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1,337 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 67
RECORDS for free style swimming by Australian girls was a thing of the past until yesterday when Edna Davey easily beat Fanny Durack's 300 yards record. NO other Australian girl had ever beaten one of Fanny's records and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"The Nervous Wreck" is largely a burlesque on the American wild west, and as such it can be pardoned many extravagances. None of the humour in it is particularly original…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A delightfully diverting play is the "Nervous Wreck." which was opened at the Grand Opera House on Saturday afternoon. Frank Neil…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A memorial cairn over the graves of the victims of the ship, Walter Hood, which was wrecked in Wreck Bay 57 years ago. Has been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The wooden river steamer Willirie, which sank in 10 feet of water at Spencer on the lower Hawkesbury River on February 16, has been raised. The machinery has been removed and the vessel will be towed…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Owing to boisterous southerly winds two vessels, the auxiliary three-masted schooner Louis Theriault (bound for New Zealand) and the coastal steamer Kembla, were forced to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A MSTEKDAM police yesterday selzed the Dutch Indies steamer Madoera, and found thousands of rounds of cartridges and a large…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Frank Neil, fresh from his Melbourne successes. launched "The Nervous Wreck" at the. Grand Opera House last Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →MEMORIAL CATRN UNVEILED LAST WEEK NEAR THE SCENE OF THE WRECK. The Walter Hood was lost 57 years ago between Ulladulla and Jervis Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The American mail steamer Sonoma, which left San Finncisco for Sydney on Match 10, is reported to have a damaged toilshaft, and will be delayed at Honolulu for about six…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A sensation was caused at Strathalbyn, about 40 miles from Adelaide, this evening, when a terrific explosion occurred in front of three sets of offices occupied by Messrs. E. J…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A fully-formed crayfish was discovered imprisoned in the condenser water pump of the steamer Mangola during overhaul in dry dock to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →On the ground that the hill of fare was not up to the standard they desired, the crew of the Union Company's steamer Ngatoro refused to take the vessel to son this afternoon. At…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →On 20th April, 1870, the ship walter wood, of mere than 900-tons register, when on its way from London to sydney, became a total wreck near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FRANCIS J. Haney appearing with Helen Stewart in "Tell Me More." is presenting a tap version of the Black Shuffle, Those people who maintain that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mrs. Vera Brown, aged 32, who lived with her father in South-road. Brighton, was accidentally drowned while taking her morning swim at Brighton…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A HORSLEY singlengine bombing plane creashed at Kiham, near Folkestooe, to-day, and resulted in a shocking tragedy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In 1881, Mr. Clark Russell, the famous writer of sea stories, wrote the true story of the rescue of the crew of the sailing-ship Indian Chief by the Ramsgate lifeboat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The arrival of the Duke and Duchess will be characterised by the firing of 00 guns, the biggest number to echo and re-echo around the harbor since the Prince of Wales was here. The first salute will be fired by the military. About half-past nine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Adelaide S.S. Co's steamer Dilgahas been held up at Port Pirle since March 17, owing to the crew's refusal to take the vessel to sea unless a…
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