Steamer's Tribulations South Coaster Idle Merimbula Out of Commission
It is doubtful whether any steamer in Australia has lost more steaming time during the past 12 months than the Illawarra Company's coaster…
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Wreck of a Schooner
The schooner Elsinore became a total wreck on Thursday, on. Babel Island, a small islet lying to the south of Westernport Bay (Victoria), and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Fenchurch Reported
The steamer Fenchurch, en route from Bombay to Sydney to load wheat for the United Kingdom or Continent, passed Wilson's Promontory at 12.20…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Schooner Abemama. To Load For New Zealand
On September 16, last year, the schooner Abemama arrived at Sydney with a cargo of paper, from Halifax. Since that time she has been in dock…
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The steamer Port Stephens, bound from Sydney to Gisborne, arrived today. She had a case of influenza on board…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on Oil Steamer. Perth
The oil tank steamer Cardium, which left Fremantic on March 31 for the Eastern States, took fire on Saturday night 100 miles east of Esperance, and is being towed to Albany…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Ketch Ashore
The Wallaroo correspondent of the Adelaide "Register" telegraphed on Thursday last:— "The ketch John Lewis left here last night with a cargo…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Schooner Wrecked Auckland
A wireless message from Samos announces the werck of the schooner Awanul, at Nine Island, on January 11. The message states that all the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Schooner Ysabel
The Scales schooner Tsabel is now en route from Auckland with a timber cargo for Melbourne. While in port at Auckland extensive alterations were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pitcairn Island. Passing Steamer Visited
When the steamer War Opa[?] was on her way to New Zealand from New York in February last she was delayed off Pitcairn Island, owing to engine trouble…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wrecks in 1918
The return of wrecks and other shipping casualties resulting in loss of life during 1918, issued by the Navigation Department, contains the names of only four vessels. These consist of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Schooner Wrecked
A wireless message received at Auckland yesterday from Samoa announces the wreck of the schooner Awanui, at Niue Island, on January 11…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Schooner Wrecked Crew Saved. Wellington (N.z.)
The New Zealand Government has received advice that the schooner Awanui, bound from Auckland to Cook Islands, was wrecked near Niue on January 11. (The crew were saved,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fight Oh Steamer Year's Beal for Seaman
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Continued on Trove, page 6 →Breaks Adrift. Oil Tank Steamer Cardium. Sequel to a Fire. Perth
The steamer War Soldier sent a wireless message on Tuesday that the oil tanker Cardium, which the War Soldier was towing to Albany, following an outbreak of fire, had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Royal Shipwreck Relief Society. Awards for Bravery
A meeting of the Royal Shipwreck Relief and Humane Society of New South Wales was held yesterday afternoon at the Royal Exchange. A silver medal was awarded to Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stranded Ketch Afloat Again
The ketch John Lewis was successfully floated off Walrus Rock (S.A.), on the ports side of Bird Beef, on Thursday night. She is now in port,…
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Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Company, Ltd., received advice yesterday to the effect that the steamer Mawatta, bound from Rabaul to Sydney, via Cairns, had put into Townsville,…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Dredge Converted Into a Schooner
The dredge Progress, which has been in dock at Port Chalmers for about a month and which is being converted into a schooner by Messrs. Miller…
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