Ship Wrecked On Uncharted Rock Sank in Five Minutes All Hands Safe Ashore BURNIE
The Union Company's freighter, Kahika (1537 tons), sunk a few minutes after she struck an…
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522 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 27
Vessel Lost. Complement of 24 ESCAPE. Wreck off Tasmanian Coast. HOBART
When she struck an uncharted rock off the north-western coast of Tasmania on Saturday night, the motor ship Kahika, 1,537 tons, owned by the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Today's Interview A Home-Wrecker, but he doesn't break any Hearts... Man Who Helps To Alter Sydney
MR. CHARLES G. WAINRIGHT is a home-wrecker in the true sense of the word--…
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LONDON, Monday. -- Severely damaged after a collision with another ship, the Norwegian steamer Lista (3671 tons) has reached a northern English port…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New South Wales Royal Packet K.P.M. STEAMER. Sailed Sydney
Royal. Packet Nav. Co., Ltd., agents. S Shippers, 6 cs biscuits, 3140 bgs flour (76 tons), 5 cs tnd butter, 1 cs biscuits, 2 hhds Port, 4 cs jams, 4 cs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stranded Steamer Attempt to Refloat
An attempt to refloat the steamer Tyalgum (544 tons gross), which has been aground near Tweed River bar since…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman Dies After Fall Into Sea. Was on Ferry Steamer. Mother of Four Children
Mrs. Grace Coghlan, 29, of Ross Street, Forest Lodge, the mother of four children, died after a fall norn the Manly ferry steamer, Dee Why, near Middle…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Danish Steamer Sunk by Nazis London
Another neutral victim of the Nazis is the Danish steamer, Britta (1500 tons), which is reported to have been sunk off the north coast…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Nazi Steamer Driven Ashore London
Another German merchant ship has run aground on the Danish coast, the National Tidende (Copenhagen) declares. Like the Ostpreussen (3030 tons) which also grounded…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Charged with Slaying Alleged Attempt To Wreck P.D.
That a beer bottle was deliberately thrown from a stolen car in the path of a pursuing P.D. patrol was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Carmar a Panamanian Steamer
The Panamanian steamer Carmar, ex Pionier, 5226 tons register, which was built at Hongkong in 1919, arrived at Honolulu…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports Western Australia. Blue Funnel Steamer. Sailed Fremantle. Dalgety & Co. Ltd., agents
Great Southern Holler Flour Mills, 17,275, bags flour (432 tons). York Flour Mills, 1021 bags flour (25 tons). Katanning Flour Mills, 1640 bags flour…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maikai—master Stayer Wrecks Reading and Equals Phar Lap's Time
BY equalling the immortal Phar Lap's race record of 2 minutes 58¾ seconds for the mile and three-quarters in the Cumberland Plate, yesterday at Randwick, Maikai proved conclusively—if any proof was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Captain's Story of Wreck Melbourne
A dramatic story of the sinking of the motorship Kahika off the west coast of Tasmania on the night of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Beachcombers' £40 a Day Wrecks of War From Ocean
War-time teach[?]ombers around Britain are earning up to £40 a day. on their lucky days. Wherever a cargo vessel has been sunk off the coast since the war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Launch Sunk. Collision With Speed Boat. Constables Swim Ashore
The police launch Cub was sunk in Rose Bay last night when it collided with the 25ft speed-boat Greyhound. When the collision occurred, Constable Bent…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Steamer in Distress. San Francisco, March 28. (A.A.P.)
The United States freighter Antinous (6,034 tons), bound for Osaka, is in distress 1,500 miles off Japan. Her forward hold is flooded as the result…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports. Western Australia Blue Funnel Steamer. Sailed Fremantle. Dulgety & Co. Ltd., agents
L. V. O'llara Ltd., 200 bgs oats and chaff. Burridge & Warren Ltd., 200 bgs oats and chaff. Great Southern Roller Flour Mills, 4890 bgs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At "Johnnie's" When Jack's Ashore
NAVAL ratings in all parts of the world know "Johnnie's," in Grosvenor Street, Sydney. It sounds a bit naughty--a joint where they entertain jolly sailor boys with the cancan and fiery "likker."…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stop Press Phone: M2406, Newcastle 472 Norwegian Steamer Sinks
LONDON, Friday.--The Norwegian steamer Burgos (3220 tons) sank off the east coast of England yesterday. The crew of 31 was saved…
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