Steamer Condemned
Navigation Department officials have condemned the steamer Kobiloko, which returned to Sydney after springing a leak on a voyage to the Islands…
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Port Steamer Due
THE PORT MELBOURNE. The C and D. freighter, Port Melbourne is expected here to-day with general cargo from London. The vessel will go to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yacht Ashore. Janet on Manly Beach
There was great excitement in Manly yesterday afternoon, when, during the height of the gale, the motor yacht Janet was driven ashore on the harbour beach. Up to a late…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Janet Refloated Only Minor Damage Steamer Delayed
Howling, moaning, chanting its dreary monotone, yesterday's wind raced through Manly. Caught in the teeth of the gale,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Water-front Fire. Steamer Burned. New York, Dec. 30
The steamer Seneca, of 2963 tons, owned by the Clyde Steamship Company, of New York, was burned, probably beyond salvage, and two piers were destroyed when a spectacular fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire on Schooner. Graphic Story. a Fortunate Rescue. Auckland
Graphic details of the rescue by the Niagara of the crow of the Echooner Doris Crane, which was destroyed by fire while on a voyage from Fanning Island to San Francisco with…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sea Epic. Brave Captain. on Blazing Steamer. Auckland (N.z.)
Wireless messages picked up by the Niagara between Honolulu and Suva gave additional details of the destruction by fire of the steamer Clan Mcwilliam, at Vavau or Christmas…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Queensland Trade. the Steamer Poonbar
The steamer Poonbar will probably be taken over at the end of the month by John Burke, Ltd., of Brisbane, for the cargo trade between Sydney and Queensland ports…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Steamer Nalpa. Union Refuses Crew. Adelaide
The crew of the Adelaide Steamship Company's steamer Nalpa were given notice to-day. This action was the outcome of the men ceasing work for a stop-work meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mail Steamer Robbery. Stolen Notes Tendered to Sydney Bank
Last Thursday a young woman visited the Commonwealth Bank, Sydney, and asked a teller to change 200 Bank of England 10/- notes into Australian currency…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Seamen. Ignore Calls for Employment. Another Steamer Idle
The dispute concerning the stop-work meeting held on Wednesday last without the permission of the owners continues, the seamen refusing to man certain ships…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Lighthouse Steamer Crew Docked of Pay Leave Their Ship Melbourne
Because, fur attending a stop-work meeting of the Seaman's Union last Wednesday they were logged two days' pay. the crew of the lighthouse…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Tahiti Depended Upon Her Speed" Ferry Counsel Attacks Steamer's Officers Says Pilot's Attitude Was: "Why Should I Warn Navigator to Do 'What Regulations Require?" Case for Greycliffe Owners
"From what Captain Aldwell, of the Tahiti, spoke of as a position of complete safety,' we find the pilot exclaiming, 'My God!" giving a rapid succession of orders, and rushing to the centre of the bridge to blow the whistle…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Death's Icy Grip U.S. Wave of Cold 72 People Perish 150 Are Hurt in Rail Wrecks New York
THE total number of deaths, due to the intense cold of the past few days throughout the United States, is now definitely announced as 72. It is expected that the death roll will be added to considerably…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Ashore on South Aust. Coast Adelaide
THE steamer Paring, owned by the Adelaide Steamship Company, which left Port Pirle yesterday, with a full cargo and many passengers, went…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lighthouse Steamer. Crew on Strike. Melbourne
The 12 men comprising the crew of the Commonwealth lighthouse steamer Lady Loch, who gave notice when they wore informed that they would be fined for having left the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Steamer Founders. Heavy Loss of Life. London. Jan. 4
A report, which Is not yet confirmed, has ronrhcd Berlin Unit the Russian steamer Ogoza foundered at the height of ft storm in the Black Sea, and thnt 260 persons were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wrecked Off Bondi Beach
After an adventure off Bondi Beach yesterday afternoon, Edward Kenny (14), of Bondi, has given up all ideas of becoming a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Blazing Schooner Crew's Desperate Plight Man Living Torch
Attracted by the reflection from n blazing derelict 350 miles north of Hawaii, the steamer Niagarn went to the rescue and picked up two boats…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brave Officers Sank with Steamer CLAN McWILLIAM FIRE
The destruction by fire of the steamer Clan McWilliam, at Vavau, on Christmas Eve (as reported in the last issue of the "Farmer and…
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