Fight on Steamer
While the steamer City of Brisbane was on the voyage to America a fight occurred between Hindus and Malays. During the fight a Lascar fireman was…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1923
509 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 10 of 26
Wreck Sold
SYDNEY, Friday.--The wrecked vessel, Iron Prince, at Cape Howe, was sold yesterday for £60. The buyer was Mr. Alexander Croll, of the Norco Timber…
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CAPETOWN, Thursday:--Regarding the wreck of the Portuguese steamer, Mossomedes, a on the west coast of Africa, a search for the missing boats…
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LONDON, Saturday.—Three boats of the wrecked liner Mossamedes have reached Port Alexandre, between Cape Frio and Port Mossamedes. The…
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CAPETOWN, Friday.—Three boats of the wrecked liner Mossamedes have reached Port Alexandre, between Cape Frio and Port Mossamedes…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—Bound, for Man[?] with a cargo of coal, the wooden schooner Amy Turner foundered near the island of Guam in a frightful gale. Eleven of thoso…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Cross actions for damages, involving £27,000, were brought before the High Court to-day. The actions arose out af the…
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CAPETOWN, Monday.—Little hope is entertained for the safety of the missing boat from the Mossamedes, especially in view of the fact that one boat was seen…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The fishing ketch Evelyn has been wrecked close to Gabo Island. The owner, Peter Neilson, is missing…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Little hope is entertained for the safety of the missing boat from the wrecked liner Mossamedes, especially in view of the fact…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The fishing ketch Evelyn has been wrecked near Gabo Island. Peter Neilsen, the owner, is missing…
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HOBART, Wednesday.—George Cooper, driving a motor car with his son and another man, went to cross a swing bridge, failing to notice that it was open for a steamer…
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SHANGHAJ, Wednesday.—A Manila message states Charles West and three other survivors of the barque Amy Turner, which was wrecked on the way from Newcastle to…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Bums, Philp, and Company's steamer Melusia, Which went ashore on an uncharted patch in the Quka Passage in the Solomon Islands, was…
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LONDON, Thursday.—Reuter's Manila correspondent states that survivors of the wrecked vessel Amy Turner, have arrived at Manila, Charles West,…
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BRISBANE, Friday.—A fracas among several members of the coloured crew occurred aboard the steamer Ooma, lying at the Mercantile wharf, Bulimba, to-day. During…
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WELLINGTON, N.Z. Monday—The steamer Waitingi was trvin[?]o to enter Patea Port yesterday, and ran ashore on the Mole, and was badly holed…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.—The Steamer Waitangi ran ashore while attempting to enter Paten Port, and will probably become a total wreek. The members of the…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The steamer Levuka is again being commissioned for the northern ports…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.— Hopes are entertained of re floating the steamer Waitongi, which is ashore at Patea port…
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