Lightning Strikes Ketch
MELBOURNE, Friday.—The ketch, Ada Burgess, of Launceston, was blown into New Haven yesterday with her foremast shattered by lightning…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1924
499 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 25
Forced to Make Port. Steamer and Dredge Collide
SYDNEY, Friday.--The Navigation Department has received news that the steamer Tuncurry, 286 tons, as a result of a collision with a dredge on…
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CHRISTGHURCH (N.Z.,), Tuesday.—When the steamer Waimarino was ready to sail for Newcastle to-day the stokehold crew contended that she was insufficiently ballasted,…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The stranding and subsequent abandonment of the steamer Kiltobranks at Shellharbour formed the subject of an inquiry before the Marine Court…
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CHRISTCHURH (N.Z), Tuesday.--When the steamer Waimorino was ready to sail for Newcastle, the stokehold crew contended she was insufficiently…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The Marine Court to-day, Judge Cohen presiding, held an inquiry concerning the wreck of the steamer Kiltobranks at…
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VANCOUVER, Wednesday.--Twenty-six members of the crew of the steamship Santiago (reported to have sunk off Cape Hatteras) are believed to have…
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FLUSHING Wednesday.—The Dutch steamer Abbekirk, bound from Antwerp to Australia, collided in the Scheldt with a Dutch auxiliary vessel…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Information was received in Sydney to-day to the effect that the British steamer Mary Horlock has foundered in the Pacific Ocean…
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NEW YORK, Wednesday.—Twenty-six members of the crew of the steamship Santiago, which is reported to have sunk off Cape Hatteras, are believed to have been lost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Treasure Hunt Search for the Wreck of an East 1Ndiaman Over £2,000,000 at Stake Tale of Submerged Gems, Specie and Bullion Salvage Syndicate Formed
For nearly a century and a half romance, like a veil, has hung about the name of the Grosvenor, from the day of her tragic wreck in African waters, till to-day, when it looks…
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LONDON, Sunday.—The steamship Australic from Gothenburg has wirelessed for immediate assistance…
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NEW YORK, Saturday.—The seizure of the Royal mail steamer Orduna by the Customs authorities for alleged violation of the Narcotics and Prohibition Acts has…
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The wreck of the Wollongbar at Byron Bay has long been recognised as a danger to shipping, as the old hulk is causing the sand to silt up in the…
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Mr. W. T. Missingham, M.L.A.. telegraphed yesterday that the Superintendent of Navigation would arrive at Byron Bay at 10.30 on Wednesday. He will hear localpresenta…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—As a result of the union officials claiming the right to select a crew, the new Australian Commonwealth line steamer…
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The wreck of the Wollongbar at Byron Bay has long been recognised as a danger to shipping, as the old hulk is causing the sand to silt up in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Union Defeats Steamer Fordsdale
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Commonwealth Line has won its point, and in spite of the action of officials of the Seamen's Union men are being signed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pilot Stations Visit of Sir Arthur Cocks Old Wollongbar Wreck Removal Ballina Water Supply
Sir Arthur Cocks, State Treasurer, accompanied by Mr. Spence, Comptroller of Finance, Treasury Department; Mr. Loveridge, a member of the Public Service…
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WELUNGTON (N.Z.), Saturday.—The Federal liner Durham, on route from Sydney to Monte Video, put into Port. Chalmers yesterday…
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