Robbery on a Steamer
The Sun · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 7
A robber got busy last night on the steamer Eastern lying at the E. And A. Company's wharf at Circular Quay and overhauled the cabin, of Mr. Barclay Watson, the third engineer. A gold watch and chain, some…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Oil Steamer Burnt at Sea
Evening News · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 2
LONDON. January 16.—The liner Osterley has reported by wireless that she passed the Anglo-saxon Petroleum Company's tank steamer Soodilus on fire in the indinn Ocean…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Twenty-four Lives Lost by Steamer Foundering
Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 15
The steamer Tathra, owned by the Illawarra S.N. Company, Sydney, but under charter to Messrs. Kerr Brothers, of Vila, New Hebrides, foundered during a gale off the island of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Jack Ashore. Japanese Sailors at the Zoo Entertained at Royal Naval House
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 19
"Having a good time in Sydney?" "Yes, thank you; very good time," was the reply, with a broad smile that gave greater evidence ot enjoyment than the word…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Adelaide Company's New Steamer. S.s. Morialta
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 4
The Morialta, one of the new steamers ordered some time ago by the Adelaide S.S. Company, arrived at Adelaide last Monday from the Clyde…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Little Steamer Bound to Australia From Norway
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 4
News has been received that the small steamer Hobart, which left Sande[?]ford on the 21st October for Hobart, will call at Fremantle for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tank Steamer Ablaze. the Spondilds Abandoned. London, Jan. 16
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 19
The liner Osterley has reported by wireless that she passe the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company's tank steamer Spondilus on fire in the Indian Ocean. The vessel had been…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Another New Steamer at Sydney. Arrival of the Teeswood
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 4
The small steamer Teeswood arrived at Sydney last evening from Tyne, via ports, and has taken up a berth at Pyrmont Bridge Wharf under…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Oil Steamer Afire. Loss of £137,500. Reported by Wireless
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 9
LONDON, Tuesday.--A wireless message has been received from the Orient R.M.S. Osterley, reporting that she had passed the Spondilus, a tank steamer, on fire in the Indian Ocean…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Italians in the Red Sea. British Steamer Overhauled. French Vessels Fired On. Aden
The Sun · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 7
A division of the Italian fleet, consisting of the cruisers Calabria, Plemonte, and Pucali, are keeping a sharp look-out in the Red Sea for vessels carrying contraband…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Students Riot Over Gaby. Demand Rest of Show. Police Censor Performance and Theatre Wrecked. Parisian Beauty- Escapes to Carriage Under Guard
The Sun · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 3
Yale students, including some of the Yale football team, started a riot at the Hyperion Theatre, New Haven, U.S., last month, where Gaby Deslys was giving a performance…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Zealand Shipwreck. How the Jane Douglas Was Lost
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 11
Particulars reached Sydney yesterday regarding the loss of the steamer Jane Douglas off the New Zealand coast. Captain Vendore states that his vessel was proceeding through Cook…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Tathra Wreck Vessel in Gale. Woman's Hard Experience. Captain Exonerated. Norfolk Island
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 19
Further particulars of the wreck of the steamer Tathra were obtained from Captain Halliday, who is on board the Malaita. The Tathra was under charter from the…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Wrecks on the Coast
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 20
The Navigation Department has issued a return showing the number of wrecks and some other casualties that happened on the New South Wales coast during the 12 months ended December last. The return gives…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Steamer Breiz Huel
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1912 · page 10
The steamer Breiz Huel, from Marseilles, via Durban, put into Port Jackson for bunker coal. She will leave on Saturday for Noumea, and Tabiti, proceeding thence to Monte Video, en route to Europe. This…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →French Steamer Seized. Conveying Aeroplanes to Tunis
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1912 · page 7
ROME, Wednesday.--Italian torpedo-boats seized a French steamer named Carthage, owing to there being aeroplanes aboard with which M. Emile Duval, the woll-known Parisian…
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Evening News · Thursday 18 January 1912 · page 8
PARIS, Wednesday Evening.—The steamer Vanadis, bound from the Tyne to Civita Vecchis, Italy, foundered after leaving Ushant. It is believed that the crew of 23 have all…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Manly to Watson's Bay. No Suitable Steamer
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1912 · page 5
At the last meeting of the Manly Council a letter was received from the directors of the Manly and Port Jackson Steamship Company, Ltd.,[?]stating that no suitable steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Turko-italian War. French Steamer Seized. Aeroplanes on Board. Rome, Jan. 17
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1912 · page 9
Italian torpedoers have seized the French steamer Carthage, owing to the fact that she had aeroplanes on board. It is understood that the aeroplanes were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Rosedale Wreck. Awning and Plate Identified
Evening News · Thursday 18 January 1912 · page 7
Some wreckage was picked up a couple of weeks ago on the 7-mile beach near Berry. South Cost of New South Wales, and curiosity being aroused locally, the matter was…
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