Lifeboat Seen May Belong to Annie M. Miller
At 7 o'clock last night the master of the Union Company's steamer Kamo. when passing over the scene of the recent founding of the Annie…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shipwrecks & the sea, 1929
1,111 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 56
Car Submerged Two Men Swim Ashore Rivers Again Rise Eden
Owing to further heavy rains, the creeks and rivers are again rising rapidly, and, should rain continue, farmers on the river flats will lose their maize…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Drifting Boat Seen Outside Heads Steamer Kamo's Report
When the U.S.S. Co.'s steamer Kamo, in command of Captain Stewart, was a mile off the Macourie Light, at 6.50 last night, a drifting motor pinnace…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Total Loss of the A.u.s.n. Company's Passenger Steamer Kanowna
Cleft Island, where the vessel struck the rocks on the south-eastern shore and foundered in less than twelve hours. The island is known to fishermen as Skull Island, because of its resemblance to a human head. The cargo steamer Maekarra, which was on a voyage from Cairns to Melbourne and responded to the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Skull Rock? Captain's "No" Kanowna Wreck State of Weather From Page 1 MELBOURNE
CAPTAIN NEWBERY, of the Kanowna, declared to-day that bis ship did not strike Skull Rock, as reported, but an…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Total Wreck. Kanowna Sinks at Cleft Island
The well-known passenger steamer Kanowna, which was reported ashore at Cleft Island on Sunday, slid off the rocks at 7.10 a.m. yesterday and sunk…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rock That Wrecked Kanowna-- "Auto Hot[?]" with Electric "Parker"--shark Again
ROOM FOR COUNTLESS CARS in this "auto hotel'' in New York. No human hand touches a car once it is run in on the ground floor. An electric "parker" does the rest. WHERE THE KANOWNA WAS WRECKED. -- Cleft Rock…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A Lifeboat Veteran
FIFTY-FOUR years a lifeboatman is the fine record of 'Coxswain George Jones, of Holyhead, who has retired from active service…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wrecked Coastal Steamer Merimbula Remains Fast on the Rocks
The vessel was wrecked on Beecroft Head, about 100 miles south of Sydney, in a fairly heavy sea and blinding rain squalls, nearly eleven months ago. The photographs taken last week by Mr. H. Nositter, who visited the scene in his yacht, Utiekah II, show how the Merimbula is withstanding the pounding waves…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Steamer Prunus. Aground at Calcutta
The following cablegram was received yesterday by the Sydney Marine Underwriters' Association:- "The steamer Prunus, Calcutta, grounded in the river; got off with assistance after discharging part…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Loss of the Steamer Kanowna—And Other Topics
When news was received on Monday that the interstate steamer Kanowna had slid off the rocks on which she was wrecked and had sunk near Wilson's Promontory if became clear that…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Interstate Steamer Stranded. All Passengers and Crew Safely Landed
The Interstate passenger, steamer Kanowna stranded on Cleft Island, west of Wilson's Promontory (V.), early on Sunday night, while on a voyage from…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Censured. Steamer Captain. Stranding of Canadian Scottish. Melbourne
The charge laid by the Director of Navigation against Captain James Freeman Smaltzer of having failed in his duty in a matter relating to the navigation of the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Plane Wrecked Forced Descent Long Flight Attempt Paris
HOPING to reach Saigon, the capital of French -Indo-China by next Sunday, Captain Costes, and [?] companions took off from Le Bouiget…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Fog : Drizzle" Kanowna Wreck Indignant Firemen
INTERVIEWED on their arrival at Sydney to-day by the Melbourne express, firemen, stewards, and a member of the engine-room staff of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →'Plane's Fight in Storms First Pictures Relating to Kanowna Wreck
"The worst cross-country flight I have ever experienced." THIS was Captain Les. Holden's description of his flight from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rescue of the Kanowna's Passengers by the Cargo Steamer Mackarra
A scene on the forward deck of the Mackarra, several hours utter the passenger, had been taken on board from the Kanowna. Mrs. F. Betts and her three children, who landed in Melbourne with nothing but the clothes they wore…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Inquiry Monday Kanowna Wreck From Page [?] MELBOURNE
An Inquiry regarding the wreck of the Kanowna will begin at the Law Courts next Monday morning. A police magistrate will preside…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wreck Stories Officer Praised Visibility Question
THE second contingent of passengers and crew from the wrecked K[?] arrived from Melbourne today. Again there was a conflict of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wreck Victims in Sydney Members of Crew Say Boats Were O.K.
"It is absolutely silly for passengers to talk as they have done about the inefficiency of the Kanowna's lifeboats."…
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