Hope Fading Missing Steamer Paringa Plank Washed Ashore. Melbourne
A 14ft. plank was washed up at Seaspray on Ninety Mile Beach on Friday. It is similar to the gang plank used on the missing ship, Paringa…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1936
120 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 6
Bodies Recovered From Wrecked Air Liner. Catro
The fourth body of the City of Khartoum disaster was recovered. P was that of Mr. Mason, a passenger to Australia. All the bodies recovered were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Mail Destroyed in Wrecked Air Liner
According to cable advices received by the Postmaster-General, portions of the air mail, comprising 16lb. of registered and unregistered mail for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Toy Steamer
This smart little boat can easily be made from a few odd pieces of wood. When placed on a pond, and pulledalong with string, the paddle wheeles…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SALVAGED Wrecked Air Liner 71 Bags of Mail Recovered. Alexandria
The air liner City of Khartoum, which crashed last week, killing 12 persons, has been salvaged, while 71 bags of mail and parcels have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Paringa Wreckage Washed Up At Lake Tyers Hatch Identified. Melbourne
A ship's hatch which was washed ashore at Lake Tyers, has been identified by Chinese sailors from the tanker Vincas as belonging to the Paringa,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreckage Found Lowestoft Fishing Vessel Second Ship Battered. London
Wreckage of the Lowestoft fishing vessel, Shore Breeze, which left Plymouth last week and foundered in a gale off the Welsh-coast at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Storm U.S.A. Steamer Sinks Crew of 34 Lost. Astoria (Oregon)
Coastguards reported that 34 of the crew of the freighter Iowa perished to-day as the vessel was smashed to pieces by a 90 mile an hour gale…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wedding on Wrecked Maheno All Had A List Breakfast a Problem Brisbane
The first saloon of the stranded steamer, Maheno, on Fraser Island, was the scene of a wedding yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Killed Houses Wrecked Storms In Qeensland Many Towns Damaged Brisbane
A severe storm swept Brisbane about 3.30 o'clock this afternoon. The city missed the full force of the disturbance, which was accompanied…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crew Saved Launch Abandoned Happy Ending to Wreck. Wellington (N.z.)
A supposed tragedy in which 16 Samoans are believed to have been drowned, owing, it was reported, to the foundering of the launch, Taifau, 15…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sea Wreckage Found By Trawler the Lost Paringa? Melbourne
Several pieces of wreckage were found floating on the sea, by the crew of the trawler, Barearmul, when she was working in Bass Strait, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lighthouses as Moneymakers Their Link with Smugglers and Shipwrecks in Cornwall
"No jealous or suspicious inheritor of family documents could resist him. He caine to see, he conquered, he saw. Once (I remember) when the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lost Paringa Portion of Lifeboat Washed Up. Melbourne
Portion of a lifeboat with the name Paringa on it was found on a rocky beach near the Bluff, at Torquay, by two Melbourne visitors, this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LIGHTHOUSES As Money-Makers Link with Smugglers and Shipwrecks
"No jealous or suspicious inheritor of family documents could resist him. He came to see, he conquired, he saw. Once (I remember) when the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Paringa's Lifeboat Found at Waratah Bay Melbourne
The mast of a lifeboat from the Paringa, rigged with two wire stays, and a mainsail hoist, has been found at Waratah Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreckage Seen at Sea
The Deputy Director of Navigation and Lighthouses (Captain Roskruge) has received a report from the master of the North Coast steamer Coombar…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Luxury Liner Ashore Off Portland Refloated, Damaged. London
The "Daily Mail" states that 338 passengers on the homeward bound luxury liner Winchester Castle had an unexpected thrill when, in darkness…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shipping Pacific Problem Conference In London Tramp Steamer Subsidy Sydney
Following the unsuccessful attempts to solve the Pacific shipping problem, arrangements have been made tentatively, for a conference of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Convent Burned Buildings Wrecked Spanish Election Riots Police Fire on Mob Madrid
While the Premier, Senor Azana, and his colleagues are busy drawing up a political amnesty formula, reports are arriving from many parts…
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