Bubonic Plague. Suspect at Thursday Island. Landed From Steamer
Having put ashore at Thursday Island a native suspected of being infected with bubonic plague, the steamer Scottish Strath, which arrived in…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1924
33 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 2
"A Receiver of Wreck."
A "Receiver of Wreck" is quite an important post, although not a very well-known one. It is generally held by a Customs officer or Inland…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Submarine Tractors to Raise Wrecks
A system of marine salvage devised by Jesse W. Reno does not employ divers, and hence is not limited in its operation to depths at which divers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Ashore. Her Second Disaster. Sydney
The steamer Port Elliott, which is ashore on the New Zealand coast, may not become a total wreck,, but is certain to have sustained serious damage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreckage Found. Between Port Stephens and Seal Rocks
Wreckage has been discovered along remote beaches of the North Coast between Port Stephens and Seal Rocks, a distance of about 100 miles north of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →German Steamer Leaves. Sydney
After months of delay the German steamer Hannover left Sydney for the Continent yesterday with all but 12 of the original crew. She had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Benandra Wrecked
AT half-past 2 on Tuesday afternoon the steamer Benandra struck a sendspit near Moray a entrance, and became a total wreck. The crew landed safely, but Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Missing Steamer. Aborigines' Story. Darwin
Aborigines at Mount Alexander near Cadogan Bay, referring to wreckage which was found washed ashore, say: "Big fellow engine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Japanese Steamer in Distress. Near Jervis Bay Vessels to the Rescue. Sydney
A strong southerly gale raged off the coast this morning. The Japanese steamer Honolulu Maru sent a wireless at midnight: "In grave danger;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Reel Life. Success Wrecks Men
"Success is the worst thing that could happen to some men." This is the opinion of Robert T. Haines, who plays the miner-Governor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Astral Founders
THE well-known coastal collier Astral shipped a heavy sea off Terrigal on the 7th inst., and was soon in distress owing to the bad weather which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Macquarie
WORD has been received by Mr. W. A. Spence, local agent, that the steamer Macquarie, now in dock for her periodical overhaul, is expected to…
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THE steamer Gundiah went ashore at Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania, on the 30th ult. The Gundiah is our old friend the Hastings under a new name. She will be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The First Lifeboat
One of the most extraordinary cases of what may be called an accidental invention is that of the lifeboat. A man named Wouldhave was out…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Ashore
The steamer Gundiah went ashore at Macquarie Harbor, Tasmania, on June 30th. This steamer was formerly known as the Hastings, a well-known…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters That Wreck Lives. How Pests Op the Pen Are Tracked
More anonymous letters are being written to-day than ever before. This is the alarming verdict of a well-known handwriting and forgery…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Founders Nineteen Seamen Missing
The crew of 19 belonging to the Cork cattle steamer Lismore is missing as the result of the wrecking of the vessel on the Wexford coast…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Coastal Steamer
The Urana, a fine type of cargo steamer, built for the North Coast S.N. Co., and intended for the North Coast trade, reported at Thursday Island en…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. Japanese Steamer Sunk. London
A Tokio message says the Japanese steamer Matsuyama Maru, from Keelung, sank on July 11th west of the Goto Islands. All the crew except one,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In Savage Hands. Horrible Fate of Shipwrecked Women. Douglas Mawson Reports Confirmed
Reports received by the Federal Authorities from the Gulf coast stations give some confirmation of the alarming story of the awful fate of…
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