Melbourne Co.'s Steamer. to Be Named Mernoo
'It is announced that the name selected for the Melbourne Steamship Co.'s new steamer, to replace the Monaro, recently sold to Japan, is…
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Wheat Steamer in Trouble. Sierra Nevada at Suez
Bound from Sydney to Port Said (for orders), the Danish steamer Sierra Nevada has arrived at Suez with leaking boilers. She left Sydney on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sewer Him is Called Greater Surfing Menace thai Shares Mr. Foster Tells Parliament of the Terrible Conditions Along Some of Sydney's Famous Beaches : Insists Outfall Sewers are Wrecking Health of Community
The appalling condition of various Sydney beaches, due to the pouring of sewer filth into the nearby waters, was brought to the attention of Parliament…
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The Sydney Marine Underwriters and Salvage Association has received a cable to the effect that the Sierra Nevada is delayed at Suez owing to a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Foundered Karu Springs Leak Two Drowned Auckland
The steamer Karu, bound from Whangape to Sydney with a cargo of timber, is reported to have sunk off Cape Maria…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Schooner France. Scientist's Plans. Auckland
No anxiety regarding the fate of the schooner France is felt by Mrs. Beck, wife of the scientist who has charge of the scientific investigation of bird life being made by the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Steamer Coolebar. Position Shifted
The salvage gear desputched from Sydney on Friday night to assist the refloating of the steamer Coolenar, which is stranded inside the Manning River entrance, arrived on the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Firemen Delay Steamer Auckland
The firemen on board the steamer Waitomo, bound for Newcastle, have demanded, the discharge of the ship's cook. The company refused, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lives Lost When Steamer Sank Tragedy at N.Z. Boat on Rocks Survivor's Story Auckland
THE STEAMER Kara is reported to have tank near Cape Maria Die-man, while on her way from Whangape to Australia to load timber…
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Built of native timbers, by Islanders, on Norfolk Island, and sailed down by Islanders to Auckland (N.Z.), to have auxiliary engines fitted, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ketch Overdue Darwin
The auxiliary ketch John Alee, which left Darwin on January 30 for Thursday Island, is considerably overdue…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Touraine Still Ashore
A cable from Brisbane states that the Nor.-Aust. motorship Touraine, which grounded in the Brisbane river on Wednesday last is still held fast…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sinking Ship. Lifeboat Capsized. Two Men Drowned. Auckland
Two men have been drowned through the lifeboat of the steamer Karu capsizing as the members of her crow were endeavouring to make ashore from their ship, which appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Swim Ashore or Wait for Next Latest Ferry Stunt Mosman Sufferers
BY WAY of a change from the early morning incidents the Sydney Ferries staged a breakdown yesterday when city workers were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Foundered Off Cape Maria Karu in Heavy Storm Six Are Missing One Man Drowned Wellington N. Z. [?]
AFTER battling in the teeth of a howling gale for two days, the steamer Karu, 267 tons, sprang a leak and foundered off Cape Maria,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Lives Lost Steamer Stranded Off New Zealand Coast Auckland
Two lives were lost when the Karu, a cargo steamer, stranded off the New Zealand coast on Sunday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Salvage Prize Steamer and Coal Cargo Improvised Funnel London, Monday Night
Finding the Norwegian steamer Johanne Dybwad (2726 tons), whose funnel had gone and whose wheelhouse, bridge, and boats had been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wrecked Off Coast of N.z
The Kara, which drifted ashore after having been abandened near Cape Maric Van Diemen, in New Zealand. Two of her crew were drowned in trying to get ashere…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wrecked Express Enginedriver Sentenced Wellington (N.z.)
Found guilty of mansluaghter in connection with the express train wreck at Opapa on September 2[?], Frederick Lavin, the enginedriver, was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Steamer Mernoo. Captain Roy to Superintend Construction
The new steamer Mernoo, to replace the Monaro, which the Melbourne S.S. Co. recently sold to Japanese buyers, will be constructed at the yards of…
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