Lifeboat Picked Up at Sea
When passing Merimbula on Sunday morning on her run from Melbourne to Sydney, the Patrick steamer Mawatta sighted an empty lifeboat. Captain Drew, and took it to Sydney…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1924
239 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 12
Steamer Hits Bridge
The collier Malachite collided with the solid steel under-structure of the Glebe Island Bridge yesterday. The bridge was moved bodily about two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Union Steamer Kawatiri Trouble Settled
The trouble on the Union S.S. Company's steamer Kawatirl, which culminated in court proceedings, was settled yesterday. It was stated that the men…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →'Bus Amok Agent's Office Wrecked Passengers Faint Sydney
A motor bus running between North Bondi and the railway station this morning had its steering gear damaged through running into a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Allara Arrives New Coastal Steamer Cargo Carrier
The Adelaide Steamship Company's new cargo steamer Allara arrived in Newcastle this morning from England on her maiden voyage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Refused to Sail Seamen Delay Steamer FREMANTLE
Claiming Australian rates of wages, the crew of the British steamer Volumnia refused to take the vessel to sea…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stranded Steamer Port Nicholson's Position LONDON, Monday Night
Lloyds' reports that the Port Nicholson's position is critical. She is badly bumping the rocks owing to the heavy swell. The stern is awash…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Refloated London
The Port Nicholson has been redcated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ketch Ashore Little Hope of Salvage HOBART
The ketch Annie Taylor went ashore at Kelban, on the east coast of Tasmania, on Thursday night owing to the anchor dragging…
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Messrs. W. R. Carpenter and Co., of Sydney, have received a cable stating that the steamer Madal, which went shore on a reef near Kalli, arrived at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Swept Away Gold Dredge Wrecked SYDNEY
A gold dredge belonging to a syndicate, composed chiefly of French woolbuyers, was wrecked by the flood on the Macquarie River, near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blown Out to Sea Surfers' Struggle Rescued by Steamer Sydney
Six men belonging to the North Steyne Life-saving Club, had a thrilling adventure in the surf boat last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lifeboat Needed Torrent-swept Property
A Charlestown-road resident is in trouble because he cannot use a boat to reach his home is wet weather. Mr. Stanley Preston, in a letter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stranded Steamer To be Towed to Britain LONDON
The Commonwealth, and Dominion steamer Port Lincoln leaves Las Palmas for Australia to-morrow, taking the Port Nicholsons's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Guarded by Police Grave Trouble Threatening in Budapest Trial of Politicians Supporters Threaten to Wreck Public Buildings LONDON
It is a serious matter to interfere with a politician in Hungary, even if he is suspected of breaking the law. The arrest and trial of a political secretary, who is charged with throwing bombs at Jews, has caused his organisation to threaten the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cab Wrecked Nearly a Fatality SYDNEY
Timothy Breen, 63, manager of the Australian Trades Co-operative Society, was severely injured in a cab collision in Wentworth-avenue this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Impudent Theft" Steamer Passenger's Loss Seaman Convicted
A charge of having stolon a kit bag containing a quantity of clothes and other goods was preferred against Paul Mapstone, before Mr. Perry,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Port Caledonia Wrecked
The Finnish four-masted barque Port Caledonia, well-known in Australia, was dashed to pieces on the rocks at La Rochelle, on the French coast, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Swansea. New Ketch Launched
The long list of vessels built at Swan-seat was added to on Tuesday, when a launch was made from the yard established by the late Mr. W. Woodwood…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Short Life New Steamer on Fire Hong Kong
A Japanese freighter steamer of 5693 tons gross, launched in February, has been abandoned on are near Swatow, on the Chinese coast…
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