Bong Picnic Race Club. Foot[?]ad Wins the Bong Bong Cup. Schooner Secures a Double. Moss Vale
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 10
The annual meeting of the Bong Bong Picnic Race Club was opened to-day, when the weather was very warm. There was a fair attendance, which included his Excellency the Governor-General, Lady…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Creep at Newcastle. Another Serious Disturbance. Anglican Cathedral Wrecked. Corporation's New Buildings Seriously Damaged. Many Dwellings Injured
Evening News · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 6
NEWCASTLE, Friday Morning.—There was a serious recurrence of the creep last night and this morning, which seems to be almost as serious as the previous one…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Creep at Newcastle Further Area Affected Anglican Cathedral Partly Wrecked Ground Still Working Newcastle
The Australian Star · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 1
Ever since the last big creep at Newcastle it could never be said that the surface was properly still from one day to another, but as the movement was only very gradual…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Foundered at Sea. Fate of a British Vessel
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 9
LONDON, Friday.--Wreckage which has been found near Vancouver, B.C., indicates that the British vessel Hartfield, of Liverpool, has foundered at sea…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gladesville Progress Association. The Increased Steamer Fares. Children's Baths &c
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 10
The monthly meeting of the Gladesville Progress Association, held on Monday night in the Protestant Hall, was presided over by Alderman D. M. Anderson…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Orara's Trial Speedy Steamer for Byron Bay Progress of the North Coast Co
The Australian Star · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 3
In an uphill fight in the northern river trade the North Coast Steam Navigation Co. is pushing ahead. The notorious river bars are the barriers which would have baffled…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Every Soul Saved. Great Liner, Wrecked in a Blizzard. Thrilling Scenes on a Rock-bound Coast
The World's News · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 7
THRILLING scenes attended the wreck of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's steamer Mount Temple, a vessel of nearly 9000 tons gross register, which went ashore…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another Creep. Newcastle Again Threatened. Anglician Cathedral Wrecked. NEWCASTLE, Friday Morning
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 4
There was a serious recurrence of tho creep last night and this morning, which seems to be almost as serious as the previous one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lifeboat Outrage London December 6
Sunday Times · Sunday 19 January 1908 · page 12
A remarkable outrage, the motive for which it is difficult to surmise, has just come to light at Palling (Eng.), says the "Eastern Daily Press." At Michaelmas…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Curious Career of a Steamer
Evening News · Monday 20 January 1908 · page 5
The P. and O. Company many years ago owned the R.M.S. Rosetta; and she was not unknown in Australian waters. She changed hands, and made her reappearance in Port Jackson under…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shipping Quick Trip by 'Frisco Steamer Outgoing China Boat
The Australian Star · Monday 20 January 1908 · page 5
The steamship Boveric, running under the auspices of the Weir line in the "Frisco service, arrived at Sydney yesterday. She made a splendid passage of 26 days 6 hours. She called at Auckland on the trip,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blowing Up a Wreck
Evening News · Monday 20 January 1908 · page 5
PORT MACQUARIE. Monday.—Diver Peate has completed the task of blowing up the wreck of the steamer Ballina. Yesterday the last charges wars exploded. This removes a long-standing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tragedy of the Sea Terrible Experiences of a Shipwrecked Crew Seven Sailors Drowned
The Australian Star · Monday 20 January 1908 · page 2
Heartrending scenes took place in connection with a disastrous collision that occurred off Folkestone in the early hours of Sunday morning, December 8, between the Glasgow…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ashore on the Victorian Coast
Evening News · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 5
The following message was received at Sydney this afternoon from Melbourne:—"The postmistress at Lorne (Victoria) reports that a ship, thought to be the Hinemoa, from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Barque Viking Drifts Ashore After Collision
The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 2
The mystery of the identity of the sailing ship reported ashore on the Noir Island, Straits of Magellan, has been cleared up. She turns out to be the small Norwegian barque…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Case of Wreck. Lifeline-firing Apparatus. London, Jan. 20
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 7
The Board of Trade has appointed a committee to consider the advisability of compelling all British passenger steamers to carry lifeline-firing apparatus…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Allowrie Refloated
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 253
The steamer Allowrie, which was aground at Bateman's Bay, was towed off at high water on Thursday morning. It is reported that the cause of her taking the ground war the loss of two blades off the…
Continued on Trove, page 253 →Barque Hinemoa Ashore. on the Victorian Coast
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 10
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A telegram from Lorne (Vic.) this morning stated that the four-masted barque Hinemoa, from Liverpool, via Adelaide, bound to Melbourne, had gone ashore…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Barque Ashore Hinemoa on the Victorian Coast. Melbourne
The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 6
The postmistress at Lorne reports that the four-masted barque Hinemoa, bound from Liverpool to Melbourne, via Adelaide, is ashore a quarter of a mile from Lorne…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Hinemoa Ashore. on the Rocks at Lorne. a Dangerous Position. Hopes of Refloating. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 8
Early this morning the four-masted barque H[?]nemoa went ashore at Lorne, about 80 yards from the beach. The news of the m[?]hap quickly spread, and a party hurried down…
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