Launch Wrecked. No Loss of Life. Sydney
A message from Norfolk Island states the Government launch was wrecked on Wednesday. There was no loss of life…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1926
57 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 3
Lanch on Fire. Man Swims Ashore. Sydney
Victor Marclay, of Taree, was proceeding to his oyster lease at Wallis Lake in a motor launch. when the engine backfired and bum into flames…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ferry Collides With Wharf. Lifeboat Spattered. Sydney
The ferry steamer "Kosciusko" collided with the Neutral Bay wharf at Circular Quay last night. Portions of the pontoon were torn away. One of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Cyclone. Shipwreck and Ruin Follow. PERTH
A report from Beagle Bay, north of Broome, states that the schooner Mina was wrecked during a recent cyclone, and that 51 persons who were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fracas on Steamer. Disgraceful Exhibition. SYDNEY
At Melbourne, the steamer Moeraki, which was due tc sail at 5 o'clock last night for New Zealand, was delayed three hours by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Founders. Most of Crew Lost. SYDNEY
The steamer Nowsherra which arrived at Fremantle yesterday, brought news of the foundering off the Sooth African coast of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Leaking Steamer. Drifted Ashore
The steamer Clan MacNanghton when leaving Tamar. Launceston. with a cargo of wool and other Tasmanian products for the English market, drifted…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Ooma. a Total Wreck. SYDNEY
Late last night a message was received from Ocean Island that the forepeak and the engine room of the steamer Ooma are full of water…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ABANDONED! The Steamer Ooma. SYDNEY
The wrecked steamer Ooma has been abandoned to underwriters, and will be sold by public auction to-morrow, as the now lies on the reef…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ooma Wreck Sold for £150
The wreck of the steamer Ooma which went ashore at Ocean Island, was sold to-day at public auction for £150. The purchasers were the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Daring Adventure. Round the World in a Life-boat. Relative of Former Armidale Resident's Plans
The cabled announcement that Captain G. E. Hitchens is preparing to make a cruise of 38,000 miles, which will include Australia, in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bosun's Swim After Lifeboat. Given Up for Dead
The story of an heroic effort to save the life of a pet dog, figured in the account of his experince given by bosun Henry Batchelor, the sole…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wrecked on New Zealand Coast. Two Men Drowned. Sydney
Further particulars regarding the loss of the steamer Karn, on the New Zealand coast, show that two men were drowned. The vessel is now…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer "Black." Union Takes Action. HOBART, Thusday
The steamer Kanna has been declared "black" by the Hobart branch of the Watterside Workers' Federation, until the end of the present…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Safe Wrecked. £15 STOLEN Sydney
[?] visited Bexley town hall last night and wrecked a safe. The thieves secured about £15…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer on Fire
A fire broke out in the coal bunkers of the steamer "Frolington; Court." at Wallaroo yesterday. The flames were subdued with difficulty…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer on Fire. Flames Extinguished with Difficulty. Sydney
A fire broke out in the coal bunkers pf the steamer "Frolington Court" at Wallaroo yesterday. The flames were subdued with difficulty. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of the Karu. "Rusty and Leaking." SYDNEY
At the inquiry which has been opened at Auckland into the wreck of the steamer Kuril, a former member of the crew said he had tested…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Wrecked. 22 of Crew Missing. Captain and Son Rescued. Queensland Coast Tragedy. Sydney
The steamer Dorrigo, bound from Sydney to Thursday Island, foundered on Friday morning off the Queensland coast, between Brisbane and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Life-boat Rudders. Ashore at Double Island. BRISBANE
Two life-boat rudders. one of which bore the name of the Dorrigo in large letters. have been washed ashore on the beach at Double Island…
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