Ketch Safe The John Alee Turns up at Thursday Island. Engine Trouble Causes Delay
THURSDAY ISLAND, Saturday.-- The missing ketch John Alee has arrived in port at Thursday Island under sail from Darwin. The crew of…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1926
348 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 18
Steamer Founders Off Queensland Coast. Captain and Son Rescued. Remainder of Crew Adrift
BRISBANE, Sunday.--Captain N. G. Roskruge, Deputy Director of Navigation, on Saturday received advice from the keeper of the double Island point…
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Captain Roskruge, Deputy-Director of Navigation, has received a message from the keeper of the Double Island Point lighthouse that the steamer Moruya had…
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The schooner Holnnvood, which arrived at New Plymouth 22 days out from Newcastle, was caught in the surf off Farewell Spit and swept, by mountainous seas, but the wind…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dorrigo Disaster Crew Still Missing Debris Washed Ashore Graphic Story of the Wreck Brisbane
No trace of the missing crew of the steamer Dorrigo has been found up to this morning from Double Island lighthouse. It was reported at 9 a.m. that…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.-- The schooner, Holmwood, which arrived at New Plymouth 22 days out from Newcastle, was caught in the surf off…
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NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--Thos. Dyer (17) fell off the excursion steamer Wattle yesterday, near Toronto, and was drowned…
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Frederick Dwyer (17) was sliding down the flagpole of the picnic steamer Wattle at Tomago wharf when he fell into the water and disappeared. The captain of the…
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One of the worst shipping disasters on the Queensland coast occurred on Friday morning at 6 o'clock, when the steamer Dorrigo, of John Burke, Ltd.'s…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The body of the first known victim of the Dorigo disaster has been found on Fraser Island, 14 miles north of luskip Point,…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-- A remarkable scene occurred when a motor car crashed through the window of a wine shop, last night. Without…
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This afternoon Police Inspector Mann received a telephone message from Point Inskip stating that those searching the shores of Fraser Island…
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The wreck of the Dorrigo is reminiscent of a shipping disaster which took place recently on the west coast of Ireland. A correspondent writes that the Cardigan Castle,…
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The keeper of Double Island Point Lighthouse reports that the steamer Dorrigo foundered on Good Friday morning 14 miles south-east of Double Island…
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SYDNEY, Friday,—The North Coast S.N. Company yesterday received a cable stating that the new steamer Eralla, intended for the North Coast…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Air Force Disaster Five Burnt to Death Machines Collide Wrecked Planes in Flames (Reuter.) LONDON
Henlow aerodrome in Bedfordshire this morning was the scene of the worst air force disaster since the war. Five men were burned to death when two…
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VANCOUVER, Sunday.--A message from Port Arthur (Texas) states that a terrific explosion aboard the oil tank steamer Gulf of Venezuela, in the…
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ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Four patients, suffering from smallpox, are aboard the Baracool. and have been isolated in quarantine. They are…
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The smallpox patients on the steamer Barrabool are progressing favourably and no fresh cases have been reported. Arrangements have been made for sufficient calf…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hodgson Divorce Suit Counsels' Addresses. "Set Out on Night of Raid to Wreck His Wife's Honor
SYDNEY, Wednesday.--When the Hodgson divorce suit was continued to-day, Mr. Justice Owen said the evidence of Mrs. Dykes must be scanned,…
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