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Riverina · Shipwrecks & the sea
164 stories in Riverina's papers · page 8 of 9
Five days before the lost vestris sailed she received a certificate of seaworthiness and lawful equipment. The vessel sank when only about 80 of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In a most violent gale in the English Channel the steamer Alice, laden with bricks, sent out distress signals. The Rye Harbor lifeboat put out at 5…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The steamer Smyrna has been towed into Flushing Harbor. She had on board the crew of the steamer alice, which was wrecked off Rye. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The steamer Tango Maru, which recently ran aground on Thursday Island, has been refloated. The vessel is now being towed to an anchorage,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Of the 18 lifeboat men who were drowned in Rye Harbor on Thursday after attempting to rescue the crew of the wrecked steamer Alice, 15 were buried in the and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The fund for the relief of the dependants of the Rye Harbor lifeboat men who were frowned recently while attending to and the water[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The German cargo steamer Herrenwijk has been lost in a fierce gale which swept across from the Atlantic to-day. No loss of life is so far…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →It is understood that a case of smallpox was landed from the steamer Ballarat at Cape Town. When the liner arrived at Fremantle to-day she…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The coastal steamer Excelsior was beached in Parsley Bay this afternoon, after having entered the harbor in a leaking condition. She entered the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A vessel foundered off the Moroccan coast. Eighteen men were drowned and four saved by a vessel which answered the S.O.S. message…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Officers and cadets of the German mercantile marine sailing barque Commern landed from the German tug Heros to-day. They tell a thrilling…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →During a storm on November 17, 1926, the steamer Meflaita drifted from her moorings in Pert Phillip Bay and crashed into the public sea baths…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At Dickerson, Mr. Hoover, president over a Department of Commerce enquiry, declared he believed the Vestirs was in good shape and properly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TWENTY MEN were injured, six seriously, in Melbourne's worst bomb outrage on Saturday night. Shortly before 10 o'clock four bombs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Twenty men were injured, six of them seriously, in a bomb outrage which was perpetrated in the city last night. It is said to be the worst…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two gas cylinders exploded with a terrific report in Roid and Son's plumber's shop at Newtown last night. The building, which consists of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The steamer Mutwarra has been refloated after being aground for some time at New Hanover. A dam was built about her, enabling repairs to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The White Star liner Celtic ran ashore in the darkness entering Cork Harbor last night. An effort to row her off was unavailing, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Mellina went aground in the Brisbane River to-day, but two hours later was towed off by tugs. She was not damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the City Court to-day five men Timothy O'Connea, aged 35 years, dinner; Stanley Gordon Williams, aged 36 years, bookmaker; Francis…
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