Returned to Port South Coast Steamer. Sydney
Fearing rough weather the captain of the coaster Bermagui which cleared the Heads this afternoon for the South Coast returned to port an hour later. The wind…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1933
109 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 6
Disabled Steamer Coal Bunkers Afire. Perth
Limping towards Fremantle with a damaged propeller the steamer Helmsprey now has a fire in her coal bunkers. It is not known whether it is serious…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tweed Tugboat. Wrecked On Breakwater Hole in Hull Heeled Over and Sank Crew Rescued. Tweed Heads
The tugboat Terranora is ashore and a total wreck on the north breakwater, just inside the crossing. Whilst engaged in the work of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of Terranora Broken Up by Southerly Winds. Tweed Heals
The wreck of the tugboat Terranora has been broken up completely by the prevailing southerly winds during the past few days. The hull has caved in and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Danish Steamer Seized by Chinese Pirates. Hongkong
Tho Danish steamer Gustav Diedrichse[?] bound from Hongkong, to Swatow, was seized by pirates, who were travelling as passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Coast Steamer Kinchela Ashore at Port Macquarie Sydney
The North Coast Steam Navigation Company's steamer Kinchela grounded on the sandspit while entering Port Maequarie to-day. It is not anticipated there…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lost Overboard Captain of Steamer Poonbar Brisbane
while the steamer Poonbar was on a voyage from Bundaberg to Bowen, Captain T. Mutton, master of the vessel, is believed to have been lost overboard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →S.O.S. Japanese Steamer Sinking Battered by Cyclone Steamer Racing to Rescue Urgent Messages for Help. Brisbane
The Japanese steamer, Kinsen Maru, which was badly damaged as the result of having been caught in a cyclone eff the north coast of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hope Almost Abandoned No Trace Ship--Lifeboat--Wreckage Crippled Jap. Steamer Did Vessel Founder? Other Ships Continue Search. Brisbane
Hope has been practically abandoned of finding the Japanese steamer, Kinsen Maru, which was battered by a cyclone off the Queensland coast…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Survivors Picked Up Ill-fated Kinsen Maru Seventy Hours in Lifeboat. Brisbane
No further details have been received in Brisbane regarding the rescue of thirteen survivors of the Kinsen Maru by the Hide Maru at 11,30 on Thursday night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreckage Floating But No Sign of Missing Men. Sydney
It now appears certain that the foundering of the Kinsen Maru was attended with loss of life. The Sydney agents of the ill-fated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck Of Kinsen Maru SURVIVORS Arrive At Geelong Graphic Stories of Disaster Lashed to Mast Captain's Dramatic Farewell. Melbourne
Terrifying experiences were related when the 13 survivors of the ill-fated Japanese tramp steamer Kinsen Maru which foundered about 400 miles east…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Six Killed In Gas Explosion Several Houses Wrecked Families Buried in Ruins Seventeen Persons Injured. London
Six were killed and 17 injured in an explosion at Gateshead. The explosion is believed to be due to a steam excavator in the roadway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Daring Pirates Four British Officers Captured Steamer Ransacked. Shanghai
Four British mercantile officers were captured at New Chwang by daring piracy yesterday. The steamer Nanchang while anchored at noon at New Chwang…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Struck Reef Cargo Steamer Sinks Crew Saved. Capetown
The steamer Haleri[?], bound from Tyne to Australia to load wheat, sank off Paternoster Point, 20 miles north of Saldanha. She struck a reef yesterday afternoon, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Akron Disaster Survivor's Narrative Submerged in Control Car Picked Up by Steamer. Washington
Lieut. Commander Wiley, one of the survivors of the Akron, in a report to t the navy, said that after the dirigible struck the water he was submerged in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aeroplane Wrecked Two Occupants Escape Injury Brisbane
Essaving a short take-off from a paddock directly behind the Crown Hotel, Rocklea yesterday afternoon, a Moth aeroplane piloted by Captain C. C…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Long Indictment 'Wreckage of Power Plant' Charges Against Vickers Employees. Moscow
After being confidentially shown a 67page indictment against themselves and others charged with the wreckage of the power plant, the Vickers prisoners were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Painful Ordeal Drifting On Small Raft Rescued by Passing Steamer One Man Unconscious. Newcastle
James Mackay and William Sans, both of Balmain, lay helpless on a small raft off the coast from Sunday night until rescued by the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Loss of Norwegian Steamer. Hong Kong
Bound for Hong Kong, the Norwegian steamer Fjorden, struck a rock and sank at Cheung Chau, outside the harbor. The ship and rice cargo were lost, but all…
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