Our Biggest Steamer
SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The mail steamer Mooltan, the largest merchant vessel that has yet entered the Australian trade, arrived at Fremantle this…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1924
499 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 25
The Wreck
SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The wrecked steamer Bodalla was sold at public auction to-day for £50, the purchasers being William Waugh Ltd., Balmain…
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A schooner which arrived at Colombo brought some of the crew of four Matdivian schooners, which were recently wrecked in the neighbourhood of…
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AUCKLAND, Wednesday.--A sensation has been caused in shipping circles owing to the great achievement of the salvagers in recovering the metal…
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LAUNCESTON, Saturday.--The liner Port Lyttelton, which went ashore at the mouth of the Tamar River on Tuesday, was successfully towed off this…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.--One of the most violent storms experienced in Brisbane for many a year passed over the city yesterday afternoon…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The steamer Fordsdale will go to sea on her trial trip next week. She is a vessel of 12,800 tons, and is the biggest vessel yet built in Australia…
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WASHINGTON, Sunday.—a fire to-night burned the steamer Midland to the water's edge.The wharf and smaller craft were damaged. The loss is estimated at 500,000…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Melbourne wireless news has been received in Sydney from the Solomon Group to the effect that the a[?] iary schooner Hauto has been burnt to the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday, —After serving for about. 26 years in the Australian Interstate trade and 12 years as a coal hulk, the old steamer Barcoo…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Told by Telegraph Latest News in Brief. Gathered From All Quarters. Schooner Destroyed by Fire
SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Wireless news has been received from the Solomon Islands to the effect that the auxiliary Schooner Hauto was burnt to the water's…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--A fall of over a hundred thousand tons of limestone occurred at the Portland Cement Co's. quarry. Considerable damage was done,…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The ketch Saorise, of 123 tons nett, arrived off Williamstown this morning from Dublin. The journey from Durban occupied 80…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—No advice has been received in Sydney of the arrival at Noumea of the French mail steamer Pacifique, which left here on January 17…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Wreckage has been found at Port Stephens, including pine timber, fruit and vegetables. There were also 20 hatches marked UD and FH in Roman…
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SYDNEY, Friday.--No trace has been found of the missing steamer Pacifique, long overdue from Noumea. Wreckage has been found at Port…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Anxiety for the safety of the Messageries Maritimes steamer Pacifique has been removed by the announcement that the vessel is in…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The British steamer Port Pirie, en route from Antwerp to New Zealand, has arrived in London with a fire in her lower cross bunker…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—This morning when time for departure of the steamer Makura arrived and all passengers, including Mr. W. M. Hughes, the Minister for Justice (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecked Wollongbar Whose Is the Responsibility? Byron Bay Chamber of Commerce Anxious
At the meeting of the Byron Bay Chamber of Commerce, a letter from the three members for Byron was read in respect to the proposal made by the…
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