84 Years Active Service World's Oldest Steamer
After more than 84 years active service the bay steamer. Edina, the oldest steamer in the British Empire, and one of the most historic in the world, is to…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938
117 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 6
Wrecked Plane Found In Africa Five Deaths Feared. Capetown
Little hope remains that any of the five -occupants of the R.A.F. plane, which crashed in the jungle near the Limpopo River, will be found alive…
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Flight- Lieut. Powell, flying low over the wreckage of the R. A. F. plane in which six Air Force boxers crashed on the banks of the Limpopo River, saw…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nine Bodies in Wreckage of Air Liner. Yosemite (California)
The wreckage of the air liner which vanished on March 1 during the California flood was found on a mountainside in Yosemite National Park. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schoolboys Wreck Hall Furniture
During the performance of Shakespeare's " Merchant of Venice" at the Australian Hall Sydney, on Thursday afternoon, [?] wrecked the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hard and Fast Steamer And Tug Stranded on Sandbank. Cairns
The tug, J. A. Boyd, and the small steamer, Ready, were still hard and fast aground on a sandbank north of Cooktown at 11.30 a.m. to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trail of Damage 75 M.P.H. Gale in N.Z. Buildings Blown Over Harbor Craft Wrecked Wellington (N.z.)
Enormous damage was caused by the terrific gale which swept the North Island. The wind attained a velocity of 75 miles an hour at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ketch Aground Near Fingal Headland Crew Leap for Safety. Murvillumbah
After a perilous battle with high seas, the 15-ton auxiliary ketch Charea. with Messrs. Roy Edward and James Miller, of Sydney, aboard…
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The ketch Charera, which is aground at Fingal, has been washed farther up the beach by the tide. The gear has not yet been obtained to refloat the craft…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plane Wrecked Crash on Golf Links Players Rush For Safety Pilot Escapes Unhurt Sydney
When the engine suddenly cut out 150ft. above the ground a Royal Aero Club plane, piloted by Ernest Lane (38), of Penshurst nose- dived on to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Steamer Suspected Chinese Pirates. Hong Kong
The British destroyer, Delight has gone from Tsingtao to the assistance of the British steamer, St. Vincent de Paul, which is reported to have been taken…
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Making her first trip to the river since February, the s.s. Tyalgum crossed out at Tweed Heads on Saturday afternoon at 4.30 for Sydney. Her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death Sentences Wreckers in Russia. Moscow
The Supreme Court of the Ukraine sentenced to death five leading colliery officials for wrecking. Two engineers were sentenced to 25…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Avro Anson Crash Four Killed Plane Wrecked in Fog Struck Mountainside One Man Escapes Alive Melbourne
Still another disaster has overtaken the Royal Australian Air Force. An Avre Anson bomber crashed, in thick fog. near Dromana, this morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecked Plane Found By Searchers No Sign of Occupants. Mexico City
A searching plane sighted the wreck age of the air liner belonging to the Mexican Aviation Company, which was lost with eight passengers and three…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Sinks 150 Chinese Drowned, Shanghai
The German coaster, Hansa, sank in Whangpoo River after a collision in a hurricane with the British vessel, Tungwo. It is believed that 150 Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Jap Lugger Wrecked In Fog Total Loss Feared. Darwin
Losing its bearings while in an early morning fog off the north-west corner of Arnhem Land, recently, the Japanese pearling lugger, Seicho Mara No. 11,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ketch Ashore Total Wreck On Island Crew Saved, Cargo Lost. Launceston
The auxiliary ketch, Lady Flinders, 131 tons, was driven ashore at Three Hummock Island and is a total wreck. The cargo, including 96 head of cattle,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Round the World In 40ft Ketch Peer's Son's Plan Trip Will Take Two Years and Cost £400. LONDON, August 20
Two Englishmen set put from Falmouth this week-end to sail round the world in a 40ft. ketch rigged with sails and fitted with a 30-year-old…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dunbar Wreck Recalled
Mrs. Mary Ann Gogerley, who has died at Forster, aged 89, was probably the first person in Sydney to know of the wreck of the Dunbar at the Gap…
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