Mysterious Explosion Wrecks Shop at Earlwood Sydney
The police so far have been unable to ascertain the cause of an explosion which wrecked a shon at Earlwood this morning. No one lives on the premises…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1929
189 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 10
Rye Lifeboat Disaster Was Suitable for the Work Is Finding of Inquiry London, January 4
The British Board of Trade inquiry reports that probably the Rye lifeboat capsized suddenly on November 15 in a dangerous and broken sea, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rye Lifeboat Disaster Was Suitable for the Work Is Finding of Inquiry (Special to "The Miner.") London, January 4
The British Board of Trade inquiry reports that probably the Rye lifeboat capsized suddenly on November 15 in a dangerous and broken sea, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attempted Wrecking of Melbourne Express Obstruction on Line Melbourne
The driver of the Melbourne express noticed an obstruction on the line when between Bacchus Marsh and Islington yesterday afternoon. On…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Traw-wrecking Attempt Two Youths Arrested Melbourne
Following what was believed to be an attempt to wreck the express from Adelaide on Sunday afternoon, Senior-Detective Bruce and Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Recent Arrivals in Sydney by the Steamer Aorangi
Left to Right.—Mr. Walter M. Marks, M.H.R. (chairman of the Federal Royal Commission on Films), Sir Mark Sheldon, Mr. Charles G. Greenwell (a Sydney solicitor), and Mr. Alan Bunce and Miss Ruth Nugent, who are under j engagement to J. C. Williamson…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Lifeboat Designed Will Be Used for Rescue of 'Plane Passengers (Special to "The Miner.") London, January 11
The largest and fastest lifeboat in the world designed to rescue distressed cross channel aeroplanes is being built for the Royal Lifebout Institution. It…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer in Storm Much Damage Caused on the Liner Majestic One Man Killed; 12 INJURED New York, January 16
The "White, Star liner Majestic docked 15 hours late after encountering the worst storm for several years. It was hit by two big waves. One man was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Lanena Being Swung Into Midstream Following the Riot at Port Adelaide on
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Continued on Trove, page 3 →New South Wales Steamer's Rough Trip Sydney
The North Coast steamer Arakoon had a rough trip down the coast from Coffs Harbor with the result that coal supplies ran out and it became…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Boys Drowned Another Struggles Ashore Sydney
Three schoolboys left Yowie Bay, Port Hacking, in a flat-bottomed boat yesterday afternoon. The craft filled and sank when 60 feet from the shore…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Collision at Sea Steamer Hits Whale Sydney
The Marama struck a whale when a day out of Auckalnd, in the Tasman Sea. Stunned by the bow of the steamer,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Affray on Steamer Petty Officer Charged with Attempted Murder Auckland (N.Z.), February 7
The trial was concluded, to-day at Dunedin (N.Z.) of Arthur Hinds, a colored quartermaster of the steamer Bloemfontein, who was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Deaths on Steamer Third Man Jumped Into Sea During Absence of Nurse Adelaide
The captain of the Otranto which reached the Outer Harbor on Saturday reported that when 200 miles from land on January 27 Mariano…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Smugglers Shipwrecked Portion of a Dead Man Eaten by a Survivor (Special to "The Miner.") Helsingfors, February 10
It is reported that four suspected alcohol smugglers were shipwrecked when their boat crashed into the ice in the Gulf of Finland. Two of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Lost Collier Wreckage Washed Ashore Sydney
A quantity of wreckage, including about 12 hatch covers, believed to have belonged to the collier Annie M. Miller, was washed ashore at North Bondi…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Runs Aground When Entering Dover Passengers and Crew Saved (Special to "The Miner.") London, February, 11
The steamer Ville de Liege, with 48 passengers, grounded and sprang a leak to-night when entering Dover. Great seas swept across the decks and put…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Damage to a Steamer Vessel Later Beached Melbourne
Disaster was narrowly averted when the coastal steamer Casino struck a submedged object which ripped a hole in the bottom off Warrnambool last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Site of the Wreck of the Collier Annie M. Miller
South Head (right) at the entrance to Sydney Harbor, off which the collier Annie M. Miller foundered. Six of the crew were rescued, but it is feared that six other 8 have lost their lives…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stranded Steamer Diver Sent to Scene Melbourne
Lying inside the breakwater at Warrnambool, the steamer Casino, which was beached on Tuesday night after striking a submerged object two…
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