Call for Help American Steamer Sinks. Violent Gales in Turkish Waters
LONDON, Sunday.--It is stated in a message from Constantinople that violent gales have greatly damaged shipping in Turkish waters, particularly in…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1924
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Fatal Steamer Brawl
BRISBANE, Tuesday.—In a [?]ght aboard the steamer Cooma at Cairns last night a fireman, John McCain, was killed. Another fireman, Albert Jennings, has been arrested…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Another case of smallpox has been landed at Thursday Island, this time from the steamer Sussex, en route from Calcutta to Wellington…
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TWEED HEADS, Monday.—During the past week the Boambec [?]as been, hauled by means of her own gear from a spot on the sand bank, two to three chains off the…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—A message from Thursday Island states that the ketch Floria, which is alleged to have been concerned in the landing of Japanese in contravention…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.--A message from Thursday Island states that the, ketch Floria, which is alleged to have been concerned in the landing of…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Having put ashore at Thursday Island a native suspected of being infected with the bubonic plague, the steamer Scottish…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The steamer Somerset has arrived in London from Adelaide with a damaged how as the result of a collision at the Thames mouth with a tanker…
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LONDON, Thursday.—Reuter: The wreckage of the airship Dixmude has been located under the sea at South Casmmarko. Two bodies have been…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—On September 28 last the 14-ton ketch Salome left Sydney for Rabaul. H. A. McKenzie, his wife, H. Wase, and…
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Messrs. Macdonald, Hazelton, and Co., the Brisbane agents for the steamer Pruth, which grounded on the reef near Port Moresby, have been advised that the vessel remains…
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LONDON, Thursday.—Wreckage of the Dixmude has been located under the sea at South Canmarco. Two bodies have been found off Appexado…
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Few who followed the mishaps experienced by the Boambee ever expected to see her safely in port. However, as mentioned in last issue, she warped herself off the…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The Leitrim bound for Dunkirk and London from Rockhamptan and Brisbane, reports a fire in the cross bunkers and No.3 hold…
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SYDNEY Monday.—The steamer Pruth, stranded on a roof outside Port Moresby, is still hard and fast. A quantity of cargo, including' 6000 cases…
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ROME, Saturday.—From Sciacca near Sicily, French vessels carrying out dredging perations brought to the surface a quantity of wire and ropes believed to belong to…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Acting Director-General of Quarantine, Dr. Park, stated to-day that he had been advised that the quarantine officer at Thursday Island…
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LONDON, Thursday. — Submarine L24 is reported lost in a collision off Portland. A wireless from the steamer Malda…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—"The Irish Town mob; our motto is light." These words were written on the blacbkoard at the William-street public school, Granville, and…
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LONDON, Thursday.—A wireless messge from the steamer Malda, via Land's End, states that she has picked up a lifeboat which had left the steamer Tasmania five…
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