Sick Man Delays Steamer Melbourne
The steamer Wyandra, which was due to sanl for Cairns yesterday, did not get away. One of the members of the crew reported sick just before sailing time and the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925
339 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 9 of 17
Island Steamer Calls in at Ballina Ballina
This morning at 11 o'clock the s.s. Ballengarra, under Captain Muir, tied up at the Ballina town wharf. The Ballengarra is registered at Port Moresby, New Guinea,…
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When a number of business premises in Queen-street were reopened yesterday morning after the holiday it was discovered that wanton destruction had been wrought in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Adventurous Voyage. Round the World in 12Ton Ketch. Conor O'brien's Feat
Dublin is preparing a public welcome to the advent[?] Conor O'Brien, who is expected to reach Kingston on June 20, after a two years'…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yacht Wrecked Off Queensland Coast Fails to Cross Bar Disaster to Vessel Feared Betsbane
It is believed that the yacht Endeavour, has been wrecked on Wide Bay bar with all hands. It is understood she was on a pleasure trip from Sydney to Mackay…
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The Hunter. River, Company's steamer Hunter, which went into Mort's Dock for overhaul, has been declared "black." As the result, of this decision members of the…
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HOBART, Friday.—Th steamer Moonah went ashore on the Nine Mile Beach, Tasmania, and is now high and dry. The crew are safe…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MAROONED On Lonely Pacific Island. Schooner Wrecked
SYDNEY, Friday.—A wireless message was received in Sydney last night, stating that t[?]h auviliary schooner Samoa had been wrecked on a lonely…
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March 27.—Taking cargo in all day. Heavy rain at night. March 30.—Got under weigh and went down the harbour, but had to turn back,…
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The new motor ship Koraka, bound from Glasgow and intended for the South Australian coastal trade, lost her propeller in the Indian Ocean and was towed to Padang…
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NEWCASTLE, Monday.— Augustus Temple of Sydney dived from the deck of the steamer Newcastle and rese[?] a boy aged 5 years who had fallen into…
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Mr. W. McGregor (North Coast S.N. Co.) reports that owing to adverse weather conditions and the prevailing flood in the Tweed the steamer Gunbar was prevented…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Boy Rescued Man's Brave Action. Jump into Water from Steamer's Deck
NEWCASTLE, Sunday. —Augustus Temple, of Sydney, dived from the deck of the steamer Newcastle last night, and rescued a boy aged five…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Irishman's Pluck Round World in 20-Ton Ketch (Australian Press Association. LONDON
Fifty thousand Dublin people paricipated in a welcome to Conor O'Brien on his return to Dublin after two years spent in enGirdling the world, including a visit to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trouble in China Situation Graver. Women and Children Taken on Steamer
HONG KONG, Wednesday.--It is reported from Amoy that the situation is graver, owing to the students insisting on demonstrating against foreigners and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stranding of Steamer Wellington (N.z.)
The Marine Court of Inquiry found the stranding of the steamer Cyrena flue to a narrow bank caused by a submerged log, which was deemed "an act of God." The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Battened by Gale. Steamer Fgihts Through Auokland
The steamer Flora reached Auckland this morning. It transpired that the vessel's breakdown was due to a broken pin in the crank shaft. This was repaired…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Perils of the Sea Steamer Flora in Howling Gale. Anxious Time for all Hands
AUCKLAND, Friday.—The steamer Flora reached Auckland this morning. The vessel broke down, due to a broken pin in the crank-shaft This was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fishing Schooner Rammed (Reuter.) GLOUCESTER (Mass.)
Fourteen of the crew of the fishing schooner Rex were drowned when she was rammed and sunk in a fog by the British steamer Tuscania. Nine were rescued…
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The Danish steamer, the Sierra Moraria, which arrived here yesterday, reports having been beset by heavy weather daring which the rudder was wrenched and the…
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