Crew Hold Up Steamer Sydney
The steamer Tahiti was held up to-day just as she was about to sail for San Francisco. The vessel was due to east off when the crew threw a rope over the side and all…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1926
348 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 18
One Frock Left Burglars Wreck Girl's Venture London
A solitary red frock in the window was all that Miss Kathleen Wolseley, who a week ago, at the age of 18, started a millinery and gown shop in Woodstock-stret,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecked Shenandoah. Court of Inquiry's Verdict
WASHINGTON, Sunday:-The U.S.A. Navy Department has been absolved from all blame by the finding of the court of inquiry into the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storm in Samoa Bay Covered with Wreckage (Reuter.) VANCOUVER
Pago Pago, in American Samoa, was struck on Friday by the most severe storm for more than 20 years. Pago Pago bay is covered with much wreekage, including the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hurricane in Samoa. Vessels Driven Ashore. Much Damage Done. No Loss of Life
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday. A message received here, tells of a terrific hurricane, which is raging in Samoa Great damage has been done…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Samoa Swept. Hurricane Wrecks Ship. Houses and Trees Crash
A terrific hurricane has been raging at Samoa. Great damage has been done. The hurricane according to old resident, was worse than the famous famous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gale in Samoa. Much Damage Done to Plantations. Vessels Wrecked. Loss of Life Reported
SUVA, Tuesday. Apia reports that the gale in Samoa on January 1 did much damage to plantations. Breadfruit trees were blown down in hundreds. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Use for Hair. the Pacific Islands. Life on a Schooner. Interesting Sidelights on Natives
A former resident of Coff's Harbor, Mr. Cecil Boles, furnishes an interesting account of life on a trading schooner in the Pacific Islands. The writer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Vessel Ashore. In Port Phillip
MELBOURNE, Friday. The Finnish barquentine Favell, was driven ashore on a sandbank in Port Phillip Bay, three and a half miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Strikes Rock (Reuter) BATAVIA (Java)
The Japanese steamer Yamato Maru, with 12 bags of mails from Singapore for Fremantle, reports having struck a rock near Banka Straits, and is making 15 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Amazing Adventure. Old Man Stranded at Foot of North Head Cliff for Two Days. Yacht Blown Ashore
SYDNEY, Sunday. Stranded at the foot of a steep cliff in the quarantine grounds, at North Head, when a 20-foot yacht was blown ashore on Friday,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Ship-wrecked." a Night on a Lonely Island
Mr. C. F. Bender, accompanied by a party of Maclean residents aud a Sydney commercial traveller who was spending the holidays on the Clarence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to Steamer Sydney
A message received in Sydney to-day states that the Commonwealth line steamer Boorara is held up in the Indian Ocean as a result of engine trouble. No anxiety is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Rammed Cut in Two and Sinks (Reuter.) SHANGHAI
The Canadian Pacific liner, the Empress of Asia, to-day collided with Jardine, Matheson's coaster the Tungshing in the river near Shanghai. The Tungshing broke in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floating Wreck Sighted Near Evans Head Sydney
The steamer Ulooloo on route from Ca[?]rns to Sydney reported by wireless that at six o 'clock last night she passed a wooden frame work floating about eight feet out of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dispute on Steamer Suva Sydney
The steamer Suva which was timed to leave Sydney yesterday for Fiji is still held up in harbom. It appears that the owners wish to transfer a man from the Kanowna…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Job Control. Steamer Suva Held Up
SYDNEY, Thursday. The steamer Suva, which was timed to leave Sydney yesterday for Fiji is still held up in the harbour. It appears that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Pay for Lighthouse Steamer Sydney
After attempts extending over three weeks the new Commonwealth lighthouse steamer Cape Hawke secured a cr[?]w in Sydney yesterday. The rate of pay for men engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shipping Agent Fined. Chartered Steamer Left Sydney Without Clearance. Aftermath of Shipping Strike
SYDNEY, Friday.--In the Central Summons Court, to-day, John White, shipping agent, was proceeded against for having abetted Captain James…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Severe Weather Causes Many Deaths in France. Flower Crops Ruined. Vessels Wrecked
PARIS, Saturday. A number of deaths are reported as a result of the severe weather, snow falling in many districts. The heaviest falls have been…
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