Steamer Runs Amok
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The steamer Cooma was squashed against Howard Smith's wharf this morning by the oversea steamer Surrey, which was being towed down, the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925
339 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 17
Ferry Smash Steamer Runs Into Pontoon
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Passengers aboard the Sydney ferry boat Korea had a thrilling experience this afternoon. The vessel left Milson's Point crowded…
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The crew of the trawler Ulster are reported to have suffered a dreadful experience. They were wrecked at the face of a 60 foot cliff. Six of the crew were dashed to death…
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BRISBANE, Monday.--The hairpin bend in the Brisbane River at Kangaroo Point was again the scene of a collision between two vessels, when…
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GENEVA, Sunday: The second opium conference has been temporarily saved from wreck by an eleventh-hour suggestion by the Finnish delegation,…
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SYDNEY, Friday.--Fresh trouble has arisen among the seamen on the steamer Levuka, which is laid up, and the question of the union's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lonely Land Drama on the Falkland Islands Wreck of the Isabella
Much of V. F. Boyson's book, "The Falkland Islands" (the Clarendon Press, Oxford), is devoted to the history of the islands from the discovery up to the battle…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The steamer Nambucca went a around on the crossing at Nambucca River yesterday. The position is not serious, and the vessel…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The steamer Nambucca went aground on the crossing at the Nambucca River yesterday, but her position is not serious…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The coastal steamer Nambucca went aground in the Nambucca River yesterday, but her position is not serious…
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SYDNEY, Monday.--The Japanese mail steamer, Aki Mara, which arrived from Japan and China to -day, brought a varied assortment of goods to…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--It was stated to-day that the Federal Government had sold the Commonwealth steamer Dongarra to an English firm for £30…
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FREMANTDE, Wednesday.—A radio message reached Fremantle yesterday to the effect that the steamer Malakand was returning to port as the result of a fire having broken…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday-- The Marine Court to-day held- an inquiry into the stranding of the steamer Wallsend on a reef near the entrance to Newcastle…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.--A radio message has reached Fremantle to the effect the steamer Malakand was returning to that port as a result of…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The mail steamer Ormonde, which arrived from London to-day, reported two casps of chicken-pox among the children on board,…
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FREMANTLE, Friday.—There was further trouble here to-day when the Seamen's Union declared the steamer Queen More "black."…
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BRISBANE, Friday.—An inquiry into the stranding of the steamer Havre on King Island on January 22, together with a charge against the second mate, Edward Griffiths,…
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The Norwegian freighter Tune is on fire in the harbour after a 70 mile run to port without casualties…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.—It 13 considered unlikely that the waterside workers will hold up the steamer Moeraki, which left Melbourne with a non-union,…
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