Wreckage Washed Ashore
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A large quantity of wreckage has been washed ashore at Manly beach. The flotsam has the appearance of having formed the deck cargo of a…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1921
300 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 15
Mr. Storey's Visit. Land Bill Wrecks Loans. (United Service, Ltd.)
LONDON, Thursday.—It is learnt in financial circles that Sir J. Nivison has informed Mr. Storey that it is useless.inquiring for loans in London if the Land Bill goes on the…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—After being in peril for nearly 24 hours members of the crew of the schooner Wollomai were rescued late last night by a…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A telephone message has been received by the Navigation Department stating that the steamer Dauntless is ashore in Anna Bay, between…
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The stranding recently of the 400-tons screw steamer Ferret in a fog at Reef Head, west of Cape Spencer, West Australia, recalls a picturesque Stevensonian…
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SUVA, Sunday.—The Fiji Government's armed yacht Pioneer, which is insured for £60,000, ran ashore on a reef 011 the northeast coast of Viti Levu on Thursday morning…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Claiming that holiday money is due to them the seamen have expressed their intention of sot signing on when the North Coast steamer Tintenbar is…
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WELLINGTON, Monday.—The steamer Tahiti, which left Wellington on Saturday for 'Frisco, returned to port late last night with a fire raging in number one hold. The…
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A fire which broke out on the steamer Tahite was extinguished this morning. The vesel was not damaged but the cargo suffered severely…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The boycott of the steamer Tintenbar has been declared by the Sydney branch of the Federated Seamen's Union, which decided that no member of…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A boycott of the steamer Tintenbar has been declared by the Sydney branch of the Federated Seamen's Union, which decided…
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On the way from Newcastle to Townsville direct, the Camira encountered the full force of the cyclone off North Reef. The steamer reached Townsville to-day…
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SYDNEY, Saturday. The steamer Sealark, which was flying signals of distress off Jervis Bay, was towed into the Bay by the steamer…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—The steamer Sealark, which was reported off the coast yesterday, is now safely at anchorage in Jervis Bay, having been towed into calm…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—The steamer Bellata, of the Commonwealth Line, had a narrow escape from disaster during the storm last week. After leaving Newcastle with a big cargo…
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All anxiety as to the fate of the missing Melbourne visitors, Emmerton and Harris, who were driven out to sea in a motor boat last Sunday, has been…
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Anxiety is being felt concerning the steamer Laranah, 701 tons, which left Hobart on Friday and should have arrived at Melbourne yesterday morning…
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Dr. Cumpston, Director of Quarantine, stated to-day that the condition of Seaman Abdul Jab[?]bar, who was taken from the steamer Gracchus on Saturday last,…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—It is reported five definite cases of smallpox were discovered on the steamer Gracchus…
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VANCOUVER, Tuesday.—The steamer Colonel Bowie has foundered in the Gulf of Mexico. Nineteen lives have been lost…
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