Wrong Man Arrested Jewellery Theft Ok Steamer Hobart
Following a complaint by a Sydney woman passenger on the mail steamer Cronsay that valuable jewellery had been stolen from her cabin a…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1926
197 stories in Riverina's papers · page 5 of 10
What Might Have Been Radio and Shipwreck
That the absence of radio apparatus on the ill-fated steamer Dorrigo was at least indirectly responsible for the death of 22 seamen is the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney-bound Steamer Has Smallpox Aboard SYDNEY,Thursday
A MESSAGE was received in Sydney to-day that a passenger on the steamer [?] which is on its way to Sydney, has smallpox. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dorrigo Wreck "Official Inquiry Opened a Seaworthy Vessel Brisbane
An inquiry was commenced by the Marine Court to-day into the foundering of the steamer Dorrigo, off Wilde Bay on Good Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Still No Solution Wreck of the Dorrigo. "Perfectly Seaworthy," Says the Captain. Brisbane
The inquiry concerning the foundering of the steamer Borrigo was continued today. Captain Gray, Blaster of the vessel, said he could not form…
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The steamer Catheombe went aground in The Basin, while preparing to leave Newcastle yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mission Luggee Wrecked at Broome. Perth
A message from Broome, West Australia, states that a mission lugger drifted on to a coral reef and became a total wreck. Father Cubro and a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mission Lugger Wrecked Valuable Cargo Lost Perth
A telegram from the police at Broome tells of the loss of a mission lugger near Wyndham. While lying at anchor, the chain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Dorrigo Wreck Brisbane
“It is manifest that the Dorrigo at some period of her history must have got ton-heavy.” said Mr. H. Henchman, representing the Deputy…
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The Government has decided to build a new pilot steamer for Port Jackson to take the place of the Ajax. The vessel will he constructed at Walsh…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Outbreak of Smallpox On Sydney-Bound Steamer' SYDNEY
TWENTY-FIVE skilled workers, who are engaged by the contractors' for the North Shore bridge are among the paasengers on the steamer,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dorrigo Wreck Serious Allegations Always Water in Aft Quarter "Loose Deck Cargo and List" BRISBANE
At the inquest to-day into the foundering of the steamer Dorrigo, John Sutherlan, a former chief cook on the vessel, said there was always…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Dorrigo Wreck Captain's Evidence BRISBANE
Further evidence was given this afternoon, before the Court of Marine Inquiry into the Dorrigo disaster. Captain John Walsh stated that on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Karu. Auckland
The Marine Court found that the sinking of the steamer Karu off Cape Maria on February 28, was caused by the vessel striking the bar when leaving…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Dorrigo Wreck. Captain’s Evidence Brisbane
Further evidence was given this afternoon before the Court of Marine Inquiry into the Dorrigo disaster. Captain John Walsh stated that on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mails Rifled Steamer Ormuz Robbery Sydney
Thieves smashed the lock of No. 4 hold on the smail steamer Ormuz and rifled the mails, stealing a parcel of gold watches and other articles. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mail Robbery. Pillage on a Steamer, Sydney
Daring thieves Smashed the lock on No. hold of the R.M.S. Ormuz and rifled the mails. A parcel containing gold watches…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jumped Into the Sea Crew of Foundered Dredge One Man Nearly Drowned Newcastle
The tug Kraus commanded by Captain D. Gordes, arrived at Newcastle to-day Captain Cordes told a thrilling story of the Joss of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Near Disaster Mail Liner Ashore the Otranto Badly Damaged London, May 12
It is officially reported that the Orient liner Otranto was stranded at Cape Matap[?]n on Tuesday. Although the steamer got off…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →S.o.s. Steamer Overd[?] Auckland (N.z.),[?]
Anxiety is felt for the, [?] steamer Sierra Moreno, which left Auckland for Taranaki Port on Saturday and should have arrived on…
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