Steamer Australpeak. Argument Regarding Rates of Pay
An argument has arisen between the Federated Seamen's Union and the representative in Sydney of the British owners of the s.s. Australpeak regarding the…
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Seized by Pirates Chinese Steamer Looted Boatswain's Treachery Hongkong, Tuesday Night
The steamer Tai Lee, bound from Hongkong to Kong Moon, and carrying 300 passangers, was attacked by pirates…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dived to Death From Steamer's Maintop Foolhardy Leap Wellington (N.z.)
A distressing fatality occurred on the waterfront yesterday, when George Smith, a fireman of the steamer Kent, who had a reputation as a swimmer…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Raid by Pirates Chinese Steamer Looted Two Killed; Two Wounded HONGKONG, January 22
The Chinese river steamer, Tai Lee. voyaging from Hongkong towards Kong Moon, with about 300 passengers, was pirated at midnight on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sold for £50 Bodalla Wreck a Golden Cargo
For £50 the wrecked steamer Bodalla has found a new owner. The wreck was auctioned to-day, and was bought by the firm of…
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Latest advices from the scene of the stranding of the Illawarra & South Coast Steam Navigation's steamer Bodalla, which ran ashore on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In Open Boats Fourteen Days Adrift Shipwrecked Crew Safe London, Tuesday Night
After spending 14 days in two open boats, the crew of the British barque Kassa, which foundered during a cyclone 800 miles off Madagascar, have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bodalla Wreck Sold for £50
The Bodalla wreck was sold at public auction by Mr. F. R. Strange at his rooms, 40 Margaret-street, today. The purchasers were William…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wreck of the Bodalla
On Saturday night the Illawarra and South Coast S.N. Co's. steamer Bodalla ran ashore at Narooma. The crow was landed safely. The photograph shows the vessel lying on the rocks. Latest reports say that the Bodalla's back is broken, and that she is fast breaking up…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Wrecked Bodalla
Owing to the steamer Merimbula being delayed by the gale on the coast the crow of the wrecked steamer Bodalla is coming overland to Sydney to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Saved From the Sea Wrecked Barque's Crew Thrilling Story Expected LONDON, January 21
A thrilling story of the sea is apparently behind a brief Lloyd's telegram reporting that the crew of the British barque Kassa, which was totally lost…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Still Ashore Port Lyttelton Launceston
The Commonwealth Dominion liner Port Lyttelton, which grounded between Low Head and Georgetown on Tuesday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ashore. Port Lyttelton Near Low Head
The Commonwealth & Dominion Line yesterday received a telegram from Launceston advising that the steamer Port Lyttelton, which left…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Apprentice Falls Down Steamer's Hold
BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Shortly after 10 o'clock this morning, whilst a number of apprentices and members of the crew were cleaning a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Port Lyttelton Ashore In Tamar River Stuck Fast and Leaking MELBOURNE
With a valuable cargo of wool, butter, and frozen meat, the Commonwealth and Dominion Line steamer Port Lyttelton struck Middle Reef, at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Poet Elliot Wreck. Wellington (N.z.)
The Port Elliot wreck having emphasised the necessity of a light at Matakaoa Point, the Cabinet has decided that the erection of a light will be proceeded with as expeditiously…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Bodalla. Wreck Realises £50
The steamer Bodalla, as she now lies at the entrance to Narooma Heads, was sold by auction yesterday morning for the sum of £50. The vessel was purchased by Mr. William…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →After Thirty Years Riches From the Sea Wreck of the Wairarapa AUCKLAND
After lying fathoms deep off the Great Barrier Islands for 30 years the wreckage of the steamer Wairarapa is yielding a rich harvest…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Total' Wreck Fate of the Pruth
The steamer Pruth which went ashore on Nateara Reef, outside Port Moresby, is a total wreck, ail efforts to move her having been unavailing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bodalla Wreck Sold for £50 Crew in Sydney
The wreck of the steamer Bodalla. as it lies on tho rocks at Narootna, was sold at auction yesterday by Mr. F. R. Strange for £50…
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