Wreck of the Helen B. Sterling
Captain Queen, master of the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Suva, has notified the Superintendent of Navigation (Captain Morris) that when passing Middleton Reef on recent…
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Wreck Shiftes
Captain J. Queen, of the A.U.S.N. steamer Suva, has reported to the Acting-Superintendent of Navigation that while passing Middleton Reef, on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Schooner Mapu. Chequered Career
The schooner Mapu, which entered Sydney Harbour on Monday evening from Greymouth, New Zealand, has had a chequered career during her three years afloat…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fishing Schooner Design Mr. E. P. Simpson's New Auxiliary Schooner Yacht
Prominent among the sailing craft in the lower harbor these days is Mr. E. P. Simpson's line new auxiliary schooner yacht, Mistral II., designed somewhat on…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Jules Ashore Invasion of City Business Men Afloat
A large amount of shore leave was yesterday granted the visiting French sailors, and red pom-poms set in the crown of white caps were to be seen…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Steamer Damaged by Heavy Seas Puts into Colon
News has been received in Sydney that the steamer Ka[?], a well known cargo vessel in Australian ports, had put into Colon,…
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Battered by heavy seas while coming across the Atlantic Ocean, the New Zealanad Shipping Company steamer Kailkoura has arrived at Colon in a damaged condition…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Steamer Fares Rates Via Pacific Reduced Melbourne
A reduction is to be made on the Canadian Australasia Line, and the Union Steamship Line, in fares to London, via America and Canada…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dooley's Fate Decision To=night "Wrecking Labor"
The executive of the A.L.P. will make known to-night its attitude towards Mr. Dooley, when the special committee appointed to inquire into various…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer Cornwall's [?] Cargo Not Damaged
A cable has been received in Sydney by [?]irt and Co., Ltd., agents for the Federal Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., in connection with the fire which occurred in the insulated [?] of the steamer Cornwall at Colombo…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Swim for Life Man Falls From Newcastle Steamer Reaches Beach Naked Newcastle
Some fishermen on the beach at Redhead early this morning were startled to see a naked man walking along the beach towards them. They were greatly surprised to learn that he had swum ashore from the Hunter, from which he fell overboard, about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer's Rough Trip Ten Days in Storm
During her voyage direct to Adelaide from Liverpool the cargo steamer Trewinnand struck some very heavy weather, She tossed about, making about…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Remarkable Story Long Swim From Steamer Newcastle
Six fishermen who had just landed their catch at Redhead Beach, and were about to proceed to their homes, very early yesterday morning, were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Ships. Replacing the Steamer. Importance to Australia
Even while the world-wide depression in shipbuilding has been passing through its most acute stages, a development has been taking place which bids fair to revolutionise…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wiltshire Wreck. Wellington (N.z.)
Mr. Thomas Bowling, chief officer of the steamer Katoa, was presented with a silver tray by the Prime Minister (Mr. Massey) on behalf of the directors of the New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Unusual Accident to Steamer
An unusual accident, seriously affecting the vessel's steaming power, occurred last week on the steamer, Rama, bound from Wellington to the Chatham Islands. The Rama, of 610 tons, belonging to the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →British India Training Steamer
Running in the interest of the Federal S.N. Line from Liverpool to Australian ports, the British India steamer Wangaratta is due in Sydney on Jan. 22. The Wangaratta is one of four modern training ships…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Beached Steamer Otus All Hands Saved
The steamer Otus, a river passenger boat, bound from Sydney to the Clarence River, was beached at Cape Hawke last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Bodalla Vessel Leaking Badly Diver and Pumps Despatched
The steamer Bodalla, one of the Illawarra and South Coast Company's cargo fleet, which struck the rocks at Bawley Point, on the South Coast, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Beached. North of Forster. Otus Springs a Leak
The small steamer Otua, belonging to the North Coast Steam Navigation Company, Ltd., was beached north of Forster last night in order to prevent sinking…
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