Capture of British Steamer. Taken to Majorca
It is revealed that the Nationalists on February 5 captured the British steamer Stangrove (516 tons) near Barcelona, and escorted her to Majorca, in…
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February Handicap—1 1/4m. Ring Was Wrecked by Red Sails
SYDNEY'S best known and dressed punter was numbered among the big winners on RED SAILS in Saturday's February Handicap. He took £600 to £200…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Dines Well Afloat, Not So Well Ashore
When the menu is table d'hote Miss Ellen Perrell dines well--when it's a la carte, not so well. "I am circling the globe on £130," Miss Perrell, young…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boat Ashore at the Entrance. the Entrance
When attempting to pass through The Entrance at 9.30 a.m. to-day, a 24-foot fishing boat with an auxiliary engine struck a sandbank, turned broadside to the surf, filled, and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cast adrift a Shipwrecked Radio Valve
On January 16, the wooden coastal steamer Belbowrie (218 tons) slid out of her berth at Balmain, Sydney, and in the gathering dusk nosed her way down…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Belbowrie Wreck Marine Court Inquiry
A Court of Marine Inquiry was held yesterday into the circumstances of the stranding find subsequent foundering of the coastal steamer Belbowrie…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Belbowrie Wreck. Inquiry Evidence Master Exonerated
The Court of Marine inquiry yesterday heard evidence regarding the stranding of the wooden coastal steamer Belbowrie, on the night of…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →How Steamer Stranded
The Court of Marine Inquiry cannot discover how the steamer Belbowrie was wrecked off Maroubra Bay on January 16. The court yesterday announced that it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Duke's Yacht Ashore. New York, Feb. 22
The San Pedro (California) coastguard service has received information that the Duke of Sutherland's yacht Sans Peur is beached near Cape San Lucas, Lower California…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Ship's Officers Exonerated. Wreck of Belbowrie. Cause a Mystery
The Court of Marine Inquiry into the loss of the Belbowrie off Maroubra Beach on January 16, yesterday exonerated the master, Captain P. R. Dixon…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →New Steamer Kaipaki For Australian Trade
A new freight steamer is to make her debut in Montreal next May, in the New Zealand Steamship Company's Kaipaki, sailing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Submarines Ashore. Dragged Anchors in Storm. From Our Own Correspondent. London, Feb. 23
The submarines Sunfish and Sterlet (both 670 tons) went ashore on a sandbank off the Isle of Wight yesterday morning. A southerly gale had spiung up in the night, causing the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Plane Wreck Stripped of Souvenirs £50 In Fittings Taken After Megalong Crash
Instruments valued at more than £50 were stripped from the wreck of an aeroplane at Megalong Valley on January 28 by souvenir hunters. Police officers at Katoomba…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer for Queensland Coastal Trade
The steamer Malake, which has been purchased from Burns, Philp, and Co. (South Seas), Ltd., by the John Burke line, for use in the Queensland coastal trade, arrived from Suva yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →N.z. Bank Wrecked by Explosion
AUCKLAND, Friday. -- Every window of the Paparoa branch of the National Bank of New Zealand, in the North Auckland district, was shattered by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schooner Coomonderry Aground in Victoria
We have been advised by our Melbourne correspondent of the grounding of the schooner Coomonderry about one hundred yards off the beach at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Schooner Still Stuck in Mud Melbourne
The auxiliary schooner Coomoonderry which went aground at St. Leonards on Sunday night, is still stuck in the sand. Two of her crew…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pilot Steamer Captain Cook First Trials on Harbour
The new pilot steamer Captain Cook completed her builders' trials on Sydney Harbour yesterday. It is estimated that her speed will be in the vicinity…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Militia Troops Repel Imaginary Attack on South Coast — Speed Trials of New Pilot Steamer
Troops of the 45th Battalion marching along Prince's Highway to take up their positions to repel an imaginary invader at Woonona. A drawn attack on the beach was repelled yesterday. A trench scene at Woonona yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Ship Sinking. 150 Men on Board. Steamer to the Rescue. New York, March 2. (A.A.P.)
The sealer Range, a wooden steamer of 520 tons, built in 1871, is sinking near the Gulf of St. Lawrence with 150 men on board, according to the St. John's…
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