Crossing the Bight Steamer Receives Battering
PERTH, Tuesday.--After crossing the Australian Bight in the severest storm experienced for some time, the steamer Orari reached Fremantle in a…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1926
348 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 8 of 18
Steamer Quarantined
SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The steamer Arafura went into quarantine on her arrival at Sydney, to-day, but as the passenger who had contracted…
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FREMANTLE, Wednesday.--Shortly after the arrival of the steamer Chitral, from the United Kingdom, last night, it was discovered that eight bags of…
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TOKIO, Wednesday.--[?] despatch from Hakosate reports that the Chichibu Maru, of 1540 tons, went aground off Horo-Musiro-shima (Kurile Islands)…
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NEWCASTLE, Thursday--The Howard Smith steamer, The Age, was held up by job control, to-day. A crow was called for but the officers of the…
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PARIS, Wednesday--Forty-one Arabs stowed away aboard the steamer Sidifer Ruch at Algiers. When the bunkers were opened at Marseilles, eight…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unlucky Stowaways Forty-One Arabs Secrete Themselves on Steamer Bound from Algiers to Marseilles. Many Found Dead
MARSEILLERS, Thursday.--The interrogation of 15 ticketless Arabs aboard the steamer from Algiers produced the calm response: "Plenty more in coal…
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Sydney, Tuesday.--A message from Suva states that a fire broke out in the bunkers of the steamer KaKiwsara at Lautoka on Sunday. The…
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The steamer Barrabool which arrived at Sydney to-day with 374 passengers aboard, was ordered into quarantine owing to an outbreak of smallpox while on the trip from…
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The "[?]ji Shimpo" has published an urgent despatch from Hakodate, in which the fear is expressed that the Ghichibu Maru has sunk with all hands, as no more has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mailbag Stolen From Steamer Wollongbar After Arrival in Sydney. Contained Registered Letters
SYDNEY, Monday.--A mailbag containing 16 registered letters was stolen yesterday from the steamer Wollongbar, shortly after arrival in Sydney from…
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The disruption of what promises to be a record trans-Atlantic service may result if the general strike in England extends through May. Shipping line officials and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Slim Figure Craze Doctors Issue a Warning. Women Weight Reducers Become Physical and Mental Wrecks
Women who tried to retain the figure of young girlhood by severe dieting and excessive exercise be came physical and mental wrecks, it…
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The funeral of a King or Queen of England is always a great and solemn occasion, but the crowed who, in spite of the weather, watched the funeral…
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A wireless message received in Sydney from the disabled steamer Eastern Moon stated that the weather was moderating and everything, was going ns well as could be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Act of Vandalism Woman's Home at Neutral Bay Wrecked. Whole of Furniture Smashed. Damage Estimated at £1000
SYDNEY, Thursday.-- When Mrs. Byrnes, of Neutral Bay, returned to her home yesterday afternoon, after an hour's absence, she made the discovery…
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When Mrs. Byrnes, of Neutral Bay, returned to her home yesterday afternoon after an hour's absence she found the whole of the furniture smashed. Tables and…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Friday--The anxiety regarding the safety of the Danish steamer, Sierra Morena, has been relieved by the steamer's arrival…
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Fears for the Danish steamer Sierra Morena were allayed by the arrival of the vessel at New Plymouth after five days' passage from Auckland. The ship met a heavy…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Friday.-- Fears for the safety of the Danish steamer Sierra Morena were allayed by the arrival of the vessel at New Plymouth,…
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