Chaff for Wilcannia by Train to Menindie Then by River Steamer
A special train left the Crystal-street Railway Station this morning for Menindie carrying 100 tons of chaff, for Knox and Downs, of Wilcannia, and…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1927
225 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 12
Chaff for Wilcannia by Train to Menindie Then by River Steamer
A special train left the Crystal-street Railway Station this morning for Menindie carrying 100 tons of chaff for Knox and Downs, of Wilc[?]nnia, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Whale Washed Ashore Dead When Located Perth
A whale 60ft. long was washed ashore at Rockhampton. 35 miles south of Perth, on Saturday. It is believed that the whale was beaten on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Steamer and Ferry Collide in Sydney Harbor Hole Torn in Steamer Sydney
A collision occurred in the Sydney Harbor to-day between the collier Christina Fraser and the vehicular ferry Koondooloo. Severe damage was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Refloated Adelaide
After having been aground on a bank 12 miles from Port Augusta since Friday, the steamer Iron Master was refloated last night with the aid of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U.S.A. Schoolhouse Wrecked Madman Who Was Cause Was Blown to Atoms (A.p.a. Message.) New York, May 18
"When a maniac wrecked a schoolhouse at Lansing (Michigan, U.S.A.) 33 children were killed. So far 22 children have been identiefid, while the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U.S.A. Schoolhouse Wrecked Bodies of 33 Children Removed From Debris Caused 'By a Maniac (A.p.a. Message.) Vancouver, May
A message from Lansing (Michigan, U.S.A.) states that the bodies of 33 children were taken from tho wreckage of a district schoolhouse, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S.A. Schoolhouse Wrecked Death Roll Now 42. (A.P.A. Message.) Vancouver, May 19
A Lansing (Michigan) message says that the searchers in the ruins of the schoolhouse, which was demolished by two explosions, were forced to desist…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Cooma Safe Purchase Price Was £150 Brisbane
It is understood that the steamer Cooma, which, lies on north reef has been purchased by a Sydney firm for £150. The purchase price Includes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Cooma Safe Purchase Price Was £150 Brisbane
It is understood that the Steamer Cooma, which lies on north reef, has been purchased by a Sydney firm for £150. The purchase price includes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest News Issue. Floods in U.s.a Steamer with Convicts Crushed Against'pier [?] [?]
A message from New Orleans says that the steamer Birmingham, carrying convicts from the State prison, was trapped in the current from a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ketch Spindrift Becomes Total Wreck on South Australian Coast Adelaide
The auxiliary ketch Spindrift, which went ashore at Port Le Hunte on Wednesday night, has become a total wreck. All the crew are safe…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ketch Spindrift Becomes Total Wreck on South Australian Coast Adelaide
The auxiliary ketch Spindrift, which went ashore at Port Le Hunte on Wednesday night," hag become a total, wreck. All the crew are safe…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Aeroplane in Mid-atlantic Sighted From a Steamer London, May 31
Captain Bone, of the steamer Transylvanie, has sent a wireless message stating that he sighted in mid-Atlantic at midnight an [?] aeroplane,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motoring Smash One Passenger Killed When Cartis Wrecked Melbourne
Robert Watson (30) was killed and Robert Rahilly (39) and Clarence Shields (38) were injured when a motor car in which they were driving…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Foundered in Typhoon
Manilla, June 1.—One hundred and eight persons are believed to have been drowned when the island steamer Negroes foundered in a typhoon on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Damaged Adelaide
Bearing [?] signs of a terrific battle against almost overpowering odds, the steamer City of Khios entered Outer Harbor last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Killed on a Steamer Caught in Winch Rope Brisbane
William C. Church (32), a seaman, was killed yesterday on the steamer Macumba. He was working a winch when his body became tangled in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wrecked Aeroplane Found in Mountains Melbourne
A message from Wangaratta states that the aeroplane piloted by Sergeant Denny which crashed in the ranges beyond Whitfield on May 11 when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tasmanian Documents Stolen on a Steamer Melbourne
Important State documents in a dispatch case were stolen from the cabin occupied by Mr. J. A. Lyons. Premier of Tasmania, on the steamer Loonanna…
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