Steamer Ashore Crew Safely Landed Newcastle
The north coastal steamer Pappinbarra ran ashore near the lighthouse at Port Stephens during a heavy gale yesterday. The crew was lauded…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1929
189 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 10
Overdue Steamer Delayed by Rough Weather. Sydney
The new coastal steamer Cobargo, which was expected to reach Sydney two days ago arrived this morning having been delayed by heavy weather…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Engineer on a Steamer Dies From Neck Wound Inflicted with Penknife Sydney
Reginald Nicholas, the second engineer on the steamer Tregonnel, was found in his berth bleeding profusely from a wound in the throat…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Raging Seas Off New South Wales Coast Threaten the Complete Destruction of Wrecked Vessel
Taken from the air, this photograph shows the Pappinbarra, which was thrown stern first on the rocks near Port Stephens, 34 miles north of Newcastle. Breakers 30ft high pounded the vessel. The beach was strewn with wreckage. An aeroplane carried the photograph to Sydney, from where it was sent by picturegram to Melbourne and forwarded to Adelaide by train. This is the first picturegram published in Broken Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Blown to Pieces Portion of Room Wrecked Cairns
A Yugo-Slay whoso name is unknown, blew himself to pieces m a kitchen at the Courtiss farm. All that remained of the body was the right…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Trimmer Lost From Steamer Zealandia Home at South Bunbury Adelaide
During the voyage from Fremantle of the Zealandia, which arrived at Port Adelaide to-day, Bernard Paddon (29), a coal trimmer, disappeared. It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Australia Fire on a Steamer Perth
The steamer Knockherna, from Hull, put into King George's Sound yesterday afternoon with a thousand tons of coal in the hold smouldering and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Steamer on Fire in the Indian Ocean Bringing Coal to Adelaide Perth
The steamer Silton Hall is on fire in the Indian Ocean, 2000 miles west of Fremantle. Its crew took to the lifeboats at midnight. The steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trouble on a Steamer Fire in Coal Suspected Adelaide
Heated coal in Nos. 2 and 3 hatches of the steamer Tremeadow at Port Adelaide showed a rise in temperature last night. The fire float was brought…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Jumps From Steamer When Near Port Said Rescued and Put Ashore Wife Came on to Sydney Sydney
During the voyage of the mail steamer Orsova and when only a short distance from Port Said, a young Egyptian, who had been wedded only…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£2000 Worth of Opium Found on Steamer Tanda Full Inquiry Ordered Sydney
Approximately £2000 worth of opium, the largest haul for years, was discovered aboard the steamer Tanda by customs officers last night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South Australia Fire on a Steamer Port Pirie
The fire brigade was summoned this morning to the King Howel, which is discharging coal for the Broken Hill Co-operative Coal Association. Smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Australia Fire on a Steamer Port Pirie
The fire brigade was summoned this morning to the King Howel, which is discharging coal for the Broken Hill Co-operative Coal Association. Smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Attempted Suicide of Unused Couple Wife Is Washed Ashore But Husband Drowned (Special to "The Miner.") London, October 3
After a life of strenuous labor an aged couple holding each other's hands entered-the sea at Tourville France, at nightfall. They waled resolutely…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attempted Suicide of an Aged Couple Wife Is Washed Ashore But Husband Drowned (Special to "The Miner.) London, October 3
After a life of strenuous labor an aged couple holding each other's hands entered the sea at Tourville. France at nightfall. They walked resolutely…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An Aeroplane Wrecked at Bong Bong Racecourse Two Occupants Unhurt Sydney
Two men miraculously escaped death to-day when an air plane crashed into high tension wires at the Bong Bong racecourse. The machine was owned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Strikes Rock Off Coast of Norway About 40 Persons Drowned (Special to "The Miner.") Oslo, October 7
Crasbiae on to a rock near Floroe, on the west coast of Norway, the coastal steamer Haakon quickly sank, about 40 persons being drowned. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Theft From a Steamer Wharf Laborers Charged Sydney
After several days of inquiry into wholesale pillaging of cargo from the steamer Maloja the police yesterday arrested two wharf laborers who were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pappinbarra Wreck Marine Court Finding Sydney
A story of storm and stress was told in the Marine Court to-day, when Judge Edwards, assisted by Captains H. Tryer and A. M'Rae as assessors,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death on a Steamer Collapse of Engineer Sydney
Tnomas Spencer (29), an engineer on the steamer Echunga, died suddenly aboard the vessel last night when she was 20 miles south of Sydney on her…
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