Steamer Burnt Many Lives Lost Bogota (Columbia), March 17
Store than a score of passengers and many of the crew of the steamer lost their lives when boats of petroleum caught fire in dock at Lador…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1930
207 stories in Riverina's papers · page 4 of 11
Railway Workers Stranded Steamer Union Will Oppose Increased Hours Sydney, Tuesday. Towed to Harbor London
The secretary of the Australian Railways Union (Mr. Chapman) said to-day that any move by the State Government in the direction of The steamer Cornwall, which recently, went aground at Curacao in Dutch West Indies, was refloated and toward to Curacao Bay and anchored. There was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lighthouse Steamer. to Be Built at Cockatoo Dock Canberra
The Federal Government has decided to build a lightouse steamer at Cockatoo dockyard at a cost of £120,000. Instructions have been given for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Seized Claim Against Owners Seattle
The freighter Chief Capilano, owned by the Canadian American Shipping Co. of Vancouver, was boarded and seized by a United States marshal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Painter Killed Accident on Steamer. Sydney
Somerset M'Geo, aged 50 years, a painter, of Gladesville, was fatally injured when he fell down the hold of the steamer Ferd[?]dale at Walsh Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French Flood. 206 Lives Lost 2693 Homes Wrecked Paris, March 19
Official statistics of the recent floods in the southwest give the dead as 206, houses wrecked 2693, acres flooded 358,000 and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Madman Amok Wrecks Homestead Temora
A MADMAN, armed with an axe, ran amok in Temora district on Saturday, and did considerable damage to property…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer 'Makura Engine Trouble Develops Returning to Sydney Wellington (N.z.)
The liner Makura developed engine trouble in Cook Strait last night and was lowed into Wellington this morning. The Marama will continue the run…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Machine Wrecked on Flight to Australia Abrupt Ending London
The flight of Mr. Parkerson, a New Zealander, to Australia, which began from Lympne aerodrome (Kent) with the utmost secrecy at 6 o'clock this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Cornwall Sails for London. Curacao
The steamer Cornwall, which recently ran aground here, obtained a certificate of sea worthiness, and sailed for London under its own steam…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Port Said Collision. Otranto Strikes French Steamer Port Said
The Orient liner Otranto collided with the French steamer Bemadine de St. Pierre, which was anchored in the harbor. The damage to the Otranto was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mishap to Steamer Concentrate Not Coming
The mishap to the steamer Makura, causing a week's delay in the departure of a number of New Zealand horses engaged at the A.J.C. autumn meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A.J.C. Double Mishap to Steamer Concentrate Not Coming
The mishap to the steamer Makura causing a week's delay in the departure of a number of New Zealand horses engaged at the A.J.C. autumn…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chinese Leper On Incoming Steamer No Restitution SYDNEY
A member of the Chinese crew of the steamer Agtekerk, which will arrive to-morrow, has contracted leprosy, but the chief quarantine officer (Dr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chinese Leper on Incoming Steamer No Restriction Sydney
A member of the Chinese crew of the steamer Agtekerk, which will arrive to-morrow, has contracted leprosy, but the Chief Quarantine Officer (Dr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ferry Steamer Capsizes Eighty Persons Drowned Tokio
During a heavy storm yesterday evening a ferry steamer capsized at Wakamatsu as a result of the overcrowding of the vessel. There were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Out of Coal a Steamer Adrift Newcastle
The steamen Inkula, which is bound from Ocean Island for southern ports, with a cargo of phosphates, was seen drifting helplessly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Champagne Cider Island Wreck
Wrecked on a lonely island stocked With 100,100 bottles of champagne cider—[?] was one of many thrilling experiences of 34 members of the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer Rescued Wellington (N.z.)
The wooden steam Tairoa was found 'in distress off White Island near Napier to-day, and was taken in tow…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer in Distress in New Zealand Waters Wellington (N.z.), Wed
The wooden steamer Tairoa was found in distress off White Island, near Napier, to-day, and was taken in tow. A lifeboat with five men who left the…
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