Church Wrecked by Lightning. Calcutta
During the service at a Catholic Church at Kottayam, North Travancore, lightning struck the cross over the altar,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1928
278 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 14
Missing Ketch Ariel. Adelaide
Wreckage found near York's Peninsula, South Australia, has been definitely identified as part of the missing ketch Ariel…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Explosion Wrecks Police Station Occupants Escape Injury. Towns Ville
An explosion, the cause of which is unknown, completely wrecked the interior of the Peutland police station at about 25 miles from Townsville, early…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Condition of Wrecked Steamer Yarra Valuable Cargo May Be Saved. Sydney
A message received in Sydney states that the steamer Yarra, which caught fire and was sunk in the harbor at Gizo. Solomon Islands, will probably be refloated,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Surry Hills Larrikins Wreck a Fruit Shop and Steal £10. SYDNEY
About 14 youths took charge of the fruit shop of S. Gentile, in Surry Hills, last night. They assaulted the owner threw him into a corner of the shop…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Iron Chief. Sydney
The steamer Iron Chief, which was wrecked on the North Coast recently, was sold at auction to-day for £160. The cargo of sleepers which the vessel carried…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision at Sea Ketch Sunk, Crew Saved. Hobart
A collision occurred near Barnes Bay between the steamer Gundiah and the ketch Shannon. The latter sank, but the crew escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Yarra at Newcastle. Newcastle
When a call was made for a cook to fill a vacancy on the Huddart Parker steamer Yarra to-day, there was no response, and it is feared that the vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tugs to Rescue Steamer Loses Propeller. Auckland
While entering the Wangauni River, the steamer Gale lost fits propeller. The tug Terawhiti started to tow the vessel to Wellington, but the line parted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Iron Chief Wreck. Captain Barron Charged. an Unknown Tide
Following the stranding of the iron Chief on Mermaid Reef on April 1 last, Captain Barron was charged before a court of marine inquiry in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News of the World Steamer Damaged. London
The steamer City of Lyons, from Port Pirie, while docking collided with and damaged the outer pierhead at Tilbury. The vessel is now in dock with her stem…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WILKINS Waiting For Steamer Plane Couldn't Take Off Pilot Eilson's Story. London
It is possible we may not be able to leave until after the middle of May. It would be impossible to take off in a machine fitted with wheels from snow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Iron Chief Wreck. Captain's Certificate Suspended
The loss of the Iron Chief on her way to Coffs Harbour recently resulted in the certificate of Captain Eric John Barron being suspended for six…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man with Razor Excitement on Steamer. Melbourne
There was great excitement on the steamer Euripides to-night when John Joseph Ferns, a fireman, ran amok wrth a razor. In the melee three other firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Engineering Feat Damaged Steamer Patched
The way in which a large steamer, sunk in a collision, has been raised, patched with reinforced concrete, and brought back some 6300 natural miles under her own…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Iron Chief Wreck. Ooffs Harbour's Sympathies
Coffs Harbour's sympathies are with the owners of the Iron Chlef in the loss of their vessel after Working up a good interstate mads with this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News of the World Dutch Steamer Ashore. Vancouver
The Dutch steamer Callisto broke up and sank with all hands after running aground in a thick fog on Saturday oil the shores of Nova Scotia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Hope for Crew Steamer on Rocks. Vancouver
A Sydney (Nova Scotia) message states that the wreckage of the steamer Callisto, hidden by dense fog since crushing ashore on Saturday, was located to-day on jagged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Moth Plane Crashed at Tared Machine Wrecked--pilot Escapes. Taree
A Motli aeroplane crashed and was completely wrecked just outside the town late yesterday afternoon. The pilot, Max Rosenfeld, escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on Steamer' Yarra Vessel Refloated. Sydney
A message has reached Sydney to the effect that the steamer Yarra which was on fire at Solomon Island some time ago has been refloated, and the cargo is…
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