Japanese Hamper Shipping German Steamer Stopped Shanghai, May 29
It has been disclosed that a Japanese warship stopped the German steamer Sauerland, bound for Shanghai on Wednesday, and examined her…
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Lugger Wrecked on Coast. Man and Wife Found Wandering. SYDNEY
After a mail contractor had found a lugger washed up on the beach, near Broome, W.A., a search party found a man and his wife…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ketch Again Has to Turn Back Sydney
After striking a gale in the Tasman Sea, the auxiliary ketch Hispaniola returned to Palm Beach to-day with a broken chronometer. The main water…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Greek Steamer Aground Melbourne
The Greek steamer, Fotini Carras. 4466 tons, believed to have had 30 to 40 men on board, ran ashore on Tuesday night on a coral islet, 380 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crew of Wrecked Greek Steamer Saved BRISBANE
With water washing over the decks of the wrecked Greek freighter Fotini Carras. the crew was safely transferred to another steamer late this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fatal Wreck on Reef. Motor Ship Atlantic. BRISBANE, Monday night
Despite a search by a plane to-day, no trace was found of the body of Wm. Robert Leo, who was washed away when the motor ship "Atlantic"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shipwrecked Seamen on Way to Rabaul Brisbane
Forty men rescued from the Greek steamer Fotini Carras last week at Middle Bellona reef, off the coast of Queensland, are being taken to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crew of Wrecked Steamer Taken Aboard Another Vessel Sydney
The liner Tanda yesterday took aboard the crew of the wrecked steamer Fotini Carras, according to advices received in Sydney to-day. This was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →French Steamer Closely Guarded Sydney
The French passenger ship Pierre Loti was closely guarded and all visitors were prohibited when it arrived in Sydney to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Little Princesses Embrace Parents Aboard Steamer LONDON, June 22
As a result of fog, which forced the Empress of Britain to slow down to 12 knots an hour, the great welcome home to the [?] and Queen from their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ketch Back Again Sydney
The ketch, Hispianola, is back in Sydney again, its third attempt to reach Lbrd Howe Island being unsuccessful The ketch left Sydney last Wednesday,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Japanese Freighter Goes Ashore SYDNEY
On her maiden voyage from Yokobama to Sydney, the Japanese freighter, China Maru, of 5870 tons gross, went ashore on Feni (St. John) island,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Overboard From Steamer Adelaide
Driving through heavy weather in Spencer's Gulf at 1.30 a.m. to-day, the motor ship Westralia lost one of her seamen, Leonard Smith, aged 57,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Aid for Stricken Steamer Sydney
Arrangements were, made to-day by the agents for the China Maru, which is ashore on Malum Island, for the steamer Mako, with a diver and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attempt to Refloat Steamer Fails Another Attempt to Be Made Sydney
The attempt to refloat the Japanese freighter China Maru this morning was unsuccessful, but a further effort will be made to-morrow morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Fast on Reef Nine-hour Tug Fails Sydney
Held fast on a reef near Balum Island, nearly 130 miles from Babaul, the steamer China Maru to-day defied the efforts of the freighter Yamasino…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Runs Into Mountainous Seas Newcastle
After battling with strong headwinds and mountainous seas, the Union Steamship Company’s steamer Kalingo reached Newcastle from Wellington…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Still Held Fast on Reef Sydney
Still another unsuccessful attempt was made to-day :to refloat the stranded Japanese freighter, China Maru, at Balum Island. It has been decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Freed From Grip of Rocks Sydney
The steamer China Maru which went on the rocks off Balum, near Rabaul, and whose propeller was folded when a tow-line became caught in it, was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Woman’s 30,000-Mile Voyage In Small Ketch LONDON July 7
The venturesome voyage of 30,000 miles by Airs. Marion Rice Hart anc three New Zealanders was completed to-day when the ketch Vanora arrived…
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