Schooner Founders Australian Mails Lost MELBOURNE
All Australian mails were lost when the Chinese owned schooner, Hoin Gau, foundered on its way with a goldfields mail to Morobe and…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1927
121 stories in New England's papers · page 6 of 7
Harbour Disaster. Ferry Steamer Cut In Two List Of Dead And Missing
The ferry steamer, Greycliffe, was cut in two yesterday by the American-bound steamer, Tahiti. The ferry steamer Bank within a few moment and passengers who crowded the vessel were thrown into the sea…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney Harbour Disaster. Ferry Steamer Wrecked
BINGUY RESIDENTS AMONGST DROWNED. What is said to be the most terrible disaster in the history of Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Died on River Steamer. Sydney
George James Weston, aged 72, was found dead on the steamer Werimbula soon after the vessel left Bermagui for Sydney on Saturday. Death is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Fatal Cruise Sailor Drowned. Shipwrecked in Stolen Boat. PERTH
Paul Anderson, aged 20, a Norwegian sailor, staggered ashore at Irwin's Inlet on Friday, clad only in a pair of pants. He stated he had been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Afire. Four Days' Fight. ADELAIDE
During the voyage of the steamer Tynebridge from England to Adelaide a fire broke out in the reserve coal bunker. After four days' strenuous…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Declared Black Wharf Laborers Decision HOBART
The Hobart branch of the Waterside Workers Federation has declared the Norwegian steamer Yarra 'black' because she had loaded zinc at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yesterday's Wires Sydney, Wednesday. Gas Explosion Victims. Bodies Buried in Wreckage
Twenty-four hours after the explosion of the huge gas reservoir at Pittsburg (Mass.), the authorities are still unable to estimate the total…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer Declared Black. Wharf Laborers' Decision
The Hobart branch of the Waterside Workers Federation has declared the Norwegian steamer Yarra 'black' because she had loaded zinc at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Greycliffe Wreck. Salvage Operations. SYDNEY
Efforts to raise the remaining portion of the wrecked ferry Greycliffe yesterday afternoon failed. The diver, Cannon, spent the morning placing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sole Survivor. Naked and Exhausted Man Washed Ashore. Sydney
Stanley Eosdown (48), who is believed to be the only survivor of three men who were thrown into the water when their boat capsized, at Rangitoto…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Aground. Collision With Lighter. LONDON
The steamer Leitrim, bound for London from Australia, collided with some lighters at the mouth of the River Sheldt and went aground. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Golden Wasp. Wrecked in a Fall. SYDNEY
The aeroplane "The Golden Wasp," which was concerned in the death of a woman at Mascot aerodrome some weeks awo, was totally wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Overtime Strike. Mail Steamer Affected. SYDNEY
The no-overtime strike of water siders came to an abrupt conclusion so far as Sydney is concerned, when a call for labor was made at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Overtime Strike. Mail Steamer Affected
The no-overtime strike of watersiders came to an abrupt conclusion so far as Sydney is concerned, when a call for labor was made at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crank Shaft Broken. Steamer Puts Back. MELBOURNE
The steamer Oonah, which left Burnie (Tasmania) at 9 o'clock on Saturday night for Melbourne returned to port later with the crank shaft…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Afire Two Seamen Detained BRISBANE
During the week-end a fire, occurred on board the steamer Aroona, now idle in Brisbane. Certain circumstances aroused suspicion and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Camp Wrecked Thundering Herd's path of Havoc
A mob of bullocks stampeded at Traralgon (Melbourne) and carried away the camp gear of a party of ribbit trappers. The sleeping…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →QUARANTINED. An American Steamer. TOWNSVILLE
The action of the Commonwealth quarantine authorities in ordering into quarantine the American steamer, Roserie, which has been discharging…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →REFLOATED. Steamer Ironmaster. MELBOURNE
The cargo steamer, Ironmaster, which ran aground during a fog in Por Phillip Bay, was subsequently refloated…
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