At Melboubne Overseas Steamer Tied Up.melbourne
The Melbourne wa[?] workers refused to work after 5 o'clock this afternoon and the liner Ormiston was forced to sail for Sydney,leaving 200…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1927
214 stories in Riverina's papers · page 11 of 11
Chinese Bandits British Steamer Seized Master Held to Ransom Shanghai
Thirty armed bandits in six sampans on Wednesday night attacked the British steamer Singtan which, owing to engine trouble, was lying at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bullocks Wreck Camp
The camp of a party of rabbit trappers was wrecked by a stampeding mob of bullerks at Traralgon on Saturday night. The trappers climbed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Ducks
Four steamer ducks, or, to give them their orthodox and fearsome title, "tachyeres chlorous," are among the latest acquisitions of the London…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Oil Tanker Wrecked Petrol Drifts with Current Precautions Against Fire London
There was a sensution at Liverpool when the Anglo-American oil Co tanker Seminole grounded in the Mersey and broke its back, releasing 8000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Petrol Steamer Wrecked Precautions Against Fire London
The strictest precautions are being maintained to prevent the combustion of the 800 tons of petrol which discharged into the Mersey when the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bolt in Sydney Maddened Horses a [?]Earse Wrecked Sydney
There was some excitement in george street West to-day when two horses bolted. The horees were attached to a lorry and during the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Schooner on Fire Crew Rescued by Liner Honolulu
The liner Niagara reported by wireless that the had picked up 11 of the crew of the schooner Doris Crane, which was destroyed by fire 340 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seeing Australia Orient Line Proposal Circular Steamer and Railway Tours
The secretary of the Orient Line, Mr. T. F. Tallents, embarks on the liner Orvieto on Saturday for a three months tour of Australia in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of Submarine No Response to Messages All Hope Abandoned Provincetown (U.s.a.), Thurs
The officer in command of the salvage operations has finally admitted that he has abandoned an hope at [?]nding anyone slive in the sunken…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Destroyed by Fire Suva (Fiji)
The steamer Clan M'William, in the Nos, 1 and 2 horde of which fires occurred while she was at Vavau, in the Tongan group, is now total loss…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wrecked Submarine Politicians Perturbed New Yoke
The New York "World's" Washington correspondent states that Congress will defer all navy construction and renewal programmes until the Navy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Annual Steamer Race Robart
In the annual race over a course of 80 miles between the steamers Togo and Cartela, the latter vessel won by three minutes. The race airways…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer in Danger Weather Moderates London
The Union Castle line received an S.O.S. message from the steamer Crawford Castle, 4800 tons, saying that she was drifting unmanageably…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer and Aeroplane Across Atlantic in Four Days Paris
The fast 43,500 ton liner II de-France is being equipped with a five ton 15 passenger seaplane, announces the President of the Academy of…
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