Island Steamer Overdue
Inquiries are being made in shipping circles for the steamer Scott, a vessel chartered with the offer of purchase by the Pacific Phosphates Co., to run between Ocean Island and Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Shipwrecks & the sea, 1906
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The Motoring World. Afloat and Ashore. Cars. New Richard Brasiers--a Novel Tyre
The Richard-Brasier agents in Sydney, Messrs, Fauvel Bros., and Maillard, landed three ears in Sydney last week. The smaller of the three was sent to Melbourne. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shipping Mishap. Newcastle Steamer Breaks Down. Towed Into Port
A little uneasiness was experienced in the city to-day when the Newcastle Company's steamer Sydney did not arrive at the usual hour early this morning. The vessel arrived,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New South Wales Wrecks
The following list of shipwrecks which have occurred on the New South Wales coast during the past year, giving the name of the vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wreck of the Thistle
AUCKLAND, Friday.--The Court of inquiry into the wreck of the barque Thistle, found the captain guilty of an error of judgment in altering the course at midnight to bring the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →La Bella' Wreck Case
MELBOURNE, Friday.--George Mylius, late master of the barquentine La Bella, which was wrecked in Lady Bay. Warrnambool, on November 10, was to-day charged with the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Coastal Steamer Disabled
The steamer Sydney, of the Newcastle Company, failed to make good her appearance according to time-table yesterday morning. The afternoon was well…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Explosion on a Steamer. London, Jan. 5
A Are broke out on the steamer Carlisle at Saigon, and led to an explosion, which caused the vessel to sink. Several persons were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Disabled. the Sydney, From Newcastle. Breaks Down Off Terrigal
The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Company's steamer Sydney, which left Newcastle at 11.30 on Friday night with passengers and cargo, and was due to arrive at the company's wharf at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to the Steamer Sydney. Arrives Eight Hours Late. Intermediate Shaft Broken
Those who had friends coming from Newcastle were caused some anxiety on Saturday by the non-arrival of the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company's steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of the Oban
A sailor named A. Martin, who was supposed to have been lost on the Oban last Sunday night, was not aboard the vessel. The third victim is now believed to be a son…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer in Distress
LAUNCESTON, Monday.--The King Island trader Yambacouna, which left here on Saturday evening for the Island, was reported on Sunday night to be in distress off Wynyard…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wrecked Orizaba. Stripping Almost Completed. Perth (W.a.)
It is nearly a year since the R.M.S. Orizaba was wrecked on the reef outside Fremantle, and the vessel is still fast on the rock. Mr. Charles Moore, purchaser of the cargo and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Disabled Steamer. Launceston
The King Island trading steamer Yambacoona, which broke her shaft on Sunday, has been towed into dock by the Wybia. The repairs are expected to occupy a week…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's Largest Steamer, the Danube, 5891 Tons
Our London correspondent cables:—The Royal Mall Steam Packet Company has acquired with four steamers (Orotava, Oruba, Oroya, and Ortona), the whole of the interest and goodwill of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company in the Orient-Pacific Line's Australian service. The "Times" sayas it may be assumed that the policy of cons dering the travelling public will in every way be adopted. The…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →The New Steamer Ripple
It was recently intimated in our cable messages that the new steamer Ripple, required for New Zealand owners, had sailed from London for Dunedin. It now transpires from advices received in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Bondi Mystery. Probable Solution. a Steamer Passenger Robbed
It is more than likely that the mystery surrounding the discovery of a carry-all basket on the rocks at Bondi on Wednesday will soon be solved. The basket, it will be recollected,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Outbreak of Plague. on a French Mail Steamer
PERTH, Wednesday. -- The French mail steamer Nora arrived at Fremantle from the Eastern States this afternoon. A white greaser was found to be suffering from a gland…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Steamer Disabled
A telegram from Jervis Bay this morning announced that the coasting steamer Peterborough had put in there disabled, No particulars ore available…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ferry Steamer in Trouble. the Wallaby Damaged
The southerly blow caused inconvenience to many of the ferry services, some difficulty being experienced in making wharves exposed to the wind. During a squall the Sydney Ferries…
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