"Russian Influence" Lang's Wrecking Policy. Sydney
The president of the Employers' Federation, Mr. McDonald, says the amending Arbitration Bill will be the last straw for industry. Every action of the Lang…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1931
151 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 8
Thirty Drowned Chinese Steamer Sinks Passengers Fired on Bt Bandits Shanghai
Thirty were drowned when the Chinese steamer, Fooyuan, struck a rock at Kunlingtan Rapids, in the Yangtze Gorges, foundering and blocking the narrow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Side-showmen Trouble at Inverell Threat to Wreck Grounds Inverell
On Monday morning, 150 indignant side-showmen, with 30 motor vehicles replete with show paraphernalia, paraded the main streets of Inverell prior to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBA Visited Grafton Twice Nearly Wrecked on Clarence Bar World's Greatest Singer Had Narrow Escape
Melba twice visited Grafton and gave concerts, first (as Mrs. Armstrong) in 1886, and again (as Melba) in 1909. Probably there may be a few people living in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Belbowrie Ashore Leaking, But Refloated. Sydney
The coastal steamer Belbowrie ran ashore at Green well Point, on the South Coast, with a hole in her starboard side. The vessel was on her way from Nowra…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck at Dredge Evidence at Inquiry. Sydney
Giving evidence to-day at the resumed inquiry into the foundering of the dredge Nereus with the loss of two men off the Tasmanian coast, Herbert Stacey,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Partly Wrecked Big Explosives Factory Struck by Lightning Explosion Felt in Melbourne. Melbourne
Struck by lightning during the height of a terrific thunderstorm, portion of the premises at Deer Park, occupied by Nobel (Australasia) Pty.,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Washed on to Rocks Motor Launch Wrecked. Sydney
A launch containing six men was washed on to the rocks at Port Stephens last night, and smashed to pieces. The four occupants jumped into the surf and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder Charge Quarrel on Steamer Engineer on £500 Bail. Sydney
Ernest Sinclair Oldfield, 24, assistant engineer, was charged at the Central Court to-day, with having murdered Richard Malone…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Many Dead Earthquake In Serbia Houses Wrecked King Leaves for Scene. Belgrade
King Alexander, and the Prime Minister, M. Zinkcvitch, have started for Southern Serbia, which has been the scene of disastrous earthqudkes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Death Roll Chinese Steamer Sinks 350 Believed Drowned. Shanghai
The revenue cruiser Chuentiao, arrived this morning, bringing 119 survivors from the small Chinese steamer Tachi, belonging to the Tata Company, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Bunker Steamer Returning to Po[?] Brisbane
With one of her bunkers, afir[?] steamer Kurunui, which left Brisbane [?]terday, is returning to Moreton B[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Overboard Steamer Passenger Missing. Sydney
A wireless message received in Sydney from the master of the Interstate passenger steamer Katoomba, was to the effect that A. R. Harwood, senior partner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ten Drowned Steamer Crashes Into Rocks Disaster in Fog. London
With the loss or ten lives the steamer Citrine, bound from Glasgow to North Wales, was wrecked on Bradda Head, on the South Coast of the Isle of Man,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sealer Viking Search for Survivors Another Ship Wrecked. Vancouver
A report from St. John s, Newfoundland, says that the auxiliary sealing schooner, Sir William, sank 15 miles north-east of Horse Island on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stranded Steamer Refloated. London
The steamer Mont Clare, which grounded yesterday in the Firth of Forth, refloated to-day. The damage was only slight, and she sailed for Liverpool under…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Mataram Disabled in Solomons Passengers to Be Transferred. Sydney
A message reached Sydney stating that the steamer Mataram is disabled in the Solomon Islands as the result of a serious defect in the tail shaft. Arrangements…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lost at Sea a Strong Probability Fate of Missing Air Liner No Wreckages Seen Floating. Melbourne
Additional particulars obtained to-day strengthened the theory that the air liner, Southern Cloud, which has been missing since last Saturday, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →S. CLOUD Search Still Continues Dived Into Sea? Looking for Wreckage. Melbourne
To-day's search for the Southern Cloud again proved fruitless. A number of 'planes belonging to the Australian National Airways…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Six Seconds Terrific Earthquake Nicaraguan Capital Wrecked Thousand People Killed Few Buildings Undamaged. Panama City
A terrific earthquake practically destroyed the city of Managua, capital of Nicaragua. Only a few houses were left standing…
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