Seventy Years at Sea Runs Steamer at 83 Only Once in Danger Melbourne
The Sun · Tuesday 1 January 1918 · page 4
After having followed the sea for the greater .part, of . 70 years, Captain Marshall Smith Is in the unique position, for an old sailor, of only once having been in danger…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Is the Peregrine Lost? Wreck on English Coast London, Monday Night
The Sun · Tuesday 1 January 1918 · page 5
The steamer Peregorne, while on the way from Rotterdam to London, was wrecked at Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex). Fifty-six passengers and 32 of the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Torpedoed. Sloop and Boarding Steamer. London
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 5
The Admiralty announces that the minesweeping sloop Arbutus was torpedoed and foundered in severe weather. The commander, another officer; and seven men are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Commandeered Steamer. Western Australian Protest Perth
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 8
The Premier (Mr. Lefroy) han made an emphatic protest to the Prime Minister against the commandeering by the Federal Government of the State motor ship…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Popular Service. the Clyde Saw Milling & Shipping Co., Ltd. The Steamer Wee Clyde and Her Work
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 7
The s.s. Wee Clyde is a household name on the South Coast, and few travel as far as Tilba Tilba or Tathra without hearing of the doings of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The German Way. Priceless Treasures Wrecked
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 9
An Italian semi-official message states:—In the air raids on Padua the enemy are deliberately seeking to wreck the most precious treasures of religious art. Last evening the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fatalities & Accidents. Fall Down Steamer's Hold
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 5
While working on a Steamer lying at the Central Wharf, Miller's Point. yesterday, J. H. Reece (45), a wharf laborer living in Commonwealth Street, city, fell down the vessel's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Air Raids on Padua. Priceless Treasures Wrecked
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 7
An Italian semi-official message states:—In the air raids on Padua the enemy are deliberately seeking to wreck the most precious treasires of religious art. Last evening…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The New Zealand Shipwreck Relief Society
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 2
The good work being done by the New Zealand Shipwreck Relief Society is not, apparently, fully appreciated in this country (says a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wrecking Art Treasures. German Raids on Padua. London
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 5
An Italian semi-official announcement states that in the air raids on padua the enemy is deliberately seeking to wreck the most proclous treasures of religious art. Last night, it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Garo Sold
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 7
The steamer Gabo, belonging to the Australian Steamships, Ltd., has been sold to a Chinese syndicate. The purchase price has not been disclosed…
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Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2
It was reported yesterday that the well-known interstate steamer Gabo had been sold, and will shortly be transferred to her new owners. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Steamer's Hatch Found
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2
Last Sunday an insulated hatch was picked up off Thirroul, and handed over to one of the officers of the Navigation Department for identification…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Foe on our Coasts Enemy Mine Washed Ashore at Eden. a Terrific Explosion
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2
Mr. Alec, Cameron,of Eden (N.S.W.) states that what he believes to be a mine was washed ashore and exploded on the rocks near Black [?]end, about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kurnell Tragedy Wreckage Washed in Bodies Still Missing
The Sun · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 5
Owing to the heavy sea running on the coast the search for the bodies of Gordon Wilson, aged 34, a taxi driver, of Baptist street, Redfern, and Henry Haberfield, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer's Hatch Found
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 15
Last Sunday an insulated hatch was picked up off Thirroul, and handed over to the Navigation Depart ment for identification. The hatch, which has been in the water for about six months, was thickly…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Steamer Gabo. Not to Leave Australia
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 10
Information was received yesterday stating that although the steamer Gabo, lately belonging to Howard Smith, Ltd., has been sold to Chinese buyers, the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sale of the Steamer Gabo. Vessel Not to Leave Coast
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 2
A message from Melbourne states that the Federal shipping authorities have stopped the steamer Gabo from leaving the Australian coast. Last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mersey Salvage Case. a Wheat Steamer from Australia
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 5
Mr. Justice Hill, I nthe English Admiralty Court, on Nov. 16, heard an action for salvage remuneration brought by the owners of the steam…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New Zealand Shipwreck Relief Society
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 4
The good work being done by the New Zealand Shipwreck Relief Society is not, apparently, fully appreciated in this country (says a…
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