Smallpox on Steamer Gracchus
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Two more cases of smallpox have been discovered among the crew of the steamer Gracchus, making a total of nine eases from the same vessel. The…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1921
300 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 15
French Steamer Services. (Reuter.)
PARIS, Saturday.—The report on the Bill concerning steamer services to Australia, East Africa, and the Eastern Mediterranean was tabled in the Chamber of…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—The coal storage steamer Mombab, intended for the Australian navy, was launched at Cockatoo Island to-day…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—Aviators Lieuts. Adair and Tagg had a miraculous escape from death at Maryborough on Saturday afternoon. They were making a trial flight…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Another ease of smallpox among the native crew of the steamer Gracchus has been reported to the quarantine department. As a result of this…
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SYPNEY, Tuesday.—A fire broke out on the Dutch steamer Menando in Neutral Bay. A large quantity of copra was lgnited, and burnt fiercely. The members of the crew…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The steamer Paris City has been allotted to load a bulk cargo of wheat at Sydney. The vessel will have to be specially fitted for that purpose at…
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HOBART, Wednesday—The Tasmanian ketch Beatrice has been wrecked on Waterhouse Island in Bass Strait. All hands were…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The damage caused by the fire on the steamer Menando at Neutral Bay yesterday is estimated at over £5000. The bulk of the copra cargo burnt…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The schooner Harvester, which left Tonga in November last for San Francisco, has not yet reached her destination, and grave fears are expressed…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The American schooner Bertie Minor has been towed to the New Hebrides by the steamer Makambo in a leaky condition. The captain found it…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The Swedish motor ship Elmaren, which left Melbourne on April 22 for Rotterdam with a cargo of grain, is ashore at Mauritius in a…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Rough seas prevail along the coast. The steamer Bermagui, which left for the South Coast this morning, returned to port, the master deciding that it…
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WELLINGTON, N.Z., Thursday. — The coastal steamer Tasman was completely wrecked off the Raurimus group of rocks while on the voyage from Auckland to…
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AUCKLAND, Friday. — The sehooner Huanui is ashore near Gisborne. The vessel is on an oven keel amongst the breakers. The crew apparently is safe…
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WELLINGTON, N.Z., Friday.—Further particulars of the wreck of the steamer Tasman on the New Zealand coast show that the crew and passengers. were landed after a…
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The steamer Benalla, en route to Sydney, is ashore in Pevenhey Bay, as the result of a collision with an unknown vessel…
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The Wollongbar was a steel screw steamship of 332 h.p., 2005 tons gross and 811 net. Her dimensions were: Length 285.5 ft., breadth 40ft. 2in. depth 23ft. 8in. She…
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The popular steamer Wellongbar was attached to the jetty at Byron Bay on Saturday. The first loading had been finished, when a gale suddenly blew up. Captain Hunter decided to make for a safe anchorage, but before…
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LONDON, Friday.—The steamer Benalla on her way to Sydney collided at 3 o'clock in the morning with a vessel at present unknown. The Benalla has been beached at…
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