Wreckge Seen From Missing Launch? Brisbane
The master of the freighter, Era. on Saturday, reported having passed a large piece of wreckage near Percy Island. It is thought that it may be…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938
117 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 6
Davis Cup Judge Wrecked Game By "Calling" Quist Comment in America London
American comment on the Davis Cup is focussed on the footfaulting penalties inflicted on Quist when the first set against Budge was in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hundred Dead in French Steamer Fire. Tokio
The French steamer, Claude Chappe, is reported to have caught fire and foundered at Paracel Islands, with one hundred dead, including French Army…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Quarantined Passengers Off Japanese Steamer. Brisbane
When the Japanese steamer, Kam[?] Maru, arrived here to-day, 60 thirdclass and steerage passengers were landed at the quarantine station. This…
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Dr. George Thomson, 44, one of Brisbane's leading eye specialists, was reported missing from the steamer Montoro a few miles north of Cairns, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →100 Years Ago The Schooner "Susan" Arrival of the Small Family. Maclean
About 100 years ago, alter its second attempt to do so, the small schooner. "Susan," owned by the Small family, of Parramatta, crossed the entrance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Schooner Battered Near Flinders Island Wheel and Boom Smashed. Hobart
Badly battered and storm-beaten, the three-masted schoonar, Alma Doepel, 150 tons, reached Hobart to-day, after being almost overwhelmed by heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thursday Island Quetta Wreck Recalled Mr. Jock Smail's Letters
Mr. Jock Smail, formerly of Karangi, on his way to take up a position on the Vesty Meat Co.'s station at Ord River Northern Territory,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mystery Note Near Wrecked Plane Six Killed in Mid-air Collision. London
A mystery note, "What will happen to this plane in a few minutes?" was found beside the wreckage of one of two Air Force long distance…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of 1887 Recalled
The steamer Cheviot, owned by W. Howard Smith and Sons, was lost off the coast of Victoria on October 19, 1887. The vessel was well-known in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Launch Adrift Rescue by Pilot Steamer. Sydney
A launch with six men aboard was in danger of being swept on to Long Reef, off Curl Curl beach, this afternoon when rescued by the pilot steamer, Cook…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australia's Worst Air Disaster Eighteen Lives Lost Air Liner Hits Mountain Peak Thirty Miles From Destination Wreckage Consumed by Fire Bodies Burnt Beyond Recognition Melbourne
The Douglas air liner, Kyeema, crashed into a peak of the Dandenong Ranges, 30 miles from Melbourne, this afternoon. Eighteen occupants of the plane--15 passengers and three members of the clew--were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lugger Sailed Away When Steamer Hove in Sight. Brisbane
Approaching Cape Tribulation, halfway between Cairns and Cooktown yesterday, the steamer Merinda surprised a lugger party which had gone ashore. As…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From Cedar Cutting to Nymboida Power Discovery of the Clarence River The Story Of The First Settlers Thomas Small and the Schooner Susan Cedar-getters Were The First Arrivals
In the year 1799 nothing was known of the North Coast of New South Wales, except what had been recorded by Captain Cook in 1770, and he had…
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A reef of rocks endangered the approach of the larger steamers to Maclean foreshore's, and the Argyle came to grief on this obstruction. She…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Steamer Aground Captain Arrested by Japanese. Tokio
After the British steamer Antigone, had run aground in the Japanese fortified zone off Futtsu, the master, Capt. Stephen, was taken into custody by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Steamer Wrecked by Bomb? Oakland (California)
The German steamer, Vancouver, was wrecked here by an explosion, which, the master said, might have been caused by a bomb…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wall of Water Wrecks Homes And Orchards Cloudburst in N.Z. AUCKLAND
A cloudburst in Central Otago caused widespread havoc at Coal Creek, Flat, the centre of an important fruit growing industry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Unparalleled Attacks on Jews "Wave Of Ferocity" Wholesale Arrests Stores and Homes Wrecked. Berlin
Outrages against Jews throughout Germany during last night and today can only be described as a wave of ferocity unparalleled in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£64 Stolen Theatre Safe Wrecked. Sydney
Breaking into King's Theatre at Rose Bay during the week-end, cracksmen blew open the safe and stole £64. So much explosive was placed in the lock…
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