Cablegrams. Steamer Blown Up. 80 People Killed
BUENOS AIRES, Monday.--Eighty persons are believed to have perished in the sinking of the steamship Villa Frances on the Parana River, near…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1922
333 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 7 of 17
80 Lives Lost Steamer Sinks in the Parana. New York
It is stated in a message from Buenos Aires that 80 persons are believed to have perished in the sinking of the steamship Villa Franca in the Parana river, near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wiltshire Coast Strewn with Wreckage. Valuable Cargo Written off as Total Loss. AUCKLAND
It is stated in a message from the scene of the wreck of the steamer Wiltshire that the coast is strewn with the wreckage from the vessel. Ninety-two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wrecked Wiltshire All the Crew Rescued. No Lives Lost
AUCKLAND, Monday.--All the crew of the wrecked steamer Wiltshire, 103 officers and men, have been safely rescued. The work entailed almost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trade with Germany. Cunard Line Established. Steamer leaves Hamburg to-day with large Cargo of German Goods. SYDNEY
The Cunard steamship line is establishing a regular line of steamers between Hamburg and Australia. The first of the steamers, Port…
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The steamer Coolana was laid up at Melbourne yesterday owing to an attempt by the unions to establish job control on boad…
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A party of the Wiltshire officers who visited the wreck to recover their personal effects, discovered that their quarters had been raided by a…
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Barrier Island will be remembered as the scene of the wreck of the Union liner Wairarapa, in 1894, with the loss of 126 lives. Among other ocean…
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The Canadian and American police authorities are jointly investigating the strange confession of William Johnson, alias Primatchenk, who committed…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A wireless message received from the steamer Suva stated that she sighted the wreckage of a large wooden vessel on the south-…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Profitable Wreckage Published by Arrangement. Finland's Experience
LIKE other countries that have given the anti-liquor Bolsheviks an opportunity to prove the efficacy of Prohibition as a social and economic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Getting News of the Wreck. N.Z. Reporter's Feat
Now and then the American movie people send us a racy film of special reporters rushing to train wrecks in aeroplanes, to "go, get it," or tearing across…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck of the Wiltshire. the Inquiry Continued
AUCKLAND, Friday. -- When the inquiry into the loss of the Wiltshire was resumed to-day, Mr. Meredith, who is appearing for Captain Hayward,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Steamer Ashore. on New Zealand Coast
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The steamer Rona, with a cargo of 7000 tons of raw sugar, struck Flat Rock, off Kawau, on the cast coast of New Zealand. The…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--A message from New Zealand states that the steamer Rona, with a cargo of 7000 tons of raw sugar struck Flat Rock off Kawau,…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Thos. Buras, a former member of the crew of the missing barque Manurewa, has returned from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Hughes's Threat. Men must give way or every Commonwealth Steamer will be paid off. MELBOURNE
Mr. Hughes, referring to-night to the hold up of the Commonwealth steamer, Largs Bay, in Sydney, said that this was an instance of the tactics of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Stranded Rona Hull Buckled Up. The Steamer Towed off and Makes for Auckland. AUCKLAND
The Rona, which was refloated successfully at 8 o'clock this morning is steaming to Auckland under her own power and doing four knots an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Timber Steamer Ashore. Tug Sent to Her Assistance
ADELAIDE, Monday.—The steamer Sydic, from Paget Sound, with a cargo of timber, has gone ashore at Shoalwater Point, about seventy miles from Port Pirie, South…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[?] Men Ecide to Resume. [?] Steamer Still Be Held Up. [?] the Cargoes Cancelled
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Largs Bay dis[?] been settled so far as the seamen [?] [?]cerned. As the cargoes by the liner [?] cancelled the steamer, it is…
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