SS Myola

	SS Myola SS ''Myola'' was a 655-ton screw steamer, 55 metres long, built in Middlesbrough in the United Kingdom. ''Myola'', could unfurl sails on her two tall masts and gain a knot or so of additional speed when the wind suited. ''Myola'' left Newcastle, New South Wales, on 1 April 1919 bound for Sydney. The cargo was 675 tons of coal. Captain Higgins replaced his usual crew, quarantined in Sydney after an epidemic of influenza. A thirty mile per hour south-easterly wind created heavy seas. When off Long Reef near Sydney, ''Myola'' was struck by a heavy wave. Water entered the engine room. At about 12:15 a.m., the ship suddenly lurched to starboard and it then came over to port and came to rest on its beam ends, with water over the well deck. Subsequently the ship floundered, sinking rapidly. Four miles behind, the steamer ''South Bulli'' observed distress flares and assisted picking up survivors. Four lives were lost. A subsequent Court of Marine Inquiry found that the foundering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Howard Smith Limited Howard Smith Limited was an Australian industrial company. Founded in 1854 as a shipping company, it later diversified into coal mining, steel production, stevedoring, travel, railway rolling stock building, sugar production and retail. Its divisions began to be sold off in the 1990s with the remainder taken over by Wesfarmers in August 2001. Shipping On 7 July 1854 Captain William Howard Smith arrived in Melbourne from England as skipper of the 177 ton steamer ''Express'' in which he held a 50% share along with the ship's engineer, SB Skinner. On 3 October 1854, the ''Express'' began operating the first regular passenger service in Australia from Melbourne to Geelong. Smith sold his share in the business to Thomas Parker in 1861 and returned to England. In May 1864, Howard returned to Australia with the 672 ton ''Kief'', a former British Army water carrier and entered the interstate coal trade with a service from Melbourne to Sydney and Newcastle. In 1875, Howard recommenced o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Sixty-miler Sixty-miler (60-miler) is the colloquial name for the ships that were used in the coastal coal trade of New South Wales, Australia. The sixty-milers delivered coal to Sydney Harbour from ports and ocean jetties to the north and south of Sydney. The name refers to the approximate distance by sea—actually 64 Nautical mile, nautical miles—from the Hunter River mouth at Nobbys Head, Nobbys to the Sydney Heads, North Head of Sydney Harbour. Coastal coal-carrying trade of New South Wales The coastal coal-carrying trade of New South Wales, involved the shipping of coal to Sydney—mainly for local consumption or for bunkering steamships—from ports of the northern and southern coal fields of New South Wales, Australia. It took place in the 19th and 20th centuries. It should not be confused with the export coal trade that used larger vessels and continues today. Coal from the northern coalfields was loaded at Hexham, New South Wales#Shipping, Hexham on the Hunter River, Carringto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]