Stabbed in Brawl at Darlinghurst Mess Boy From Steamer
With blood pouring from gashes in his bark and left arm. William Borg a moss boy on the steamer Norholt, wax found wandering in a dazed…
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Mystery Explosion Shop Wrecked at Earlwood Fire Completes Destruction
AS the result of an explosion in Homer-street, Earlwood, early to-day, a boot shop, occupied by Frank Massey, was destroyed, the roof being hurled a considerable distance, and the stock scattered about the roadway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Explosion. Shop Wrecked. Fire at Earlwood
A violent explosion occurred in a bootshop in front of the Earlwood Picture Theatre, Homer-street, Earlwood, about 3 o'clock this morning. The shop was wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Brought Ashore But Was Dead Plucky Rescuer Had to Let Woman Go Surf Tragedy
NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--Despite heroic efforts at rescue, Miss Florence Woods (30), who has been in business at Terrigal as a ladies'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wrecked Cycle Stolen After Smash
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Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shop Wrecked. Explosion at Earlwood. Injured Man Arrested
After his boot shop in Homer-street, Earlwood, had been wrecked by an explosion early yesterday morning, Frank Edward Massey, 32, a ma[?]med returned soldier, was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Arrest Is Made Big Explosion Earlwood Shop Wrecked Arson Charge
INVESTIGATIONS made by the police yesterday into the cause of the terrific explosion which wrecked a shop in the early hours of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Held on Arson Charge Arrest Follows Big Explosion Bootshop Wrecked
Police investigations of the terrific explosion in a boot shop in Homer Street, Earlwood, at 3 o'clock yesterday morning, resulted…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer's Mate Was Too Late Collided with Schooner Melbourne
The Court of Murine Inquiry today found that the collision between the steamer Itillmeads and the schooner Rahra off Capo Schanck on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ketch on Fire Master Has to Jump Into River
ADELAIDE, Thursday.--In Port River (S.A.) last night a fire broke out on the ketch Merle, which was on its way from Port Adelaide to Port Julia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Passenger's Tragic Sleep Hobart
George Poling. 60 went to sleep on board the Channel steamer Kermandie on New Year's live, and the following morning he was missing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wooden Ketch Burned Mill Destroyed Epidemic of Fires in South Australia Adelaide
South Australia is experiencing an epidemic of fires. Between £200 and £300 worth of damage was done to the old timber…
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The Australian Press Association's representative in Berlin learns that the North German Lloyd Company will extend its service in the Far East from Hongkong to New Guinea. A…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Dismal Ending to a Sea Romance Schooner "Shannon" Locked Up for Debt Frustrates Plan to Get Her Into Blue Waters Again
LYING IDLE and forlorn-looking at her moorings in Berry's Bay, Sydney, her deck littered with weather-worn ropes and rusted chains, is the schooner "Shannon," a veteran sailing ship of the N.S. Wales coast with 48 years of varied service behind her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Lives Lost in Last Night's Gale Sydney's Toll Widespread Damage Buildings Wrecked Lights Fail: Ships in Danger
AT least three lives were lost in the city and suburbs during the height of last night's southerly gale. Considerable damage was caused by the wind, which attained the almost record velocity of 63 miles an hour. Buildings…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WINDSTORM. Extensive Damage. Building Wrecked
The fierce gale which struck Sydney last night, following a sweltering day, was responsible for extensive damage to private property. Trees were uprooted, fences blown…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Wrecked by the Gale Picture Show in Course of Erection at Mortdale Deafening Roar
WITH deafening roar, which carried for miles a picture show in course of erection at Mortdale collapsed before lite sale that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A True Story of the Sea The WRECK of the Fiddle Headed Ship
IS there anything in sea superstitions? Because in 1860 Sydney had not been educated to one-piece bathing costumes by the flappers who bathe in them…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Shaw-savill Steamer
The steamer Mataro(formerly Diogones), which was mentioned in an article published last week, is the property of the Shaw-Savill and Albion line, and not of the New Zealand Shipping Company…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →S.O.S. From Launch Fishermen's Plight Pilot Steamer to the Rescue Newcastle
A small motor launch containing two men fishing off Redhead this afternoon broke down and drifted to-wards Merewether Beach…
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