Japanese Steamer Adrift
SYDNEY, Thursday.—According to a message received in Brisbane a Japanese steamer is drifting near Woodlark Island, on the south coast of…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1933
101 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 6
Steamer Maroubra Overdue
DARWIN, Wednesday.—Messrs. Jolly and Co., agents for the Maroubra, which is long overdue at Darwin, have sent a radio message to…
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A violent cyclonic thunderstorm struck Narrabri yesterday, causing damage estimated at several thousand pounds. The railway…
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THURSDAY ISLAND, Tuesday.— The ketch Tallie is reported to have been lost on Snake Reef on December 28 while engaged in obtaining…
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KOBE (Japan), January 13.—Nothing has been heard of the Russian steamship Saghalien, with 250 people on board, since it sent out an S.O.S…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →40 Years of Wrecking Whelan on Job in Melbourne Queer Finds Melbourne
Whelan the Wrecker is on the job again. He is pulling down one of the old Myer buildings to make room for a modern structure. He…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—A wireless message was received in Sydney to-day stating that a case of smallpox was discovered on the Chinese…
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A bottle which was thrown' overboard from the Discovery, the ship which Sir Douglas Mawson, the Australian explorer, used on his 1931…
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Survivors from the Russian steamer Sakhalin have landed on icefloes where they are suffering terrible privations, say radio messages from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cargo Steamer in Storm Captain And Three Others Lost S.O.S. CALL (Special to "The Miner") New York, January 20
The captain, the third officer, and two members of the crew of the British cargo steamer Exeter City, 2929 tons, lost their lives in a heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ocean Crossed Safely 18-Foot Sailing Boat Wrecked At Anchor Near Shore (Special to "The Miner.") Los Angeles, January 19
After weathering storms in the open ocean during his sailing voyage of thousands of miles across the Pacific Ocean from Sydney to…
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The whole front of a grocer's shop in Mudgee-road, Cullen Bullen, near Fortland, was wrecked shortly before 3 o'clock this morning by an explosion…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—A wireless message was received in Sydney to-day stating that a case of smallpox was discovered on the Chinese…
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SYDNEY, Saturday. — The tug Repton struck the breakwater at Bellinger Heads. It is feared that she may be totally wrecked. The vessel's…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—The tug Repton struck the breakwater at Bellinger Head? It is feared that she may be totally wrecked. The vessel's…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The schooner Huia, for whose safety considerable anxiety was felt, arrived at Sydney to-day from Melbourne with a cargo…
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The steamer Pensilva, which arrived at Sydney to-day after a 65 days' voyage from Barry (Wales), encountered terrific weather after…
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The steamer Pensilva, which arrived at Sydney to-day after a 65 days' voyage from Barry (Wales), encountered terrific weather after…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →12 Villages Wrecked Newfoundland Gale Damage No Lives Lost (Special to "The Miner") St. John's (Newfoundland), Feb. 10
The wreckage of a dozen coastal villages is tossing in the angry sens of St. George's Bay, on the west coast of Newfoundland. On…
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While the motorship Mirrabooka was on her way from Melbourne to Adelaide on Tuesday, she picked up a wireless message from the…
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