Two Seamen Fell From Steamer. Coff's Harbor
At about 5.30 p.m. to-day, two seamen, Messrs. J. O'Brien and. T, Kewley, from the Port Tauranga, at present berthed at Coff's Jetty, fell from the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937
153 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 8
A Twisted Wreck
When a sedan car raced off the road near Molong the other day and capsized, the body of the car and the running boards on both sides were…
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Attempts to salvage the sunken freighter Kakariki have been abandoned, and it is almost certain that she will be destroyed as she lies in Port…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ship Beached Collision With Italian Steamer Crew Rescued. London
The steamer Willesden, 4563 tons was badly holed in a collision with the Italian steamer Gianfranco 8181 tons, in a thick fog in the English Channel,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ill-fated Collier---graphic Stories Two Lives Lost Wreck of the Minmi Dramatic Rescue Stories SAVED [?] a "Bosun's Chair" Sydney
A tribute to the work of the rescuers was paid to-day by the survivors of the collier Minmi, which went ashore on the point of Cape…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Minmi Wreck Shipbreakers at Work. Sydney
The collier, Minmi, ran aground at Cape Banks, last Thursday night, was yesterday sold to Penguin. Ltd., and ship-breakers commenced…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Opium in Wrecked Stinson? Sensation at Brisbane Inquiry Suggestion By Police Second Mystery Position of Passenger's Body. Brisbane
The suggestion that the police suspected that a one gallon tin, stated to have been found in the ruins of the Stinson which crashed at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TORPEDOED By Foreign Submarine Steamer Near Barcelona. London
An official communique issued by the Valencia Government states that a submarine of unknown nationality appeared near Barcelona at 1.30 p.m., and…
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By toiling from 5.30 a.m. until after dark on Wednesday, members of the Hillview and Darlington Local Producers' Association, cleared the tracks…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Torpedoed Spanish Cargo Steamer. Valencia
Seven members of the crew or the Spanish cargo steamer, Rapido, arrived at Alicante in an open boat. They assert that a submarine of unknown…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DETONATORS In Steamer's Coal Firemen's Discovery. Innisfail
While he was stoking the furnaces of the steamer Wandana in the Gulf of Carpentaria, a fireman found a box of detonators in the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecked Airliner Found in Utah Mountains. Alpine (Utah)
The huge airliner which vanished on December 15, 1936, with seven passengers aboard was found in a myriad of fragments on a snowy mountain peak…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence River Historical Society The Bawden Lectures More About Geergarow Bridal Couple In Shipwreck How Skinner Street Got Its Name (No. 136.)
Mr. Bawden continued:-- "Geergarow was purchased from Forster by the Shannon family and Dr. Skinner. A division…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →TROTSKYISTS Destroying Soviet Plans? "Purge Fever" Returns "Wreckers" Blamed for Everything. London
"The Times" Riga correspondent says that the return of "purge fever" after Stalin had pronounced "life is easier and more joyous"…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Square Yards Go "Alma Doepel" is Now Fore and Aft Schooner to Meet Modern Demand for
Built on the Bellinger by the late Mr. Fred Doepel, and carrying many blue ribbons for ocean trips between Australia and New…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Basque Banks Gold and Securities On Cargo Steamer Million of British Money London
Millions of money and securities belonging to banks in the Basque provinces have been placed on a British cargo steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Saved From Wrecked Fishing Boat. New York
Three out of ten people who were thrown into Delamore Bay when the 35 feet fishing cruiser Teal overturned were rescued. Seven bodies…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hoodoo Over Steamer
Tragedy crept into the series of mishaps that befell the British tramp steamer, Innerton, at her berth at Gellibrand pier, Williamstown, last Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Stinson Wreck Mystery Of One-Gallon Policeman Refuses to With- Draw. Brisbane
At the resumed inquest to-day, concerning the Stinson plane Crash near Archerfield aerodrome on March 28, Senion Sergt. Kiddell said a request…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Maianbar in Newcastle Trade Now. Sydney
The North Coast Steam Navigation Company has sold steamer, Maianbar, 513 tons, to Port Stephens Steamships, Ltd., Newcastle. The Maianbar has…
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