Gale in English Channel. Lifeboat Fatality: London
The English Channel aud the south coast were swept by a severe gale. Many vessels are in distress. A lifeboat from La Pochelle was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Riverina · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925
144 stories in Riverina's papers · page 2 of 8
"Black" Steamer No Trouble in Unloading SYDNEY
When the steamer Queenmoor, which had been declared black by the Seamen's Union, arrived this morning, the wharfies made no bones…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shipwreck on Dutch Coast. Rescuing Tug Capsized. London
Reuter's Hook of Holland correspondent tells a grim tale of the sea. When the 7000-ton steamer So[?] Karta, for Java, went ashore in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Aground Port Said
A Port Said message states that the British steamer, Durenda, from Australia to Antwerp, struck a bank in the Suez Canal. The plating was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck of the Soerakartas Nine More Rescued London
It is reported from the Hook of Holland that nine more of the Soeraiarta's crew were rescued by a lifeboat this morning. The captain, pilot,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Express Wrecked Coaches in River Five Killed, 30 Injured Paris
An engine and seven coaches of the Bordeaux to Paris express were derailed tat two o'clock this morning near Poitiers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Has Miraculous Escape Launceston (Tas.)
While the tug boat, Unique, was crossing the bar, steering gear carried away and a huge wave lifted the vessel and placed her across the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Held Up MELBOURNE
The steamer Manuka was held up for two hours yesterday owing to the absence of seven firemen. They were eventually found in a hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on a Steamer SUVA
A fire was discovered in the bunkers of the Clan Macquarie at Suva, while discharging coal at the wharf. Meanwhile, copra loading continues…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Oriental Line New Steamer Launced Honkong
The steamer Changte built to the order of G. S. Yuill and Co. Ltd., has been successfully launched at the Kowloon dockyard. The governor and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Migration Steamer Fare Reduced New Agreement Signed London, April 27
The migration passage money agreement has been signed. The following rates will be operative: — One to five children under 12…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disgraceful Flood Scenes Wrecked Houses Looted SYDNEY
At a meeting of the St. Peter's Council last night, it was stated that the Woronora river rose nine feet in an hour during the heavy rains on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney Suburb Flooded. Looters Among Wrecked Cottages. Sydney
At a meeting of St. Peter's Council last night it was stated that the Woronora River rose 9 feet in an hour during the heavy rains on Sunday. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ketch Missing MELBOURNE
On April 9, the 82-ton ketch Laileota left Spencer's Gulf, South Australia, laden with barley and bound for Melbourne. No news has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Lost Suva
The loss is reported off Suva of the schooner Moonah. The crew was saved…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Missing Ketch Was It Seaworthy? Melbourne
James Bell, leading hand of the, ketch Lialeeta, which has been reported missing, wrote a letter to his sweetheart stating that the boat was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Missing Ketch Small Hope Entertained Melbourne
Shipping circles are not optimistic concerning the missing ketch Laileeta. The authorities are of the opinion that it would be useless to send…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Aground
WELLINGTON, N.Z., To-day.—The Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.'s steamer Cyrena, with all holds leaking lies aground near the entrance to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lifeboats Wrecked
Two lifeboast which went from Quimper to the assistance of two small vessels in a violent storm off the coast of Brittany were smashed by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Schooner Missing. Wellington (N.z.)
Anxiety is felt in shipping circles concerning the non-arrival of the schooner Mororo. The vessel left Newcastle 35 days ago for Gisborne, but so…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →