Engine Trouble Steamer's Rough Passage Sydney
The steamer Changsha arrived off Sydney Heads to-day under her own steam. She was knocked about during cyclonic weather off the North Coast. When off Clarence Heads…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925
339 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 13 of 17
Tragic Wreck of the Fifties
A wreck that thrilled Sydney in the fifties when the ill-fated ship Dunbar crashed into the Gap at South Head, in a blinding gale, mistaking…
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HOBART, Friday. -- The Union Company's steamer Karamu, on her way from Strahan to Hobart, has gone down off the treacherous coast of Tasmania…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →From Watery Grave Miraculous Escape of the Mate of the Schooner Elsie May
WELLINGTON, (N.Z.), Friday.--While the Schooner, Elsie May, was running before a southerly gale in Tokomaru Bay, the mate was knocked…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seamen's Strike British Seamen Now Ask for Australian Pay and Conditions. Many Getting Work Ashore. Ultimatum Ignored
SYDNEY, Friday,--The shipowners' ultimatum to the seamen was of no avail. As the men did not go back to work by noon the arbitrator met the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Six Men Injured In the Fire on the Steamer Kent. Heroic Deeds
AUCKLAND, Friday.--Further particulars of the fire on board the steamer Kent, show that six men were severely burnt while endeavouring to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Sinks Off Tasmanian Coast. Battered by Heavy Seas. The Crew Saved. Vessels to Rescue
HOBART, Friday.--The Union Company's steamer Karamu sank to-day off the south-western coast of Tasmania. The vessel, which was on the way from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Sinks Battered by Gale Crew Escapes Alive Three Ships to the Rescue Hobart
The Union Company's steamer Karamu sank to-day off the south-western coast of Tasmania. The vessel, which was on her way from Strahan to Hobart, suffered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shenandoah Wreck. Mr. Wilbur's Denials
WASHINGTON, Thursday.—Mr. Wilbur (Secretary of the Navy) has formally denied that the Shenandoah disaster was caused by a reduction in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer's Run of Bad Luck Sydney
The French mail steamer Dupleix employed in the Sydney-Noumea-New Hebrides service, recently ran on a reef off the New Caledonia coast. She was refloated 24 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Arrested on Steamer (Reuter.) BOMBAY
Reuter's Colombo correspondent reports that Henry William Tyrell, alias H. J. Jameson, alias W. Jameson, postmaster, was arrested on board the Orvieto sailing for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Runs Ashore Brisbane
A message from Thursday Island states the steamer Balsella en route from Bootless Inlet to Singapore is reported to be ashore near Bet Island, one of the Three Sisters…
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The Orara, which has recently undergone her annual overhaul, is now looking spick and span. The music room and saloon have been painted with white enamel, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Body Washed Up At North Narrabeen. Wreckage from Launch Also Found
SYDNEY, Monday. -- The partly clothed body of a man was washed ashore at North Narrabeen yesterday. Some time later two men's hats, a quantity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fishing Tragedy Wreckage and Body Found Sydney
Some time after the partly-clothed body of a man was washed ashore at North Narrabeen yesterday two men's hats, a quantity of wreckage, apparently from a launch,…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday,—The Marine Court held an inquiry concerning the loss of the steamer Karama on the coast of Tasmania. It was stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Beyond Praise Devotion to Duty of Crew of Wrecked Vessel. Captain's Fortitude
SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The Marine Court held an inquiry to-day concerning the loss of the steamer Karamu on the coast of Tasmania. If was stated that…
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The Marine Court held an inquiry to-day concerning the loss of the steamer Karamu on the coast of Tasmania. It was stated that the part of the coast on which the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Error of Judgment" Loss of Steamer Karami Freamntle
At the conclusion of the inquiry into the loss of the steamer Karami the Marine Court found that the vessel left Strahan in a seaworthy condition, and that the damage was due…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plot to Wreck Motorists (Reuter.) LONDON
An extraordinary plot to wreck motorists was revealed at Tiptree (Essex) when a motor collided with a thick rope stretched across the road. Later a motor cycle had…
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