Steamer Held Up
SDNEY, Tuesday.—The steamer Atua is held up at Newcastle as eight coal trimmers previously engaged refused to work her withiout extra payment and insurance…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1919
339 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 17
Wreck in Mid-ocean
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Captain Hellingsen, of the American steamer Georgina Rolph, which arrived in port to-day, reported to the Navigation Department that while on the…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—The American brig Louis Therisault, bound from Montreal to Melbourne with a cargo of paper, is aground near Hobson's Bay, but in no…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A man whose name has not yet been reported died last night on board the steamer Malta at North Head. There were no symptoms of pneumo[?]c…
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The bridge was thirty miles behind the German lines. It had to bo destroyed, and quickly, too. So it was decided to do it in rather a novel way…
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The steamer Hobart, from Melbourne, has arrived at Newcastle, and after medical inspection commenced to unload, but a member of the crew became ill…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A [?]masted vessel went ashore at Port Albert, Victoria, Cast night during extremely heavy weather. A lifeboat has gone ont…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Trouble occurred yesterday on board the Port Lyttelton, when members of the crew attacked a number of others on board, alleging they were aliens…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Three pneumonic influenza patients were landed at the quarantine station to-day from the steamer Age, which arrived from Newcastle…
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The total cases of pneumonic influenza reported to-day were 20, whereof 17 are at the Coast Hospital and the other three at the North Head quarantine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Quarantine Station Report. Steamer Age Patients Doing Well. Sydney
The quarantine station reports that three patients were admitted from the steamer Age yesterday, and are doing well. There are now five vessels in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Case on the Steamer Age. Four Deaths in Melbourne Over Night. Sydney
Four more influenza eases were reported from the quarantined steamer Age to-day. Otherwise there were no cases in Sydney this morning…
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VANCOUVER, Saturday.—United States officers have been designated to bring half a dozen German submarines to America. Vessels of all types are coming for exhibition…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The coastal steamer Magdalen, bound from the North Coast to Sydney, broke down north of Sydney Heads and was towed safely to Broken Bay…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The steamer Myee is ashore on the beach at Trial Bay. The vessel lost both anchors. Tho crew are safe, but still on board. The owners have notified the…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The coastal steamer Myee is stranded at Trial Bay, and will probably be re-floated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vessels Wrecked at Byron Bay. (Editor "Star.")
Sir,—I notice a letter in your issue of the 24th ult., under the heading of "Shipping at Byron Bay", by W. B. Jackson, in which contradicts an assertion that 19 vessels…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. Fitzgerald, Minister of Health, states wearing masks in the border districts is not compulsory. Fiftyeight cases of influenza occurred on the…
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The steamer Westralia, while leaving Hobart for Sydney, collided with a small wooden steamer, which was sunk in 40 feet of water. All hands were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Boambee Battered. Myee Runs Ashore
The s.s. Boambee crossed in over the [?]ar yesterday after one of the roughest and most thrilling voyages in her existence. Owing to the rough weather she…
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