Steamer Abandoned Crew's Perilous Experience Melbourne
The crew of the abandoned steamer Awaroa arrived at Williamstown this morning. They stated that the trip across Bass Straits was hampered by tremendous seas…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925
339 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 11 of 17
Sailors Ashore Invasion of Sydney Melbourne Accident Verandah Collapses in Street Sydney
Four American admirals now in port visited the Australian flagship Sydney to-day, and evinced great interest in various' trophies. The fact that it was the Sydney that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Heavy Seas Tasmanian Steamer Swamped in Storm. Crew Reaches Safety
MELBOURNE, Friday.- The steamer Awaroa was abandoned 12 miles from Cape Lip rap, on the Victorian coast, by the master, officers and…
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To-morrow (Sunday) night at 7.30 special service of song entitled "The Wreek of the Wairarapa" will be rendered in the Salvation Army Hall, Lismore, by the Silver Band…
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AUCKLAND, Saturday. The auklliary scow, Fairburn, was beached at. Whakatane during a heavy gale. The vessel was unable to make for the open…
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The British steamer Egremont Castle, which grounded last week on Tubbataha reef in the Sulu Sea, slipped off the reef in a squall on Sunday morning and sank. The…
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MANILLA, Tuesday.-The British steamer Gremont Castle, which grounded last week at Tub Bataha Reef, Sulu Sea, slipped off the reef in a squall on Sunday…
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FREMANTLE, Thursday. At irregular intervals information concerning the whereabouts of the derelict steamier City of 'Singapore, which is being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →32,000 BOTTLES Beer Consumed on Steamer Between London and Sydney. Only Light, Ale
SYDNEY, Friday.—The steamer Barrabool arrived in Sydney to-day fi om London. It was stated that during the voyage 32,000 bottles of beer were…
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[?] Saturday.—Indignation has been aroused in [?] marine cireles at the callousness of about 2000 Chinese passengers, of whom [?]…
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The steamer Waimarino, which arrived from Newcastle with 6000 tons of coal, experienced heavy weather on her [?] across. The vessel was repeatedly swept…
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NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—The steamer Helen struck some unknown object near King's Wharf, Newcastle, this afternoon, and sank. The only…
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The P. and O. Liner Dongola,, which almost from the time she was launched in 1905 was chartered by the British Government as a troopship,…
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The steamer Moeraki left the wharf for New Zealand this morning, but it was not until late this afternoon that she cleared the heads. She got out into the stream, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Whiffs of the Past Incidents on the Schooner Panic of '66 Dead Calms and Squalls Ships That Passed in the Day and Night Tweed to Byron Bay—three Weeks
The following are further items from the diaries of the late Captain L. McKinnon, of Coraki, including experiences with the schooner Panic of 66:—…
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NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.— While the steamer Dundula was sentering Newcastle harbour to-day, she sheared to the northward, and would have piled…
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INNISFAIL, Monday. — The small steamer Muriel, which was proceeding from Cairns to Mourilyan to load sugar had a mishap in the engine room, five…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.--The five-masted schooner, H. K. Hall, about whose safety considerable anxiety was being felt, has arr?ived at Callao, from Newcastle…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Thursday.— As the result of a heavy gale last night, nearly 3000 liberty men belonging to the American Fleet were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To Show Cause Inquiry into Collision Between Ferry Steamer and Tug. Captain of Former Blamed
SYDNEY, Thursday.--At the Marine Court (to-day, an inquiry was commenced into, the cause of the collision between the ferry steamer K?awa and…
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