Punt Driven Ashore
A punt loaded with bricks in tow of the tug Zelma was driven ashore at Bradley's Head yesterday, and efforts at salvage failed. It was stated last night that further salvage…
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Eighty Perish Steamer Explosion Brazilian Disaster Rio De Janeiro
EIGHTY passenger, the captain, and the first and second engineers of the Brazilian river steamer Pass de Carvalho. perished when the vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Karu. Inquiry Into Wreck. Serious Allegations. Auckland
At the opening of an inquiry into the wreck of the steamer Karu, counsel for the Marine Department said that some serious assertions would be made by witnesses. A former…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Manly Ferries Stop Several Punts Sunk and Yachts Wrecked
The steamer Zelma, with a punt of bricks in tow was blown ashore at Bradley's Head. The Zelma managed to free herself at the expense of the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wreck of Karu Serious Allegations Auckland
A negations that the steamer kara was unseaworthy were made by counsel for the Marine Department, and by the representative of relatives of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Day Ashore
Jack seta foot on -- not dry land this time -- but still, he's ashore, and he has his brolly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Many Perish Explosion on Steamer Rio Janeiro, March 24
Eighty passengers, the captain, and the first and second engineers, on the Brazilian River steamer Paes de Carvalho, perished when the vessel sank…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sinking of Steamer. 83 Lives Lost. Vancouver, March 24
According to a message from Rio de Janeiro, 80 passengers, the captain, and the first and second engineers of the Brazilian river steamer Paes de Carvalno perished when the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wild Night Steamer in Gale Standing Off Newcastle Newcastle
With her bows dipping deep into mountainous waves, and her propeller whirling madly high above the water, the Cunard steamer Valacia was taken…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hero of a Wreck Wheelhouse Drama
The story of the heroism of the engineer who risked and lost hi slife so that his shipmates might escape was told by the survivors of the wreck of the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Punt Wrecked
A square wooden punt, belonging to the Public Works Department, broke away from its moorings in Port Kembla during Wednesday night, and was thrown ash[?]re three miles…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Marooned Mail Steamer's Mishap 418 People Held Up London
The 418 passengers and crew of the Union Castle Mail S.S. Co.'s steamer, Garth Castle (7715 tons), on Toute from Capetown to London,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Rides Cyclone Hurricane Squalls Trials of Crew Thought End Had Come Newcastle
WHOLE gale--hurricane squalls-- big confused sea--holsing ship off land--dangerous to approach land…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Wrecks in China Salvation Army Work
An Australian officer of the Salvation Army, writing from China, speaks of the help that was given to the wounded troops of Marshal Fen's army the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Live Pirate in Long Bay Gaol Black-Bearded Belgian May be Released South Sea Story of Murder and Shipwreck
SERVING a life-sentence at Long Bay for murder with violence on the high seas is a man who will probably be released shortly and returned to his native Belgium. MURDER and shipwreck are incidents in the history of this most interesting inmate of our gaols, which reads more like sensa-…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State Steamer. Strike of Stewards. Fremantle
Negotiations were carried out yesterday with a view to the settlement of the dispute on the State steamer Bambra, whose stewards are on strike because they object to the presence on…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Wreck of the Ooma How Steamer Was Lost
Officers of the steamer OOma, recently wrecked at Ocean Island, have reached Sydney, and tell the story of the disaster…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Beam Ends Steamer Sinking Mauretania's Race St. Johns (Newfoundland)
Six hundred miles south of Cape Race, the freighter Lalehan is sinking this afternoon, and all other radios have been quietened to allow…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Deadly Peril of Steamer on Her Beam Ends All Lifeboats Gone New York
AN S.O.S. [?] picked up from the British cargo steamer Lalsham, about 600 miles south east of Halifax, Nova Scotia,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Ketch John, Alce Safe. Thursday Island
The auxiliary ketch, John Alce, from Darwin arrived here this morning after a protracted voyage. Fears had been entertained for her safety…
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