Proud Old Steamer Goes to Her Doom The "Barroo." Pride of Coast for 20 Years Sunk as Target
Early yesterday morning the [?] Single-Screw steamer [?] tons gross, cleared Sydney Heads on her last voyage…
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A Wreck? Much Flotsam 20 Hatch Covers at Port Stephens
WRECKAGE has been found at Port Stephens. Although when this edition went to press there was no report of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Venizelos Breaks Down Greek Leader a Wreck Nervous Exhaustion London, Thursday Night
The uncompromising hostility displayed by the Greek Republicans towards the Prime Minister, M. Venizelos, has imposed a severe strain on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Breaks Out on Steamer Port Pirie
LONDON, January 31: The British steamer Port Pirie from Antwerp, on her voyage from New Zealand arrived in London with a fire in her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on a Steamer London, January 21
The Commonwealth and nonunion steamer Port. P[?]rie from Antwerp to New Zealand, has arrived at London with a fire in the lower croas-bunker…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wreckage Washed Up on North Coast Points to Ocean Tragedy OLD M.M. Steamer Pacifique Believed to Be Lost--buffeted by Gale on Voyage to Noumea--master's Grave Wireless Message--no Tidings Since the 24th--AGENTS Are Still Confident Deck Cargo Believed to be Identified as that of Pacifique
Though the Agents of the Messageries Maritimes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →News in Picture-- -Centenary of St. James?s. Valuable Fern Collection. Inter-State Tennis. The Steamer Pacifique
ST. JAMES'S CHURCH. KING ST REET. THE CENTENARY OF THE CONSECRATION. OF WHICH IS TO BE OBSERVED BY SPECIAL SERVICES ON SUNDAYS„FEBRUARY 10 AND 17, AND ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, THE-ACTUAL CENTENARY OF CONSECRATION. The centernary la regarded as one of national a. well as parochial Interest, as St. James's, the foundation-stone of which was laid In 1819 was looked upon…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Blacks Treated Better Than Stranded British Seamen Chinese and Islanders Served First on B.P. Steamer--filthy Conditions for Lost Ship's Crew--they Roam the Streets Penniless
"We were dumped in the steerage with forty Chinamen and about, eight New Guinea niggers. There were three sittings at the table, and we ale last. The Chinamen were served first, then the niggers, and then we were forced to eat from the same table."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Wreckage What Ship? Not Yet Identified Capt. Sangster Leaves
No further news concerning the wreckage washed up at Port Stehens and along the coast in the vicinity was received by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreckage Washed Up. on New South Wales Coast
The Department of Navigation has received advice that a quantity of wreckage, consisting of a large quantity of timber, vegetables, fruit, kapok,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreckage. Found on North Coast. Unknown Vessel. Unidentified Hatches
Wreckage has been discovered along remote beaches of the north coast between Fort Stephens and Seal Cocks, a distance of about 100 miles north of Sydney, but…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Not Wreckage. Timber Found at Port Stephens. Newcastle
A report that wreckage had been picked up this morning along the beach at Port Stephens was dendied by the lighthouse-keeper Mr. S. Priestley), in a statement made to a…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Not Pacifique Mysterious Wreckage No Further News
It was stated at the Navigation Department this morning that the source the flotsam which has been thrown ashore between Seal Rocks and Port…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →What Ship? Mystery of the Sea Wreckage at Port Stephens Official Investigation
Since January 24 wreckage has been coming ashore on the beaches between Port Stephens and Seal Rocks. So far, twenty hatches, a large…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In Chinese Seas the Modern Way Pirates as Passengers Steamer Captured and Plundered
A familiar figure in unfamiliar clothes. Marshal Foch, at the Ambassadors' Conference in Paris…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →North Coast Wreckage No Solution of Mystery Search Being Made Newcastle
There is no fresh news regarding the wreckage found on the beach between Port Stephens and Seal Rocks. Captain Sangster, the Deputy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pilot Steamer Captain Cook
In charge of Captain Macrae, the pilot steamer Captain Cook left Sydney last night for Newcastle for general overhaul. This is the second occision on which the Captain Cook has been sent to Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Steamer Fordsdale. Trials on
On Wednesday the new steamer Fordsdale, built for the Australian Commonwealth Line at Cockatoo Island, will put to sea for an all-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Pacifique. Safe at Noumea
A message was received on Saturday morning stating that the Messageries Maritimes steamer Pacifique was safe at Noumea…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreckage on Coast Mystery Solved NEWCASTLE
The mystery of the wreckage washed up near Port Stephens, has been solved by the Deputy Superintendent of Navigation (Capt. Sangster), who…
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