Calcutta Steamer. Sirdhana to Replace Janus
It is announced that the British-India steamer Sirdhana is to replace the Janus on the Calcutta berth, and leaves on March 2 for Fremantle,…
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1,070 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 54
Fire on Steamer. Timely Discovery. Slight Damage
The timely discovery of an outbreak of fire among to wool and copra cargo in No. 4 hold aboard the Holland-Australian line stamer, Garoet, lying at No. 1 wharf, Darling…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wrecked Ooma. Sold for £150
At auction yesterday, the wreck of steamer Ooma was sold, as she lies ashore at Ocean Island, for £150. The purchasers were the British Phosphate…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ooma Wreck. Bought for £150. by Phosphates Commission
The steamer Ooma, which became a total wreck last week after stranding on the reef at Sydney Point, Ocean Island, was sold at public auction by Mr. F. R. Strange yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →One Ship £150 Ooma's Wreck Sold Big Salvage Job
ALL that remains of the steamer Ooma which went on a coral reef at Occan island a fortnight ago, was put up at auction yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Foundered African Disaster
Members of the crew of the freighter Nowshera, now lit Australian waters, brought news of the foundering off the South African coast of the steamer Competitor. The Competitor was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eleven Lives Lost Steamer Sinks After a Collision Port of Spain
ELEVEN persons perished when the Trinidad Government stramer Neparina sank in the harbor here yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Clan Macnaughton Launceston
It has been discovered that the rudder post of the steamer Clan MacNaughton, which grounded in the Tamar recently, has been broken. It will now be necessary for the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The "London" Wreck
APROPOS of the wreck of the London, as told by "Old Chum," verses were written at the time, and an old lady who committed them to memory at…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →A Bundle of Letters Jack Ashore
"Two Green 'Uns" write:-- Reports concerning the conduct of the men of the Australian Fleet visiting Hobart have been much…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer's Crew. Some Rescued Starving. Others Believed Lost. Tokio, Feb. 19
The United States steamer Java Arrow, en route from Yokohama to San Francisco, reports having encountered the Japanese freighter Taishin Maru 850 miles north-east…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fight on Ferry Steamer. Attempt to Throw Man Overboard. Frustrated by Constable
Passengers by the 6.30 boat to Milson's Point on Saturday evening witnessed a desperate fight between two passengers. At one stage a general brawl appeared imminent, but…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sea Drama Clue From Wreckage 'Planes Search London
Following the discovery of a piece of wreckage on which there was a roughly carved appeal for succor, Mr. W. T. Cosgrave, President of the Irish…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →47 Supperless Wharfies Delay a Steamer an All-night Job
BECAUSE 47 wharf-laborers not having expected to work late last night had not brought their supper with them the Ma[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Missing Sailors. Cardigan Castle Wreck. Survivor's Story. London, Feb. 22
After many hours' perilous flying in a forty-mile an hour gale, the airmen searching the islands off the Galway coas[?] for the missing men from the trawler Cardigan…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sour Pie Cooks Hold Steamer Up Long Talk "A Private Argument"
"Just a private argument" among the cooks prevented the steamer Riverina from sailing on time for Hobart…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Steamer Ashore Did Steering Gear Fail ? BRISBANE
The Norwegian-Australian steamer Touraine went aground at the mouth of the Brisbane River last night while on her way from Brisbane to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Coolebar Runs Ashore in Manning River
Advice received by the State Navigation Department to-day states that the coastal steamer Coolebar ran ashore inside the bar in the Manning…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Schooner Overdue Fears for John Alce Brisbane
Fears are entertained for the safety of the auxiliary schooner John Alee. She is 25 days out from Darwin on a voyage to Thursday Island, and is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coaster Ashore Mishap to Coolebar "Position Not Dangerous"
A message was received by the State Navigation Department to-day that the steamer Coolebar had gone ashore at the Manning River, just…
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