Ketch At Lord Howe Island On Sixth Try
Sydney taxi-driver George O'Brien sailed his 35-foot ketch Hispaniola to anchorage, at Lord Howe Island on Sunday evening. A telegram to his surprised…
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Merkur Is Ashore Mishap Off N.T. Coast
The liner Merkur went ashore off the Northern Territory coast early today. The vessel is…
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Two native children were drowned when the small island motor vessel Tutuila was wrecked on Tutuila Island, American Samoa, on the night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pilot Steamer to Train Boys
Cabinet decided yesterday to hand over the old pilot steamer Captain Cook to the Sydney Training Depot at Snapper Island, where it will be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Alisa Vessel of Many Names
The steel steamer Alisa, 1,072 tons register, which was built at Glasgow in 1901 by Maekie and Thomson, was recently sold to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Training Ship for Boys. Old Pilot Steamer to be Used
The old pilot steamer Captain Cook, recently replaced by a new vessel of the same name, has not yet concluded her long and useful career in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports Victoria British-india Steamer. Sallied Melbourne. Macdonald Hamilton & Co., agents
R. Collie & Co., 1 pkg sundries. Hancocks Golden Crust, 8 cb macaroni. Co-op. Dried Fruit Sales: 125 cs sultanas. Rudders, Ltd., 40 bgs insecticide…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck Near Fiji. Suva. Jan. 16
Two native children were drowned and a cargo of 25 tons of cocoa lost when the small motor-vessel Tutulla was wrecked on the coast of Tutulla Island on the night of…
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SUVA. Tues.--When the small island motor vessel Tutuila was wrecked on Tutuila Island. Samoa, on the night of January 9 two native…
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Mr. Alfred Johnson Frongerud, 65, his wife Christine, 45, and two unidentified children were drowned today when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Americans on Captured Steamer. Stockholm, Jan. 17. (A.A.P.)
German warships in the Baltic captured the steamer Birger Jarl (761 tons), with 20 Americans aboard, and escorted her to Swinemunde, Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Attempt To Wreck £15,000 Plant Foiled
Police are investigating an attempt to sabotage plant valued at £15,000 belonging to the Colonial Sugar Refining Co. Ltd., Glebe Island. The plant, which has been…
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A Leichhardt rowing four and their coach had to swim ashore when their boat was rammed by a fishing launch…
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Largest river steamer ever built for excursion trips on inland waterways will be placed in service on the Mississippi in June…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →England's Lifeboat Crews Keep Watch
WAR means added responsibilities for English lifeboat crews. Seven members of the Blackpool crew who keep a watchful eye on West Coast shipping…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wrecks and corals
THE Merkur is still fast on a coral reef off the coast of Northern Territory. The north and north-eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers Save Men in Wreck Melbourne
Swimming 50 yards through a strong current, a sergeant and a gunner from Fort Neptune saved two men from drowning early today. The men, whose launch had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ketch Ashore Is Company's Third LAUNCESTON
The ketch, Aristides, is ashore at Three Hummocks Island -- the third of the fleet of W. Holyman and Sons to go ashore in these waters in two…
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LAUNCESTON, Saturday. -- The ketch Aristides, owned by W. Holyman and Sons, Ltd., is believed to be aground at Three Hummocks Island,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Political Storms May Soon Wreck Japan's New Cabinet
Already the downfall of the new Japanese Cabinet under Admiral Matsumara Yonai is being predicted. ADMIRAL YONAI, who has been in office only a few…
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