Steamer Aground. Reflcated in Twenty Minutes
MELBOURNE, Friday.—While the steamer Hall Caine was entering port at Lakes Entrance she was driven broadside on to the western spit. The…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1927
350 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 18
Nearly a Collision Ferry Boat and Steamer. Women Screamed and Fainted
SYDNEY, Friday.—It transpires that a collision was narrowly averted in the harbour last night between the ferry steamer Kuramia, and the steamer…
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SYDNEY, Friday.--It transpires that a collision was narrowly averted in the Harbour, last night, between the ferry steamer Kuramia and the…
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As a result it is alleged of an attack by a fireman, upon the second engineer the mail steamer Orsova, which was due to sail from Sydney for London yesterday, did not get…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Firemen Hold Up Steamer Launceston
A dispute on the steamer Nairana resulted in the vessel being held up. Trouble began at Melbourne, where a fireman reported sick, but after being medically examined he was…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A wireless message received from Port Moresby states that the wooden ketch Varoe has been "wrecked on the cast coast…
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The preliminary inquiry into the Galava disaster will be held next Monday by the superintendent[?] of the Department of State Navigation (Capt. Morris). A passenger…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reprimanded Captain of Ferry Steamer Sydney
The Marine Court to-day suspended the certificate of Captain William Hayes, master of the ferry steamer Kosciusko, for three months in connection with a collision…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Harbour Collision Certificate of Captain of Ferry Steamer Suspended. Should have Remained at Post
SYDNEY, Friday.--The Marine Court to-day suspended the certificate of Captain William Hayes, master of the ferry steamer Kosciusko, for three months…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.--The wooden steamer Our Elsie, well-known in the North Coast timber trade, was severely damaged by fire while berthed at the…
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LONDON, Sundny.—The whole of England and the South Midlands have been enveloped in a fog which has never completely lifted since Friday…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A motor launch was blown onto the rocks at South Head and smashed to pieces yesterday morning. The sole occupant, in making…
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The steamer Kallatina which reached hen on Friday last had a miraculous escape from becoming a total wreck on the Barrier Reef. The Kallatina left Townsville for the north…
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CAIRNS, Monday. —The steamer Kallatina, which reached here on Friday last, had a miraculous escape from becoming a total wreck on the Barrier…
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Port Macquarie "News" prints this narrative of a shipwreek which occurred 76 years age, the account of the wreek being written some 30 years ago by a…
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The steamer City of Birmingham from Wallaroo collided with and sank at Barrow last night the motor schooner Hibernia. The former was not damaged…
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SYDNEY Friday.—A collision occurred in Newcastle Harbour between the steamer Karen and the tug Champion. The tug was considerably damaged…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.--The river steamer Willlrie, owned by the Hawkesbury River Transport Coy., sank in the Hawkesbury River while laden with…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.--Through the action of the flood tide, as she was being hauled from the Adelaide Compaby's wharf, South Brisbane, about…
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A sensation was caused at Brisbane on Thursday morning, when the steamer Chronos was driven by the flood tide broadside on to Victoria bridge. The…
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