Run Amok on a Steamer
A brawl on the steamer Bardio culminated in two members of the crow appearing at the Central Police Court on the charge of disorderly conduct…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1923
509 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 26
Loss of a Schooner. Some Remarkable Reports. Burnt to Waterline
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Some remarkable reports are in 'circulation in shipping circles, concerning the loss of the American woode four-masted schooner Defiance, of 604 tons, '…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Burns Phlip island steamer Minindi, trading between Sydney and the Solomon Islands, has been wrecked on Mellish Reef, an…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Advice has been received by the City Marine Underwriters Association to the effect that the Commonwealth liner Australmount…
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SYDNEY, Friday.--A case of small pox occurred on board the steamer "Eastern" on the voyage from Japan to Australia…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A case of smallpox occurred on the steamer Eastern on a voyage from Hongkong to Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Commonwealth Liner. Ashore on Coast of Italy. Lifting the Cargo
SYDNEY, Friday.—Advice has been received in Sydney to the effect that the Commonwealth Government line steamer Australmount, ran ashore at Barri, on the south…
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BRISBANE, Friday.—Official advice received from Townsville to-day states that the Burns Philp steamer which went aground on Mellish Reef on Wednesday…
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SYDNEY, Fridays.--No additional wireless information was received to- day concerning the wrecked steamer, Mindini: It is assumed, therefore, that…
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Official advice received from Townsville states that the Burns Philp steamer Mindini, which went aground on Mellish Reef on Wednesday night,…
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FREMANTLE, Sunday.--A syndicate has been formed to try and salvage the wrecked steamer Pericles, which struck a rock off the Westralian coast thirteen…
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Nearly twenty years ago the Royal National Lifeboat Institution of Great britain began to install oil driven motors on its lifeboats. The designs first…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The steamer Morinda arrives at Cairns to-morrow with the wrecked passengers from the steamer Minindi. They will be…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday—Early this morning the collier Duroby, belonging to the South Coast Company, was burnt to the water's edge near" Double Bay…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Monday.—The steamer Westmeath, from Liverpool en route to Auckland, experienced a terrific hurricane in mid-Atlantic. The No. I derricks were…
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PERTH, Tuesday.--A pearling lugger, reached Broome on Saturday, and reported a big blow off Wallal, on the 90 Mile Beach. She brought the crews of…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.-- The Marine Underwriters' association has been advised that the steamer Canadian Seigneur has arrived in the Panama Canal with her…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—With her decks strewn with luggage and all the available accommodation overtaxed the Morinda arrived at Cairns on…
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The need of a Width of Tyres Act is once more engaging the attention of the civic authorities throughout the State, with the result that the subject is to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Mindini Castaways Reach Cairns. Hardships on the Islet
BRISBANE, Thursday.-- with her decks strewn with luggage and all the available accommodation overtaxed the Morinda arrived at Cairns this morning…
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