Items of Interest River Steamer Traffic
The S,S. "Ulonga" made the first trip up the Murrumbidgee from Balranaid on Saturday for the season. It was going to Hay to load wool…
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108 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 6
Telegrams Stranded Steamer Refloated Sydney
A radio message received to-day stated that the stranded steamer Montoro was refloated…
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[?] message received to-day [?] at the stranded steamer, [?]has been refloated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Short Rations Sailor’s Experience on Schooner Trip to Suva Sydney
Dudley Boulton, of Drummoyne, a member of the crew of the schooner Isabel, returned to Sydney to-day from Suva, where he left the vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plane Crashes But No One is Hurt Machine Is Wrecked Sydney
In one of the most specta[?] crashes at mascot for some time aeroplane was wrecked, but two passengers were unhurt…
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Thirty persons are believed to have been drowned through the sinking of a passenger steamer in the Son Francisco River…
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Word was received here to-day that the Danish research yacht, Mo[?] was wrecked on the main coral reef off the Queensland coast…
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Attempts to re-float the Inver-bank, which went aground last week while on her way to New Zealand. have failed so far. The tides are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trans-atlantic Flyers Crash in England Escape Lightly But Plane Wrecked. London
The airmen, Pond and Sabelli, flyings from Rome , to Dublin, whence they intended to cross the Atlantic Ocean, encountered a fog in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Refloated Suva, August 20
The Inverbank , which went aground while on the way to Wellington last week was refloated at 1.30 a.m. .She is returning to Suva although…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer’s Gold Recovered From Wreck Last Consignment Delivered London, August 21
Gold bullion, valued at about £162,000 was brought to Plymouth to-day by the Italian salvage ship Artiglic II. from the wreck of the…
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The steamer Australian arrived at Tocumwal on Tuesday from Lake Victoria S.A. with 163 tons of machinery and timber on the way to…
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While the steamer Mataram was proceeding down the harbor to-day bound for New Guinea a police, launch containing three constables ordered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Warship Buffeted Plane Is Wrecked Perth
When H.M.A.S. Australia arrived at Fremantle to-day it was reported that when rounding Cape Leenwin a seaplane it carried had been completely…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ketch Mystery Lifebuoy Washed Up Adelaide
A lifebuoy, the first tangible trace of the ketch Vivid, which disappeared two and a half years ago with three men on board, between Tumby…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Arrives. 163 Tons for Yarrawonga Weir
When it was announced that a steamer and a barge was approaching Tocumwal on Tuesday, many went to below the bridge, some with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sailor Killed Ashore Outfit-car Collision Perth
When a train and motor-cycle outfit crashed at midnight on the Mount Bay road a sailor, believed to be Reg[?] Philips, from one of the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Fire on Steamer S.O.S. Messages Delay in Sending Alleged New York. Sept. 12
George Rogers, chief wireless operator of the Morro Castle, told the Inquiry Board to-day that it was fully 30 minutes after he was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Outrages on Chinese Steamer [?] Mutiny and Turn Bandits Passengers Shot and Thrown Overboard [?] Looted While Crew,helpless to Intervene
From Manchukuo comes the story of a shocking outrage on the steamer Yuan Kiang. Guards suddenly turned bandits, took complete control of the the ship, which they looted, and after shooting eight pasengers, whose bodies were hrown overboard, they…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Typhon japan is Swept Hundred Dead Thousands Homeless Many Killed in Wrecked Schools TOKIO, September 20
Hundreds are lead and thousands are homeless as a result of a terrible typhoon which swept the country today Trains were wrecked shipping…
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