Four Dead Fire On Steamer Three Stewards Suffocated Palermo
Four people lost their lives to-day, when a fire broke out aboard the liner Vulcania. Two stewards were suffocated fighting the blaze, while another…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1936
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Terrific Gales Lash Europe--england 30 Known Dead Two Ships, with Crews, Lost Aeroplanes and Hangars Wrecked. London
Terrific gales continue to lash Europe and the British Isles. The total known to be dead is now 30. North Sea shipping is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Treasure Trove Seized By Customs £351 in Steamer's Forepeak. Melbourne
The statement that he found £35110, in English silver in a bag in the fore peak of the steamer Piako, while searching for a stowaway on August…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fifteen Die in Fire on Greek Steamer. Rotterdam
Fifteen were burned to death in an explosion aboard the Greek steamer, Petriakis Nomikos, which has been undergoing repairs. The fire is still…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →River Excursion. To-morrow Pullen's river steamer
service will be operating from Grafton to Yamba and Iluka, calling at only public wharves. The s.s. Kalipso leaves Grafton at 7 a.m. and leaves iluka at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cabin Boy Was the Sole Survivor German Steamer Founders 39 Went Down with Isis London
A seventeen-year-old cabin boy named Roethke was the only member of the crew of 40 of the German motorship, Isis, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Explosion in Mill Valuable Machine Wrecked. Sydney
An explosion, the cause of which is unknown, occurred in the weaving mill of the Bradford Cotton Mills, Ltd., at Newtown to-day and wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fourteen Drowned When Steamer Capsized. Alexandria
Fourteen were drowned when a small Egyptian steamer struck a reef and capiszed. The sole survivor was picked up after being nine hours in the water…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Washed Ashore Mails For Australia Lost on Air Liner Boadicea. London
Five thousand sea-soaked letters arrived in London postal headquarters today. They were washed ashore in two mailbags on the Kentish coast. They…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ferry Steamer Destroyed £50,000 Fire Bellubera Burned One Man Asphyxiated Four Others Rescued Firemen Don Asbestos Suits, Sydney
The Manly ferry Bellubera, was practically d[?]troyed and five men were burned, ope fatally, when a fire broke out on board the vessel this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreckage Found No Hope Foe Lost Fishermen. Melbourne
Wreckage found to-day appears to solve the fate of the fishing launch which disappeared yesterday in stormy seas off Westernport Bay. No…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Streets Like Rivers of Fire Tragic Drama in Heart of Madrid Rain of Bombs and Shells Fine Buildings Wrecked and Burnt Doctors, Nurses and Firemen Exhausted London
Three parts encircled by a crimson ring of gunfire, with a sullen pall of smoke overhead, and bombed buildings spouting flame, Madrid faces another day's agony. Gran Via and other streets became…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Model Schooner
You can sail this model schooner on a small stream,or a pond in the park. Make the hull from a piece of wood, twelve inches long, three inches wide,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Trawler Wrecked Eight of Crew Drowned. London
The thirty-six tons Lowestoft trawler. Girl Norah, was caught in a storm today off the French coast and ran aground between Calais and Gravelines…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Youthful Stowaway on North Coast Steamer
Three hours after the ship had left Lismore on Friday, an 11-year-old, boy was found on board the North Coast Company's motor ship Nimbin…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stormy Weather 10 Deaths in Britain Vessels Driven Ashore Gales Lash East Coast London
Stormy weather continues along the east coast. Two men were drowned to-day when the drifter, Margaret and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →100 DEATHS Gales In Britain Shipwrecks and Floods London
With still more gales predicted for the next few days the deathroll from shipwreck, flood and storm accidents in the violent weather which has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →City Wrecked Earthquake and Volcano 200 Dead, 800 Injured in Central American City San Salvador
San Vicente, a city of 25,000 population in the lake region of Salvador (a Central American Republic), 25 miles east of here, was virtually…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreckage Found Lost Plane in Idaho. Salt Lake City
Wreckage of the missing airliner, which was lost over a week ago with seven persons aboard has been reported as sighted from the air, on a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Seized by Spanish Warships German Cargo Steamer Warships Rushing to Scene Berlin
It is believed that German warships are making full speed to Bilbao, where Spanish warships are holding the German ship, Palos. which they…
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