where she again broke loose…
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