Mataram Arrives Abandoned Steamer Sighted
The Mataram reached Sydney at 8.17 a.m. to-day, from Rabaul, and berthed at 11 a.m. at Circular Quay. During the voyage the vessel passed close enough…
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Steamer on Mudbank. Hobart
Word was received in Hobart to-day that the steamer Wareatea had run on a mudbank in Macqurarie Harbou; at the week-end. The vessel was proceeding to the cattle pens at…
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A message from Itocicnampton states tnat among the passengers taken off the Cooma wren she ran aground on Breaksea Spit was Mrs. Anna Whittaker, 63, who was returning to…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Reticent Officials Federal Steamer's Trouble Melbourne
Officials of the Commonwealth Government Line, since their original effort to minimise the serious nature of the engine trouble aboard the steamer Moreton Bay, have been remarkably…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Smallpox. on Steamer Victoria. Thursday Island (Q.)
The steamer Victoria resumed her voyag[?] Bouth this morning. The smallpox patient, who is a Chinese passenger for New Zealand, has been isolated in the local quarantine…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →"Job Control" New Steamer Held Up Melbourne
A remarkable attitude is being adopted by members of the Federated Seamen's Union regarding the manning of the steamer Coolana, and the position savors of a determined effort…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Burning Steamer. Eleven Perish. Gallant Rescue Work. London, Jan. 16
The German steamer Vesta caught fire off Lowestoft. A trawler took off ten of the crew, but ten others and the wife of the mate were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Steamer Held Up. Manning Committee Ignored. No Stokehold Crew. Melbourne
Owing to the refusal of the members of the Federated Seamen's Union to man the stokehold in accordance with the decision of the Manning Committee appointed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →On Fire at Sea German Steamer in Flames. Heavy Loss of Life London, January 17
The German steamer Vesta took fire oft Lowesloft. A trawler took 10 members of the crow off the burning vessel, but 10 others and the mate's wife were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tragedy of the Sea Steamer Takes Fire in Dead of Night Serious Loss of Life Mate and His Three-weeks Bride Leap to Death LONDON, January 16
A stirring tale of the sea's perils, and the remarkable heroism of a ship's crew, attaches to the loss of the German steamer Vesta, which took fire off…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck of the Karitane
THE U.S.S. Company's steamer Karitane, in charge of Captain B. Spain, while bound from Devonport to Sydney with a large quantity of copper and produce, struck Deal Island, about 16 miles from Flinders, at 7.40 on…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Japanese Steamer Inaho Maru
Wrecked on Rossel Island, Louislade Group, off the coast of Papua, while on a voyage from Japan to Sydney. The photo was taken of the vessel on the reef…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Wareatea Refloated Hobart
The steamer Wareatea, which weat aground in the Macquarie Harbour on Saturday, was refloated this afternoon, when a changing wind brought up a very high tide. The vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Inaho Maru. Wreck Sighted by the Mataram
The Japanese steamer lnaho Maru, which was wrecked on Rossell Island on January 7, and subsequently abandoned, was sighted by the Burns, Philp island steamer Mataram,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Smallpox. the Steamer Victoria
The China ma[?] steamer Victoria, which had a case of smallpox on board on arrival at Thursday Island, arrived at Townsville yesterday. The patient, who was put ashore,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New South Coast Steamer. Narooma
The new wooden steamer K[?]anga, which is being built for the Sawmillers' Shipping Co., Ltd., and was launched at Messrs. Mitchell Bros.' sawmills at Narooma early in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Chassie Maersk. Another Wheat Chartered Wrecked
Word has been received that the Danish steamer Chassle Maersk has become a total loss. The Chassle Maersk was a steel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of Karitane Struck in a Fog Marine Court Investigation
The Marine Court of Inquiry, consisting of Judge Cohen und Captains D. Held and C. V. Wood, assessors, was to-day engaged inquiring into the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Karitane. Story of the Wreck. Inquiry Opened
An inquiry was opened yesterday by Judge Cohen (Captains C. V. Hood and D. Rold sitting as assessors) into the loss of the Union Company s steamer Karitane (1376 tons),…
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A battered, broken thing she lies, Deep in her sandy a bed;…
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