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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938

112 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 4 of 6

Steamer Beached Mishap Near Tom Thumb Island SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 2 June 1938 · page 1

The inter-State cargo steamer. Kapara, ran ashore early this morning on Tom Thumb Island. She later floated off the Island at high tide,…

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English Gale Trail of Wreckage Worst Yet For June LONDON

National Advocate · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 6

The fiercest June gale in living memory reaching at times 100 miles an hour and accompanied by rain and thunder is sweeping…

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British Steamer Bombed by Spanish Rebels Four of the Crew Killed MADRID

National Advocate · Monday 6 June 1938 · page 2

In a rebel raid on Alicante bombs set fire to the British steamer Mayard, wounding an English "Non-Intervention" observer in the head and…

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Ketch Ashore Crew Safe MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1938 · page 2

The ketch Inver[?]och was blown ashore on Deal Island in Bass Strait last night and wrecked. The captain, William Young, and assistant, were…

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Wrecked Dalia Navigation Lights Blamed Captain's Allegations Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1938 · page 1

During the Marine Inquiry to-day into the grounding of the South African Government vessel, Dalia, on the North…

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Plane Wreck a Grim Scene JOHANNESBURG

National Advocate · Monday 13 June 1938 · page 4

Five of the six bodies of the [?] killed when an R.A.F. machine cr[?]ed near the Limpopo River [?] found 400 yards from the fusela[?]…

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Absolutely Wrecked

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 4

OWING to the mild weather which prevailed in May and early this month gardens in Mudgee were quite bright, but, alas! a change has…

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Man Missing Off Steamer SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 July 1938 · page 7

A MESSAGE from Port Vila states that Victor Henry, aged about 33. super cargo on the inter-island steamer Mirami, disappeared…

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Spanish War Raid on Valencia British Steamer Struck VALENCIA

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1938 · page 2

During a Rebel raid on Valencia to-day bomb splinters struck the British steamer Yorksbrook, wounding a Belgium non-intervention observer…

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Steamer in Gale. Crew, Passengers Injured. SYDNEY

Leader · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 2

When the steamer Mor[?]nda arrived to-day from the New Hebrides three passengers and a member of the cre[?] were conveyed to hospital…

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Steamer Bombed VALENCIA

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 20 July 1938 · page 2

Five insurgent 'planes participated in the bombing of the British steamer, Staniland. Eight dockers were killed, and the…

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British Steamer Fired Valencia

National Advocate · Wednesday 20 July 1938 · page 2

The British steamer Stanland was set afire during an air raid, but landed its cargo without casualty…

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Spanish War British Steamer Bombed Eight Dock Workers Killed VALENCIA

National Advocate · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 1

Five rebel planes participated in the bombing of the British steamer Staniland. Eight dockers were killed and the vessel was set afire, but…

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'Plane Wrecked Crash on Golf Links Pilot's Wonderful Escape SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 2

When the engine suddenly cut out 150 feet above the ground, a 'plane piloted by Ernest Lane, 35, of Penshurst, nose-dived on to the fairway…

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Deliberately Sunk British Steamer by Rebel Planes British Destroyer Powerless LONDON

National Advocate · Saturday 30 July 1938 · page 5

The [?]secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Butler, said in the House of Commons that reports suggested that the sinking of the British…

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Valencia Raid Another Steamer Damaged Valencia

National Advocate · Monday 1 August 1938 · page 1

Insurgent planes dropped 100 bombs on Valencia. Mr. Smith the chief engineer of the British steamer Stanleigh, and…

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Steamer to Rescue British Ship "Attacked by Chinese" Hong Kong

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1938 · page 1

The British steamer, Delight, has been sent from Tsingtao to the assistance of the British steam. St. Vincent do Paul, which was reported to have…

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In Moonlight Bombs Destroy British Steamer BARCELONA

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 8 August 1938 · page 1

The British steamer Lake Lugano now lies a smoking skeleton at the loyalist port of Palamos after haying been bombed by…

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British Steamer Fired on by Rebel Trawler Dutch Cruiser to the Rescue LONDON

National Advocate · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 1

The British liner, Llandaff Castle bound from England to South America was pulled up by a Spanish rebel trawler In the straits of Gibraltar…

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Man the Lifeboat!

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 August 1938 · page 11

SEPTEMBER 7th Is the centenary of one of the most famous women of England—the courageous Grace Darling, whose heroism in…

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