Still Held Up Steamer Portfield
Negotiations for getting away the steamer Portfield, which has been held up in Newcastle harbor for some time, have broken down…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1926
229 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 12
Steamer Damaged Collided With Quay Port Said
The steamer city of Wenchester bound from Australia to London, collided with the quay wall at Port Said…
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A FIRM'S greatest asset Is its reputation for honest quality. As Lincoln said, "You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Tahiti Passengers Work Ship Sydney
The unexpected departure the steamer Tahiti late on New year's Eve was due to a number of passengers offering their services to the master. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Damaged Steamer Yamato Maru in Trouble LONDON, Friday Night
The Yamato maru, bound from Singapore to Fremantle, is reported to have run ashore, and is returning to Singapore, making…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Many Arrests Flood of Forged Notes in Hungary Monarchists Blamed Alleged Plot to Wreck New European Democracies
Though the Hungarian Premier denies that there was any political motive behind the plot to flood the country with forged notes, the arrest of high officials gives color to the rumors that have been circulated. A French paper declares that there has been a deliberate attempt,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Sunk Collision Near Shanghai Missing Men Hongkong
A [?]SION, resulting in the loss of a steamer and probably in loss of life, occurred twelve miles from Shanghai this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Died for Others Self-sacrifice at Sea Wrecked Trawler London
The story of how a gallant man lost his life is told by the crew of a trawler, which was wrecked on a sandbank near Aberdeen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Schooner Sunk Channel Fog Collision LONDON
The Channel steamer Empress (2098 tons), during a dense fog, collided with and sank the wooden schooner John Gibson (104 tons)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer in Trouble
A wireless message was received in the Isle of Wight from the steamer Hororata, from Auckland, stating the she had broken her steering gear, and was drifting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Job Control? Steamer Kanowna Held Up Argument Over Cook Sydney
What is claimed by the company to be another instance of job control has arisen over the sailing of the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Election Riots Bloodshed in Syria Buildings Wrecked London
COINCIDING with the news that the Syrian rebels had declined the offered amnesty, the "Times" Beirut correspondent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Drifting Disabled Steering Gear LONDON
With her steering gear broken down, the N.Z. Shipping Co.'s steamer Hororata (11,243 tons), which left Auckland on December 1, for London,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →White or Black? Steamer Corrimal Echo of Big Strike Sydney
To decide whether J. G. White's steamer Corrimal is white or black, Sydney seamen met at the Communist Hall to-day. The Corrimal, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Corrugated Sides Coal Saving Steamer FREMANTLE
On its maiden voyage to Australia, the steamer Zurichmoor, which was launched in England last July, was berthed on Friday at Fremantle,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Full Speed Ahead Accident on Steamer SYDNEY
By an extra burst of speed, the Marame arrived from New Zealand nearly two hours ahead, of schedule. One of the crew, G. Ramsay, lost an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ships Ent Peril Helpless in Mid-Atlantic Storm Loss of Life Sailors Drowned When Lifeboat Was Smashed
Two ships are reported to be sinking in mid-Atlantic. The most violent storm in this winter is raging. Two lives were lost in rescue operations. Another steamer was sunk in a collision off the New Jersey coast. One…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All Hands Lost British Steamer Founders Crew of 24
NEW YORK. Wednesday Night. A wireless from the liner Bremen says that the british steamer Laristan foundered with 24 hands…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →All Saved Crew Taken off Sinking Steamer Atlantic Epic American Vessel's Great Rescue work in Raging Gale
The whole of the crew of the sinking British steamer Antinoe was rescued during a raging gale by the American steamer President Roosevelt. The vessel had been disabled and at the mercy of the heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Condemned Lifeboat Hire Charge Not Payable SYDNEY
In the District Court today, William Waugh, Ltd., imp chandlers, sued John G. White, shipping agent and charterer, to recover £31 for the…
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