Fierce Gales Yacht Driven Ashore LONDON
Fierce gales are playing havoc with shipping. The St. George, the yacht in which a party recently returned from a…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925
186 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 10
Higher Fares Public Will Pay Shipping Losses Penalty of Strike Hold-up of Orient Steamer Orama Cost £50,000
The full seriousness of the shipping strike is brought home by the announcement that the public will have to bear the losses caused by ships lying in idleness, in the shape of increased fares. The hold-up of the Orama cost the Orient Company £50,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fight to Resume Seamen Determined to Carry on Strike Decision in Brisbane Producers May Handle Cargo on Steamer Barrabool BRISBANE
At a meeting of more than 100 British seamen at the Trades Hall last night, it was unanimously resolved, amidst cheers, to resume the fight. THE steamer Barrabool, which was to have departed from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Saved From the Wreck of a City Beauty Spot
The construction of the city railway in Sydney has necessitated great inroads being made on the trees and shrubs of the parks. The latest scene of devastation in in Wynyard Square, where great channels are being cut through for the railway, and the palms and plants are being uprooted. Several palms, including those in the picture, were rescued and have been transplanted in Green Park, near St…
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According to a Federal wireless message, received at San Francisco, the Japanese steamer Ryuwoh, Maru, 5381 tons, is disabled 2900 miles due west of San…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Abolish Them Anti-Submarine Crusade Wreck Sequel "Dangerous and Barbaric " LONDON
THE Admiralty announces that it deeply regrets that it cannot longer hold out hope for the crew of the Ml, and has arranged for…
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A message from Cape May, New Jersey, states that the steamer Lenape, playing between New York and Jacksonville, Florida, is heading at full speed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecking the Red Wreckers— —British Communists on Trial in London
ALBERT INKPIN with his wife at the Old Bailey. With others he is charged with seditious conspiracy…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Burned Steamer
A Vancouver message states that when the burning steamer Lenape was off Lewes lifeboats went out to her assistance, and the passengers and crew…
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The steamer Corrimal which had been placed under an embargo by the maritime unions was to-day, at a special meeting of the Seamen's Union,…
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It is reported from Havana, Cuba, that the Haitian steamer Ville des Gayes, with more than 200 labourers on board, bound for Santiago de Cuba sugar canefields, sank…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Lost Submarine Reported Collision with a Steamer (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
A communique from Stockholm reports that the master of the s.s Vidar, which arrived on Thursday, reported that at 7.45 on the morning of the 12th instant,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Min Manned Men Return to Work
Excepting for two white members, the crew of the Hain steamer Min packed their belongings yesterday afternoon at the Sailors' Home, where they have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kairanga Ashore Mishap at Nelson's Bay
The Union S.S. Company's oil burning steamer Kairanga, of 2830 tons gross register, went aground just off hoe channel to the north head at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision at Sea Two Vessels Crash off Sydney Heads Terrific Impact Freighter Chillagoe and Steamer Suva Damaged SYDNEY
With torn and crumpled bows, and battered bulwarks, the passenger steamer Suva lay to-day at Lime-street wharf, while the coastal freighter Chillagoe, with a gaping rent in her side, leaned ashore at Parsley Bay. Somewhere in the Pacific, a few miles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Power Plant Wrecked Rand Mines Idle Great Explosion Capetown
WITH the exception of two, all the Rand gold mines, extending over forty miles, have been held up owing to a tremendous explosion in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreckage on Like Kahibah Tunnel Smash
The remainder of six waggons, and about 25 tons of coal are still on the railway track near the Kahibah tunnel w[?]e they were left earlier in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chimneys Wrecked Quakes in New Zealand Smashed Glass Auckland
Earthquakes have badly shaken New Zealand but little damage has been caused, except the wholesale destruction of chimneys. which will be…
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Fifty men employed oil the steamer Ooma, censed work yesterday, at noon. They commenced unloading phosphates on Monday, but made a request that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Still Held Up Phosphates Steamer
There were no developments to-day in connection with the dispute between the Newcastle waterside workers and the Pacific Phosphates…
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