Transport Ashore Storm Off New York Rescue Boats Handy VANCOUVER
The transport Northern Pacific has run ashore off New York. A storm is rising, and this afternoon the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1919
140 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 7
Transport Ashore Rescue Proceeding Vancouver
Latest advices report that several boatloads of wounded men have been transferred from the Northern Pacific, the transport which ran…
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The transport Northern Pacific, which stranded of Fire Island, is an 8000-tonner. Many bedridden cases are amongst the 744 wounded on…
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The troops on board the United States transport Northern Pacific, stranded on Fire Island, near New York, have been rescued. Fifteen of them fell into the…
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The passengers and crew of the United States transport Tenadores, ashore on the French coast, were rescued…
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The Iolaire, which was formerly the private yacht Amalthea, was approaching Stornoway in the early hours of New Year's Day. It was a clear night, but…
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Further wreckage from the collier Undola has been washed ashore. Early yesterday morning a ship's boat was found on the rocks at the north end…
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A Honolulu message reports that the steamer Kestrel, which carries supplies from Fanning and other cable stations, has been missing since she…
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The steamer Northumbria has been mined on the east coast of Britain. Eight bodies have been cast ashore. Four boats are missing…
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A wireless message has been received from the steamer Fraser River, reporting that she is in flames, and that she expects to reach the outer harbour this…
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The French steamer Chaproi has been mined in the Straits of Messina, and sank in four minutes. Five hundred persons, mostly Greeks,…
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What is described as the largest wooden mailing ship ever built on the United States Pacific Coast, and probably one of the largest vessels of its kind in the…
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The schooner Espada (777 tons), built is 1902, bound from Lovuka to San Francisco, is ashore on a reef near Mumbualan Island, about 20 miles south…
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As a general rule the submarine of today is extremely shy of fighting engagements on the surface (says Lloyd's List Weekly Summary). The German…
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Sir Ernest. Shackleton's vessel, the Endurance, has been wrecked off Yarmouth. Ten of the crew were lost…
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The continued interruption of steamer communication between Australia and New Zealand is now becoming a serious matter for this country. While the worst…
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Another case of pneumonic influenza—Miss Casimore, of Albion-street, Paddington—was reported to-day, thus bringing the total up to 38. In addition, five others…
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A Copenhagen message states that a Norwegian fishing steamer was mined off Stavanger. Eleven were killed. Fishermen complain that there are many…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Fares Raised Detaining Vessels Sydney
The fares to Tasmania by the Union Company's steamer Wakatipu, which is expected to sail from Sydney tomorrow for Launceston, via Hobart,…
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To-day the crew of the barque St. James, which was lost on Oe[?]o Island, near Hawa[?], reached Sydney. Captain M. Anderson was in charged of the…
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