Stranded Steamer Wireless Now Silent. Suva
The latest message from the Norwich City, which is aground on Gardiner Island, states that she is fast breaking up and expected to land the crew. She requested…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1929
205 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 11
Stripped Gear Wheel Steamer Orungal Laid Up. Sydney
The steamer Orungal, which arrived at Sydney yesterday in a disabled condition, will be laid up for three months until a new main gear wheel for her turbines can…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Adrift Off Corst. Big Steamer in Distress
Coming down the coast from the Islands last week-end, the A.U.S.N. steamer Orungal stripped her main gear wheel and was disabled. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eleven Drowned Norwich Cut Wreck 21 of Crew on Island. Sydney
A radio from Apia, announces that the steamer Trongate rescued three members of the crew of the Norwich City. Twenty-one remain on the island and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pukow Mutiny Loot and Wreckage Story of Murder and Destruction. Shanghai
Further reports received from foreigners arriving here from Nanking regarding the Pukow mutiny show that all the administrative buildings were looted from top to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →100 M.P.H. Hurricane In England Steamers Driven Ashore Serous Loss of Life Fears for £14,000,000 Treasure London
Another violent storm with winds of hurricane force, accompanied by lightning and thunder and torrential rain, struck the south of England…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lost Overboard Steward on North Coast Steamer. Sydney
Terence John Lewis, steward on the North Coast steamer Arakoon, disappeared when the vessel was between Coff's Harbor and Newcastle on her way to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ABANDONED Steamer In Mid-Ocean Fierce Storm Continues Hurricane Sweeping North Atlantic. London
For the fifth day in succession Southern England was again swept by fierce gales. Gusts between seventy and eighty…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brakes Failed Belgian Express Wrecked Twelve Dead Thirty Injured Brussels
Failure of the brakes, while descending, a steep bank near Namur station, derailed a passenger train. Four carriages were telescoped. There…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fiji Hurricane Wreck of a Schooner Seven Drowned in Rewa Valley Suva
The auxiliary schooner, Helena, owned by Terry and Son, is a total loss on the Tailevu coast. There were no casualties. Several hundred Indians have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Norwich City Wreck All Hands Behaved Splendidly. Sydney
A radio message from the master of the Norwegian motor tanker Lincoln Ellsworth, which assisted in the rescue of the survivors from the wrecked steamer Nor…
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A small motor launch got into difficulties off North Head early this morning, and but for the speedy action of the pilot boat, Captain Cook, going to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Norwich City Wreck Survivors Reach Sydney. Sydney
Survivors of the wrecked steamer Norwich City, which was recently wrecked off Gardener Island, in the Phoenix group arrived in Sydney to-day. They gave…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Havic in Fiji. Floods and Shipwrecks 17 Bodies Recovered--12 Others Believed Lost. Suva
The auxiliary cutter, Tue Cakau, struck Wakaya reef and disappeared in a squall. It is feared that J. Hennings, owner, and 11 others, who were aboard. were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ASHORE Manuka Total Wreck No Lives Lost £15,000 Worth of Pictures Lost: AUCKLAND,Tuesday
The Union Company's steamier, Manuka ran ashore in a fog about 40 miles south of Dunedin last night, and this morning was reported to be a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Lost Overboard From Coastal Steamer. Sydney
A verdict of probable suicide was returned by the Acting City Coroner, after investigating the death of Terence John Lewis, steward on the coastal steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gunundaal Wreck Master's Certificate Suspended Sydney
The Marine Court of Inquiry suspended the certificate of Captain W. E. Hewse master of the trawler Gunundaal for three months from the time of the wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Red Wreckers 'Beware of Them' Former Communist's Advice. Sydney
Mr. F. R. Armstrong a member of the Federated Clerk' Union and a former official of the Communist party says what ever the merits or demerits of the miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecked Steamer Manuka Capsized Into Deep Water
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday. A message from Wellington states that the wreeked steamer Manuka capsized during the night, and rolled over into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CRASHED England--Capetown Plane Both Occupants Killed Wreck Found by Arabs Tragic Ending to Great Flight. London
Squadron-Leader Jones-Williams and Flight-Lieut. Jenkins, of the Royal Air Force, who started from Cranwell Aerodrome, in Lincolnshire,…
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