Speedboat Blown Ashore
With big breakers crashing over their speedboat, which was disabled in the middle of Lake Macquarie early on Sunday morning, three Newcastle youths had…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1931
151 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 8
Sea Serpent? Marine Monster Dragged Ashore Measured 14 Feet Long. Perth
What is thought to be a "sea serpant" landed on Clotteslee beach yesterday. So far no experts have seen the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Greasers "Disciplined" Called Off Steamer Nimbin. Sydney
Three greasers on the motor ship Nimbin which left Sydney for the Richmond River at the week-end were taken off the vessel by the Seamen's "Union for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Up There Thrills In The Air Wrecked on Mountainside Fighting Fire in the Air Nerve-racking Ordeal of Air Mailmen
Snow was falling between Salt Lake City and Elko, Nevada, and a heavy fog was hiding the earth from the eyes of the air-mail pilot…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motorship Wreck Baby Amongst Crew. Colombo
The latest news reveals that the motorship Tricolor, which blew up, had 49 aboard, including a baby. The captain of the steamer Burdwan,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lost Overboard Passenger on Steamer Canberra. Brisbane
Francis McCormack, of Brisbane, was lost overboard from the Interstate liner Canberra, whilst the vessel was en route from Sydney to Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many Explosions Wreck of the Tricolor Mystery Cargo. Singapore
The first stories of the loss of the Norwegian steamer Tricolor after an explosion off Colombo on January 5, in which four of the crew, including the captain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Chinese Steamer Captured by Pirates. Shanghai
The China Merchants Steam Navigation Company's crack vessel, Hsinming, was captured by pirates between Shanghai and Foochow. The cargo was looted and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chinese Coffins Washed Ashore at Maroubra. Sydney
Portions of another Chinese coffin were washed ashore at Maroubra yesterday. A prominent member of the Chinese community expressed the opinion that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of Motorship Gases Caused Explosions No Ammunition on Board. Singapore
The consular inquiry with the assessors into the loss of the motorship Tricolor, which blew up off Colombo, issued its private findings that the ship carried…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WINDSTORM Sweeps Over Garah Many Houses Wrecked Resident Injured When Roof Fell In. Garah
A windstorm of unprecedented severity swept through Garah (on the Moree-Mungindi line) at midnight oil Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →School Wreckers Busy at Campsie. Sydney
Some unknown persons broke into the Campsie Public School on Sunday night. They defiled the floors, damaged the inkwells and other furniture fittings,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecks in Black Sea Many Lives Lost. Bucharest
During a terrific storm in the Black Sea the Russian steamer Yavaslia foundered and 36 of the crew and 14 passnegers were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on Motor Ship Vessel Ashore at New Caledonia. sydney
A broadcast appeal reached Sydney this morning from the British motor ship, Eaton, from tho vicinity of Noumea, asking passing vessels to stand by and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Earthquake Wrecks N.Z. Towns. More Than 100 People Known to Be Dead Death Roll May Be Much Heavier Napier and Hastings Reported in Ruins Oil Tanks Brust -- Great Fire At Napier Buildings Swayed and Fell Like Cards Panic-stricken People Rush Into Streets Houses Slide Into Harbor Auckland
New Zealand is horror-stricken by the appalling earthquake which demolished the cities of Napier and Hastings this morning, causing heavy loss of life, the full extent of which cannot yet be estimated. More than 100 are known to be dead…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Japanese Steamer Ashore. Perth
The steamer, Shunsei Maru, 4910 tons went ashore early this morning, near Point Cloates whaling station, on the north-west coast. There is no immediate…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →49 Missing Japanese Steamer Wrecked Collision in Fog. Tokio
The steamer Porthos, when leaving Kobe last night, collided in a snowstorm with the Kikusul Maru, bound for Shanghai. The latter sank, and 49 passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stranded Steamer Abandoned. Fremantle
The stranded Japanese steamer, Chofuku Maru, has been definitely abandoned…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At Mercy of Gale Schooner Buffeted Fishing Party's Ordeal
Delayed by adverse winds, and then driven before a gale in mountainous seas for the greater part of three weeks, during which provisions and water ran very…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Land Agency Office Wrecked Unemployed Incensed Sydney
A serious disturbance occurred at Footscray Victoria, when 250 unemployed smashed the windows of a local land agency firm which had…
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