P. AND O. Liner Stranded. Runs Ashore in a Fog. LONDON
The Peninsular Company's steamer Kyber went ashore in a fog on the Norfolk coast…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1919
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Steamer on Fire. Wireless Message Report. MELBOURNE
A wireless message was received today stating that the steamer Fraser River, steaming to Adelaide, is afire, and is expected to arrive this afternoon…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The inquiry into the charges against military officers for going ashore at New Zealand from the troopship Medic during the pneumonic influenza…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French Steamer Mined. Much Loss of Life. LONDON
The French steamer, Chaperoi mined in the Straits of Messina, sank in four minutes. Five hundred, mostly Greeks, Russians and Serbs, were lost…
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ROME, Saturday.—The French steamer Chaproi, carrying 650 Greek, Serbian, and Russian passengers from Marseilles, was mined off Messina. The vessel sank in four…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of Commonwealth Steamer. No Lives Lost. SYDNEY
The Sydney office of the Commonwealth Dominion Line has been informed that the steamer Port Hunter, which was beached on the near approaches to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams Stranded on a Reef. Schooner Expected to Become Total Wreck. SYDNEY
The schooner Espada, with 600 tons of copra, is on a reef 20 miles south of Levuka. It is feared she will become a total wreck. The crew are safe…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Poisonous Lemon Squash. Steamer Surgeon and Passenger Die. MELBOURNE
Dr. Grimm, surgeon of the steamer Moana, and Miss Grimm, a passenger died suddenly aboard the steamer after drinking a lemon squash, which, when…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The schooner Lepadz, en route from Levuka to San Franeiseo, is reported ashore on a reef near Humbulan Island. The vessel has 600 tons of…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The American mail steamer Sonoma, which left Sydney yesterday bound for Sail Francisco, is returning to Sydney in a crippled condition, a defect…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Italian Seizure. Jugo-Slav Steamer Taken. WASHINGTON
The Serbian Bureau announces that the Italians have seized the Jugo-Slav vessel Dinara, flying the American flag…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Coast Wreckage. Believed to be Part of the Missing Undola. SYDNEY
More wreckage has been found on the South Coast. It is believed that it belongs to the steamer Undola…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—More wreckage has been picked up on the South Coast by the steamer Wee Clytle, including a lifebelt and hatch cover. The wreckage is believed to be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Crowd Seek Steamer Passports. Sydney
A huge crowd besieged the Customs Department to-day for travelling permits only for steamers, however, for the inter-state trains cease running to-day…
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While the State trawler Koraaga was trawling at a depth of 330 feet in the vicinity of Watta Molla, near Port Hacking, the net encountered an…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The steamer Rotomahana left Melbourne for Tasmania this morning with the Premier, Treasurer, and Minister for Lands of Tasmania on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deaths on a Steamer. Oxalic Acid in Mistake For Sugar
An inquest was held at Wellington (N.Z.) on Monday concerning the deaths of Miss Isbister and Dr. Grimm on board the steamer Moana on January 3rd,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reign of Terror in Belfast. Drapery Establishment Wrecked. LONDON
Belfast remains the most serious storm centre. Correspondents describe the situation as little short of a reign of terror. A…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The executive of the Shop Assistants' Union intend to urge the Government to close all shops on Friday nights during the epidemic. A limited…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Endurance Wrecked. (Reuter.)
LONDON, Thursday.—Sir Ernest Shackleton's vessel, the Endurance, was wrecked at Yarmouth, ten of the crew being lost…
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