Emden Bell Not on Steamer Main. Antwerp
"Neither myself nor anyone in the crew know anything about the Emden's bell. It certainly is not aboard," said Captain Kerhof, of the steamer Main, on arrival…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1933
109 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 6
Southern Cross To Season Missing Collier No Trace Of Christina Fraser May Have Foundered Kingsford Smith Starts Search To-day. Melbourne
There is still no trace of the missing collier, Christina Fraser. The owners are reluctant to accept the general belief that the ship has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Body Washed Ashore Whale Bay Drowning Accident. Sydney
The body of Clarence Mitchell, who was drowned while attempting to rescue his father in Whale Bay yesterday. was washed up on the beach this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Abandoned Search for Collier Wreckage Not From Vessel. Sydney
The search for the missing collier, Christina Fraser, has been, abandoned. Wreckage was found off the Victorian coast yesterday. A portion has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →False Hopes Wreckage Of Collier Search Proves Fruitless Light That Was on Trawler. Sydney
The search for the wreckage of the missing collier Christina Fraser is meeting with as little success as the search for the ship itself…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Not Missing Collier Wreckage Washed Ashore. Melbourne
A report from Mallncoota to-day states that a hatch washed ashore in the vicinity of Little Ramhead yesterday was not from the collier Christina Fraser…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Seized Japanese Warship Too Late. Shanghai
A Japanese destroyer failed to arrive in time to intercept a Soviet guard ship which is escorting to Petropavlosk, the Japanese fishery steamer Kotohira Maru,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£6000 Plane Wrecked Crashed Into Electric Wires. Melbourne
An aeroplane which cost £6000 to build was wrecked when it crashed into the high tension electric wires at Laverton yesterday. The pilot and machanic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mollisons Arrive, But Crash. Atlantic Crossed Plane Strikes Drainage Ditch Completely Wrecked Injuries Are Not Serious Two More Records Made. Bridgeport (Conn.)
After successfully crossing the Atlantic in a non-stop flight from England to New York, J. A. Mollison, and his wife, Amy, crashed at 9…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gale at Coff's Big Seas Pounding Coast Fishing Smack Ashore. Coff's Harbor
An easterly gale,which at times reached hurricane force, swept over Coff's Harbor last night, and was the most severe experienced for many years. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rat Wrecks Lights Canberra in Darkness Walks Across Main Terminals. Canberra
When a rat walked across the in a in terminals of the switch at Canberra electric power-house shortly before midnight yesterday, it short-circuited the current,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Attack by Sharks Thrilling Story Related Adventure in Schooner Woman's Experience with Crew. Sydney
A thrilling story of an attack by sharks on members of the crew of an eld schooner as they swan near the vessel when she was becalmed in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Frightful Suicide Woman Explodes Bomb Hotel Is Wrecked Four Other People Killed Facade Crashes Into Street. Prague
A woman committing suicide by exploding a bomb wrecked four stories in the Hotel Europe at Brno killing at least four people, including a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CLOUDBURST Wrecks Colorado Dam Path of Destruction Raging Cataracts Immense Propery Damage. Denver (Col.)
A cloudburst to-day tore asunder Castlewood dam near here, releasing billions of gallons of water, which roared down upon the town, cutting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Desperate Fight Bandits In Radio Shop Four Men Against Two Premises Wrecked in Melee. Sydney
Although they fought desperately with W. G. Adams, proprietor of a radio shop, in Marrickville road, Marrickville, and his brother, Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fishermen's Interests Meeting of Association Question of Rail or Steamer Transit
A meeting of the Clarence River Licensed Fishermen's Association was held in the Cosmopolitan Chambers, Maclean, on Friday night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rescued at Sea Passengers and Crew From Burning Steamer. Amsterdam
A wireless message from the Dutch steamer, Hercules, tells a thrilling story of the rescue of 46 men, being the crew and passengers of the four-masted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Furious Storm Strikes Atlantic Seaboard Many Deaths; Millions Damage Train Crashes Thorugh Bridge Steamer Passengers' Night of Terror. New York
Death, terror and destruction rode with the most furious storm to strike the Atlantic seaboard for many years. Continuing with yesterday's fury…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Wrecked at Port Macquarie
The deep-sea fishing steamer Narani, belonging to Messrs. Petersen Bros. and Power, when crossing out in a heavy fog, struck a spit and went fast near the bar…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clarence River Historical Society More Selwyn Letters a Visit From Bishop Tyrrell The Wreck Of The Dunbar Recalled a Will That Was Unwitnessed (No. 41)
On September 29, 1853, he wrote to Mrs. Selwyn from Maitland. "You will be pleased to hear that Mr. and Mrs. John Scott are going up with me in the…
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