Stranded Steamer Hopes of Refloating
PERTH, Monday:--The steamer Mayo Maru is still ashore, but as she grounded on a soft sandy beach there is every hope that the tug U[?]o, which…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1932
177 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 9
The Trend To-day. Lang, Leader of Sovietism. Wrecking the State with a Purpose
New South Wales to-day is getting the Lang Plan with a vengeance. Mr. Lang, the Premier, defaulted in his payments to bondholders. The…
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Efforts to refloat the Japanese steamer Hayo Maru, which grounded near Bunbury, have so far failed. The cargo of wheat is now being…
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The Patrick Steamship Company's cargo vessel Northern Firth grounded on Brush Island, off Warden Head, which is 30 miles south of Ulladulla,…
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Fouling a high voltage cable on Geelong road late this afternoon between Werribee and Footscray, an aeroplane piloted by Flight-Lieut. Ulm and with…
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A message from Ulladulla stated that there is practically no hope of saving the steamer Northern Firth which went ashore at Brush Island yesterday…
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The heavy sea fog which enveloped the coast yesterday morning was responsible] for the N.C.S.N. Co's. Nimbin losing her course, and running ashore…
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SYDNEY, Monday.--information was received last night that the Northern Firth (1954 tons' gross register), belonging to the…
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A message from Fremantle states that the Japanese steamer Hayo Maru, which went aground near Bunbury, was refloated after she had dumped her…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Members of the crew of tho stranded steamer Northern Firth are very reticent as to what happened when the vessel grounded on…
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When a ship sinks in deep water does it reach the bottom? This question has excited mariners, shipping experts, and University professors;…
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The report of two white women held by the aborigines of Arnheim Land does not cause surprise to anyone knowing the North (writes S. Scott…
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The ketch Edriss owned by the Lyon Trading Co. went ashore on a sand spit near Port Stephens yesterday. She is expected to be refloated without…
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SYDNEY, Sunday:-- When the steamer Time, which sailed for southern ports on Friday night at 7 p.m., was off Port Kembla, Joseph Walsh,…
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After a delay of nearly four days caused by the refusal of members of the crew to enter the Chinese war zone without increased rates of pay,…
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BRISBANE, Monday:--During the voyage of the steamer Tasmania from Sydney, the vessel lost a blade of her[?] The accident happened…
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With portion of her cargo ablaze, the Howard Smith inter-State steamer Time made a dramatic race to Sydney on Friday. The outbreak was…
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AUCKLAND, Wednesday:--The Nowegian yacht Teddy was wrecked on Challenger Island while on route to Australia. All lives aboard were saved…
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After clinging to a piece of wreckage for some time a man and his family were rescued in the nick of time by a launch after their…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Thursday:--The Tambs family, whose yacht, Teddy, was smashed to pieces or the rocks at Challenger Island,…
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