Court Order Against Australian Cricketer "Climate Wrecked Home." London
The Australian professional cricketer, Sydney Frederick Hird, who is playing with Ramsbottom Club, appeared before Lancashire Court to face a…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937
153 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 8
Anniversary of Wreck
Last Thursday was the 36th anniversary of the wreck of the tug, Protector, on the Richmond River bar at Ballina, when the five men comprising the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wreck of Minmi Inquest on Victims. Sydney
A finding that Bolton died from natural causes, heart disease, probably accelerated by the ship being wrecked, and that Burnside was drowned after…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →18Ft Launch Smashed on Rocks One Man Missing Mate Swims Ashore Newcastle
Alexander Robertson, of Warriewood, near Narrabeen, Sydney, is missing and Bernard Charles Bryant. 42, of Sydney, narrowly escaped a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on Steamer S.O.S. Received. Monte Video
A British steamer at first reported to be the Barrhill, from Glasgow, sent out an urgent call for assistance when a fire broke out in the engine room, when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trip Cancelled By Steamer James Cook "Tragic" Condition of Clarence Bar Shipping Delayed--cargoes Restricted
Conditions on the Clarence River bar have been so serious during the past few weeks that word has been received from the owners of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Penguins Washed Ashore
A small penguin, about a foot high, waddled ashore on Sunday at Manly. Local residents fed it with chopped up fish. These small penguins, of the fairy…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Washed Ashore Portion of R.A.A.F. Seaplane. Melbourne
A portion of the propeller of the Air Force plane which crashed at Port Phillip last week, resulting in the death of two pilot officers was washed ashore…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Five Dead Explosion on Steamer. Baltimore
An explosion, following a fire, occurred on the excursion steamer City of Baltimore, in Chesapeake Bay. Of 100 passengers aboard five are dead…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision in Fog Warship and Steamer. London
The third destroyer flotilla leader. H.M.S. Faulknor, came into collision with the Clan MacFadyen in a fog off Ushant while on the way to Spain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision in Fog Channel Steamer and Freighter. London
The freighter, Clan MacNeil, collided with the Channel excursion steamer, Marie Jose, in a slight fog off Dunkirk to-day. Four girls jammed in their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on Ship Crew Jumped Overboard Blazing Steamer Towed Away. Rome
An outbreak of fire which gutted the medicine store necessitated the scuttling of the hospital ship Helouan in Naples harbor. The entire crew jumped…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision in Fog Collier And Ferry Steamer No One Injured. Sydney
In a heavy fog on the harbor early this morning a collision occurred between the collier Himatangi and the Manly steamer Balfowlah, off Benelong…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Submarines Assist Spanish Rebels Another Steamer Sunk Britain's Reply to Franco London
General Franco, aided by Italy, is waging unrestricted submarine warfare in the Mediterranean against merchantmen of all nations,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DELAYED Traffic Over Parramatta Steamer Damages Bridge. Sydney
Traffic using Gladesville vehicula bridge over the Parramatta River was delayed to-day owing to the steamer Dellie striking part of the bridge and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Aground Refloated Without Damage. Adelaide
Heavily laden with coal, the Interstate. steamer, Ashridge, went aground in the Port "Adelaide River at 6 a.m. to-day, as she was making for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wrecked Plane Raised From Sea Bed Pilot's Body Found. Melbourne
The occupants of two Air Force planes flying over the bay this afternoon discovered the wreckage of a plane which recently plunged into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Six Killed Navy Plane Nose-dives bodies wedged in wreckage. New York
Six were killed and twp injured when a U.S.A. flying boat crashed in the bay at San Diego. Three bodies so far have been recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck Story for Court
The vivid account of the sole survivor, as reported in a Sydney newspaper on March 9, 1868, the story of the wreck of the brig Fortune off the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wrecked Off Old Bar S.S. Urana Ran on Rocks Steamer Almost Submerged Disaster in Thick Fog Sixteen of Crew Rescued
The North Coast S.N. Company's steamer Urana. ran on the rocks opposite Old Bar, Manning River, at 9 o'clock last night, on a trip from…
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