Schooner Overdue Wellington N.Z.
The auxiliary schooner, Piri, which is carrying a cargo of explosives from Melbourne, is six days overdue at Greymouth. It is thought in shipping [?]…
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1,111 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 56
Robbery from Steamer
Peter L. Kelt, chief engineer of the steamer Maloja, was robbed yesterday of a pouch containing £45 in notes, a Kruger sovereign, and £1 3s in…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →N.S.W. Snatches Outright Win in Thrilling Shield Match an Error Kanowna Wreck Captain Blamed But He Made Amends Melbourne
AN ERROR of judgment on the part of Captain Newberry, master of the Kanowna. was held by the Court…
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One of the main topics of conversation by those concerned in the timber-workers' strike is the setting adrift of three timber-laden [?] from the wharf…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Off Heads ! Schooner in Trouble Tug to the Rescue
The schooner Pirl, bound from Melbourne to New Zealand, signalled from ten miles of Sydney Heads this afternoon that her rudder was disabled and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Captain's Error of Judgment Kanowna Wreck "Should Have Slowed to Moderate Speed" Court's Finding Melbourne
THAT Captain Newbery committed an error of judgment in navigating the Kanowna between the assumed south-east point of Wilson's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Censure for Captain Kanowna Wreck Inquiry Court's Decision
MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- "The ship prior to the casualty was not navigated with proper and seamanlike care," said Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mart Hurled Under Menacing Hoofs of Running Horses by Strikers Sensational Turn in Tactics by Men in Disputes Attempt to Wreck Timber Mill Repulsed With Revolver Shots
Strikers' tactics in Melbourne yesterday took a sensational turn. Wharf workers tried to dump a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Jury Rudder. Schooner at Sydney
With a jury rudder trailing astern the auxiliary schooner Pirl arrived off Sydney Heads yesterday afternoon, and was towed to an anchorage in Rose Bay by the tug St…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Schooner's Game Fight Test Arena"
ARRIVED BY THE TASMAN.—Among those on board the Tasman, which arrived from Singapore today, were, from the left: Miss Elsie King, English actress, who will appear under the J. C. Williamson management; Miss M. Gillies, Queensland pianist, who has been in India; and Mr. Owen and Mr. Justice Owen, who have returned from a holiday trip Captian Hafenzieher. on the right is relieving skipper of the vessel. K P SWORN. IN—The queue of new Justices of the Peace waiting at Darlinghurst Courts for their turn is…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Auxiliary Schooner Piri Safe in Port
The little vessel, which arrived in Sydney last night, lost her rudder in heavy seas. Left to right: J. Murdoch (second engineer), N. Hopkins (chief engineer), D. E. Bradney (second mate), E. Matthews (mate)…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Crippled Schooner Piri Limps Into Port--kindness to Llamas at the Zoo
"BE KIND TO ANIMALS WEEK."--Even the expectorating llama behaves himself. WINDMILL that will interest…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Steamer Port Adelaide. Fast Passage From New York
On arrival at Brisbane to-day the C. & D. steamer Port Adelaide will have completed the voyage from New York in thirty-three days. She will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Schooner's Terrible Battering In Fight To Reach Sydney Helpless in Gale Towed Ten Miles to Port Set Out for N.Z.
Swept by mountainous seas--hove-to for two days--then disabled in the middle of the Tasman Sea for another day with a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reflections on the Wreck of the Kanowna
The finding of the Marine Court which inquired into the cause of the Kanowna disaster does not bring to view the side issues associated with Australian shipping, or the dangers connected with navigation in Bass Strait…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck Caused by Lack of Care Courts Decision in Kanowna Inquiry Captain's Error
THE Court of inquiry into the loss of the Kanowna decided that the vessel was not navigated with proper and seamanlike care…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire in Steamer's Bunker Burns Three Days
ADELAIDE, Sunday.--A fire, first noticed in the starboard bunker of the steamer Largo Law at Port Adelaide on Thursday, is now under…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →'Plane Wreckage Picked Up at Sea London
A German steamer hu towed Into Hull the wreckage of a Moth 'plane, which it picked up in the North Sea, near the Dutch coast…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hills Roar 'Quake Wrecks Houses Night of Terror Lights Out: Rocks Tumble Down Hillside Christchurch
Knee-deep in crockery, wardnobes skating from one side of a room to the other, chimneys tumbling over, and general confusion, was the description of the chaos wrought by the first few seconds of Saturday night's…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Knew His Job Native Schooner Skipper White Man's Tribute Rabaul
"Sumsuma is a most extraordinary and outstanding native and not to be compared with any other native I ever…
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