Ketch Crew's Privations on a Trip to Darwin Blown Off Course Perth
Three young men travelling in a ketch from Sydney to Darwin were blown off their course when north-west of Australia. Unwashed, their food…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1930
155 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 8
Latest News Issue Kingsford Smith Smith Has Finished with Flying Across Oceans Will Travel by Steamer When Returning Home (Special to "The Miner.") New York, June 26
Twelve thousand people cheering wildly broke through the police cordon when Kingsford Smith and his companions landed triumphantly on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kingsford Smith Smith Has Finished with Flying Across Oceans Will Travel by Steamer When Returning Home (Special to "The Miner.") New York, June 26
Twelve thousand people cheering wildly broke through the police cordon when Kingsford Smith and his companions landed triumphantly on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Fumigated Two Chinese Suffocated Melbourne
At the inquest concerning the deaths of two Chinese who were found suffocated in cabin of the steamer Marella, the coroner found that they had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Hits a Rock in Spencer's Gulf No Apparent Damage Adelaide
In heavy weather the steamer Iron Crown, proceeding from Port Augusta to Newcastle in ballast, struck a rock near Torney Point, Spencer's Gulf at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lighthouse Steamer Cockatoo Dock to Build at a Cost of £120,00[?] Canberra
The House of Representatives has agreed to the expediency of building a lighthouse steamer at Cockatoo Dock at a cost of £120,000. Opposition…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Drug Traffic 50 Tins of Opium Found on a Steamer Sydney
Customs officials raided the steamer Tanda yesterday afternoon and after searching the vessel from stem to stern discovered 50 tins of opium underneath…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Piracy in China a British Steamer Seized and Looted 14 Chinese Passengers Are Being Held for Ransom (Special to "The Miner.'") Hongkong, July 22
The steamer Heikon (2232 tons) flying the British flag, was seized by pirates early on Monday morning between Hongkong and Saigon. They…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Methodist Mission Launch Wrecked Off New Guinea Only Four Survivors Out of Party of Eleven Sydney
A radio message received from Port Moresby states that the loss of the Methodist Mission launch Bromilow occurred on the night of July 10 last,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer in Distress Fears for Its Safety Sydney
Signals of distress from tne steamer Sumatra which cave its location as midway between Borneo and Java, were picked up yesterday morning by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreckers at Ashfield Damage to Property During a Heavy Fog Sydney
Daring a heavy fog on Saturday night a gang of youths walked along Milton-street, Ashfield, and did considerable damage to Property. They…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on Steamer Passenger's Story London, July 26
A thrilling story was unfolded when the steamer Rangitata docked at Southampton with 10 passengers, including two women and two…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Collision at Sea Steamer From Port Pirie Hits a Spanish Vessel No Loss of Life (Special to "The Miner.") Gibraltar, July 31
The steamer Nerbudda, bound from Australia to England, sent out wireless messages that she was sinking 100 miles east of Gibraltar after a collision…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision at Sea Steamer From Port Pirie Hits a Spanish Vessel No Loss of Life (Special to "The Miner.") Gibraltar, July 31
The steamer Nerbudda, bound from Australia to England, sent out wireless messages that she was sinking 100 miles east of Gibraltar after a collision…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Raising Wrecks with Ice
After a ship has struck rocks and sunk, divers often find the job of salving the wreck a very difficult one. A method of salving submerged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Passenger Missing Disappears From Steamer Melbourne
A woman passenger, a resident of Melbourne, disappeared from a liner. The passenger, whose name is being suppressed, was reported missing at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Castaways Ok Island Helped by Steamer Captain Their Fate Unknown Brisbane
On her last voyage to the East the steamer Taiping found 35 men, women, and children cast way on Bird Island, 800 miles from Thursday Island. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Strong Gales at Sea Aeroplane Damaged on Steamer's Deck Sydney
The British freighter Matakana, which arrived at Sydney to-day from Liverpool, met mountainous seas and strone gales all the way from the Cape…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Passenger Disappears From Dutch Steamer Officers Free From Blame Says an Official Report Melbourne
In a report to the Commonwealth Department of Navigation, Captain Bolger, Deputy Director of Navigation, states that there are no suspicious…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stowaways on Steamer Seven Discovered Sydney
After six men who had attempted to slow away had been taken off the Union Company's steamer Waikouaiti yesterday afternoon, and the vessel…
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