Mayoral Chair' Made From Wrecked Ship
ADELAIDE, Friday.— The Mayoral chair in the Glenelg Council chamber has a unique history, for it is directly, associated…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937
59 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 3
Steamer In Distress Off N.Z.
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), April 24 —Four distress rockets from small disabled steamer off the east coast of the South Island near KeKangu,…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), April 24 —Four distress rockets from a small disabled steamer off the east coast of the South Island near KeKangu,…
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LONDON, April 23.—The steamer Mulubinba, built by Henry Robb Ltd., at Leith for the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Co., has…
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LONDON, April 23.—The steamer Mulubinba, built by Henry Robb Ltd., at Leith for the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Co., has…
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WHEN the steamer Taiping was carrying the Rotary goodwill mission to the East, a big rotary wheel was hung at the entrance to…
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WITH a fire burning in her holds, the British tramp steamer Welcombe (5,122 tons), now off the South African coast, is making the best…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Collier Minmi Wrecked Two of Crew of 25 Perish Heroism Shown in Rescue of Eight Sydney
THE jagged rocks right on the point of Cape Banks, Botany Bay, claimed the steam collier Minmi (1455 tons), and two of her crew, of 25 late last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ketch Burnt at Wallaroo Scuttled When Jetty Was Threatened WALLAROO
Explosions which shot sparks and debris to a great height were features of a spectacular blaze which destroyed the ketch Heather Belle…
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AT the inquest concerning the death of a pilot and a passenger who were killed when a Stinson 'plane crashed at the Archerfield Aerodrome…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A message has reached Sydney that the American yacht, Hurricane, which recently visited Sydney was wrecked on a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nightmare of Treason purge In White Russia Wreckers of Industry (Special to "The Miner.") MOSCOW, June 16
A DRASTIC purge, involving members of the Council of Commissars (Cabinet) in White Russia, was revealed at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cargo Steamer Bombed Italy's Warning (Special to "The Miner"). LONDON, June 17
A LLEGATIONS by the Italion cargo steamer Madda, now at Gibraltar, that she was bombed by Spanish Government planes have…
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ALLEGATIONS by the Italian cargo steamer Madda, now at Gibraltar, that she was bombed by Spanish Government planes have…
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TWO GRAPHIC VIEWS showing the wreckage of the Melbourne-Adelaide mail 'plane Monana which crashed at Mt. Gambier after having hit a windmill, a shed, and a motor car when coming in to land…
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A FISHING launch bound north from Newport was wrecked near the entrance to Newcastle harbor last night. One of the crew, Alec…
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FALLING about 35 feet from the boat deck into the channel, Norman McLeod, an able seaman in the British steamer Kepwickall, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Steamer Bombed Slight Damage to Vessel Italian Steamer Also a Target (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, August 6
THREE monoplanes bombed the cargo steamer, British Corporal, for an hour in the Mediterranean to-day. Many splinters fell aboard, but no one was injured, and only slight damage was done to the ship…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Man on the Bridge. by the Skipper of a Pleasure Steamer
The other day a man told me that he reckoned mine was the sort of job that would suit him down to the ground. All I'd got to do was to go…
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A PILOT and a passenger were lifted almost unhurt from a 'plane that was wrecked in a crash at the Nowra Aerodrome. The engine…
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