Unseaworthy Steamer. Captain Censured for Loss
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Marine Court held, that the loss of the steamer Mokau near Jervis Bay was due to misconduct on the part of the captain in taking the vessel to…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1922
333 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 17
Gale in English Channel. Steamer's Exciting Experience (Reuter.)
LONDON, Thursday.—The gale in the Channel is slackening and crossings have been resumed. The United States steamer West Caruth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of a Chimney. a Workman Buried
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Sam Janes, 22, was buried under the wreck of a chimney which he was assisting to demolish at Ashfield. When rescued by his companions it was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bathers Carried Out. Brought Ashore Exhausted
SYDNEY, Monday.—Over twenty bathers were carried out while surfing at [?]ondi yesterday. Several had narrow escapes from drowning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Japan Storm-swept. Empress Aboard Battleship. Caught in Inland Sea. Escort Driven Ashore. (United Service, Ltd.)
TOKIO, Saturday.—A severe storm swept Southern Japan yesterday and caught the battleship Settsu in the inland sea when the Empress was aboard returning to Kobe from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →50,000 Ton Steamer to Britain From Germany. Berlin
A great crowd witnessed the departure of the 56,000 tonner the Bismarck, on her trial trip prior to being handed, over to Britain under the peace treaty…
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BRISBANE, Friday.--The Commonwealth steadier Echunga, built by Walkers, Ltd., Maryborough, left that place to- day for Sydney, after having done…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wrecked by a Whale. an Amazing Adventure With. a Sea Monster
The Danish schooner Anna, on a voyage between Iceland and New Brunswick had been 20 days at sea. Several sailors lounged idly in her deck…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shipwrecked Cast Up on Barren Shore. Story of Hardship and Suffering. Friendly and Hostile Natives. Port Darwin
Mr. J. C. Sands, one of the survivors of the lugger Daisy, which, was wrecked in a cyclone off Port Pearce while carrying an oil prospecting party last week,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Canonbar Aground
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The North Coast Company's cargo steamer Canonbar, after entering [?]bar, ran ashore upon a sandspit at Ballina. Although a…
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In July of last year information was received at Rockhampton of the sensational experience a man had with a burning motor boat near Long Island…
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The ne[?]ws of a serious riot on a vessel in Woolloomooloo Bay has just been made available. The crew on the steamer included 50 Chinese, and as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreckage Found May Be From the Manurewa. Reports from Harrington and Foster. SYDNEY
A message was received this afternoon from the pilot, at Foster, 123 miles-north of Sydney, stating that wreckage had been picked up on Elizabeth beach…
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Later.--A message received this afternoon from the pilot at Foster, 123 miles north of Sydney, stated that wreckage had been picked up on…
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According to a message received from the pilot at Forster wreckage has been picked up on Elizabeth Beach. The pilot at Harrington reports that hatches…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Manurewa Hope Not Yet Abandoned. New Theory of Wreckage. SYDNEY
The wreckage found at Forster last, week is believed to be from the steamer Fitzroy, which foundered off Cape Hawke in June last. Nothing has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russia's Reply Further Offer to Negotiate. ''Memorandum Is Unsatisfactory." Designed to Wreck the Soviet. GENOA
Sig. Facta, Premier of Italy, has protested against Russia's delay in replying to the Allies' memorandum LONDON, Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Byron Bay the Lost Wollongbar. Anniversary of the Wreck
Sunday next, May. 14, is the anniversary of the wreck of the North Coast Company's passenger steamer, Wollongbar. The one fine vessel now lies, fast…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mysteries of the Deep Abemama Said to Be Sighted. Wreckage found at Forster said not to be from Missing Manurewa. SYDNEY
A three masted-sdhooner was seem passing south from Byron Bay on Tuesday. It is thought that this may be the Abemama, which is overdue on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tweed River Sensation Explosion on River Steamer
An unusual accident occurred on the river steamer Emma Pyers on her journey from Tweed Heads to Murwillumbah on Sunday (says the "Border…
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