Steamer Strikes Wharf
Damage that will probably cost £200 to repair was done to Lee wharf, Newcastle, on Friday morning, when the motor ship, Melbourne Star (11,163…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938
117 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 6
Morinda Ashore Off Malo Island Few Passengers Aboard French Sloop Standing by Sydney
The Island steamer Morinda, owned by Burns Philp, Ltd, ran ashore off Malo Island, according to reports received in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Icebound Ships Soviet Blames "Wreckers." Moscow
The Government declares that the 800 men, women and children imperilled aboard the seven Russian freighters and six ice-breakers in North…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cloud Burst Wrecks Homes in N.Z. Boulders Stove In Houses Man Dies From Shock Auckland
Thousands of tons of boulders, loosened by a cloudburst, roared down upon houses near Nelson to-day. One man died from shock. Others…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Stowaways on British Steamer
Three Portuguese stowaways who were found the bunkers of the British [?] steamer [?] when arrived in Newcastle will be…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bingera Ashore on Barrier Reef Position Is Dangerous Passengers Landed Safely Brisbane
The motor ship. Bingera, 930 tons, owned by the A.U.S.N. Co., went ashore at 2 a.m. to-day on Spitfire Reef, 550 miles from Brisbane on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General Cables Attack on British Steamer. Paris
The British steamer, Surreybrook, on arrival at Port Vendies, reported that three unknown aeroplanes attacked her east of Barcelona, ineffectually dropping…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£3187 Verdict Accident on Steamer. Sydney
One of the biggest awards ever made in the Supreme Court for damages arising out of negligence, was mentioned to- day when the H. R. Lancey…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Where Ships Go Ashore
Prominence has been given in the news recently to the number of ships going ashore in the neighborhood of the Great Barrier Reef, on the Queensland coast, and this recalls to the average person, who prefers the solid ground beneath his feet to the roll and swell of the ocean with only the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bombed by Rebels Stopped By British Steamer Carrying Arms. London
According to the "Daily Telegraph's" Gibraltar correspondent's information from the Non-Intervention Board, the British destroyer, Hyperion, stopped…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anglo-australian Steamer Still Missing. London
The mystery surrounding the disappearance of the [?]ighter Angle- Australian has not yet been cleared on. Sir John La[?] a member of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →99 Years Ago To-day First Steamer To Enter Clarence Visit of the King William
It is 99 years ago to-day since the first steamer, the King William, entered the Clarence River. The King William was not the first vessel to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Smithy's Plane Hopes of Recovery From Bottom Of Sea Wreckage Identified Canberra
Aircraft wreckage found on the southern bank of Aye Island, near Burma, In May, 1937, has been positively identified as portion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Out of Coal a Steamer's Predicament Struggled Into Coffs
Having run very short of coal in her bunkers, the 250-ton steamer Ready struggled into Coffs Harbour early yesterday morning to avoid…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Close Call Steamer Straggles To Port Coal Low in Bunkers. Coff's Harbor
The 250-ton steamer Read which struggled into Cuffs Harbor early this morning. narrowly escaped been stranded on the high seas, due to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wooli Fishing Smack Driven Ashore
The weather at Wooli has been damp lately. For the last four weeks it has rained nearly every day. Up to May 24 we had had 15 inches for the month…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In Old Wreck Bullion Worth Million Attempt to Recover. Amsterdam
Three sand-sucking salvage tugs are clearing an area around the submerged wreck of the frigate Lutine, off Tershelling, from which the world's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Side-slipped Wrecked R.A.A.F BOMBER No Open Inquiry Minister Affected by Crash Canberra
A striking testimony to his faith in the Royal Australian Air Force, the Minister for Defence, Mr. Thorby, flew from Richmond, to Canberra in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kapara Ashore On Tom Thumb Island Re-floated and Reached. Sydney
The Interstate cargo streamer Kapara. went ashore on Tom Thumb Island, next the entrance to Port Kembla to-day. but after bumping heavily in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ships Ashore In 100 M.P.H. Gale Damage in Southern England. London
The fiercest June gale in living memory, reaching at times 109 miles an hour, accompanied by rain and thunder, is sweeping the Channel and…
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