Tidal Wave Surges Sweep Irish and French Coasts Buildings Wrecked Taxicab Occupants Find Themselves on Island LONDON, Thursday Night
The Sun · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 1
Immense tidal waves coming from the Atlantic on a front of 650 miles have done extensive damage in harbors on the Irish and French coasts, according to correspondents of the London "Daily Mail."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Great Storms Blizzard in England Damage in France Wreckage Along Coast LONDON, January 9
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 5
A remarkable blizzard has been sweeping southern England, and the worst snowstorms since 1919 have occurred. At some places snow fell for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Kianga. Damage Estimated at £750
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 18
At final survey of the steamer Kianga, at Mort's Dock on Thursday, revealed that the vessel's keel had been severely damaged. Ten planks have to be replaced, and it is…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Smallpox Steamer Quarantined Wellington (N.z.)
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 21
The steamer Sussex, from Calcutta, Samarang, and Singapore, was quarantined this afternoon, as a case of smallpox occurred during the voyage…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Deserted Steamer Thames Waterman to Rescue Panicky Dutchmen London, Friday Night
The Sun · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 1
A Thames waterman, receiving no reply to his shouts, boarded the Dutch Steamer Holdenprect, which was drifting in a fog off Silvertown, and found…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Sinks Half of Crew Adrift One Boat Picked Up LONDON, January 10
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 7
Half the crew of the Italian steamer Tasmania has been picked up in a boat in the Atlantic. The other half is still drifting at sea…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Entombed Beneath the Sea? Terrible Fate of L24's Crew Feverish Search for Wreck to Save Lives
Evening News · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 1
i three hope yet for the unfortunate creto of the L24, sunk during, the naval manoeuctes off Portland! At first night there can be little, for many hours have [?] [?] the [?] missed. and the elements have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Submarine Rammed. Lost With All Hands. Prompt Efforts to Locate Wreck Crew Possibly Alive
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 15
While taking part in naval operations off Portland Bill in the English Channel, the submarine L24 collided with the battleship Resolution and sank. It is possible that the crew may live for 48 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Forty Buried Machines Crash Through Three Floors Four Workers Dead Clergyman Prays, for Hours Over Wreckage LONDON, Friday Night
The Sun · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 1
Forty workers were burled under the debris when heavy machinery on the top floor of the New Zealand woollen mills, at Bradford, crashed…
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Evening News · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 1
The Port Elliott, a frequent visitor to Sydney, which wont senore on Horosra Point, East Caps, in a thick fog The crew were transferred; but it is feared that the vessel is a total loss…
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The Sun · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 8
The police are trying to trace a suitcase containing valuable papers, the property of Mr. G. D. Malilnson,ewwoll-known professional man of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Big Steamer Breakingup. on N.z. Coast Little Hope for the Port Elliot Crew Safe, and Cargo May Be Salvaged Her Second Time Aground
Evening News · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 1
THE Post Elliot is beyond all aid. She is fats on the shore and is breaking up. The crew of seventy, who had taken to the boats, were inferred to the Government Tatanekai, which had responded to the S.O.S…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Port Elliot Wrecked. Vessel in a Serious Position
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 4
According to cable messages received from New Zealand, the steamer Port Elliott has gone ashore on Horoera Point, five miles west-north-west…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Total Wreck. Port Elliot. New Zealand Coast Crew Safe. Auckland
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 11
It is reported that the steamer Port Elliot became a total wreck near East Cape on Saturday night. The vessel apparently struck close…
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The Sun · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 8
About midnight on Saturday, the Commonwealth and Dominion liner, Port Elliot ran ashore near East Cape (N.Z.). This picture shows her when in Now York harbor. She was a well-known visitor to Sydney…
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The Sun · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 7
The Commonwealth and Dominion liner Port Elliot, which ran ashore on Saturday, about midnight, near Horowera Point, near East Cape, about 80…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Total Wreck Fate of the Port Elliot Steamers Rush to Assistance The Crew Safe WELLINGTON, N.Z.
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 5
The cargo steamer Port Elliot, of the Commonwealth and Dominion Line, is ashore at East Cape, on the East Coast, and latest advices indicate that she is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Kallawatta
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 12
The steamer Erringhi arrived front the Hawkesbury River at 12.30 a.m. with the steamer Kallawatta. The latter was apparently disabled…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 6
[?]have been prepared for a new [?] and cargo steamer for the is[?] trade of Burns. Philp, and Co., Limited…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 9
A new addition to their fleet of steamers is contemplated by Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Company. Plans and specifications have been agreed upon and it has been decided to send…
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