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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea
46 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 3
Melbourne.—A terrific mystery explosion in the heart of Melbourne yesterday wrecked the three-storey Town Hall Hotel, Swanston Street; damaged all shops and premises in a city block and a passing tram; injured 23 people. It was by far the worst…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Perth.—As wild seas were smashing a wrecked whaling ship, the crew of nine struggled 800 yards to shore by clinging to pieces of wreckage and a raft made from bamboo poles and a kerosene drum…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WRECK of two floors of the rear of the Town Hall Hall Hotel, Melbourne, after Sunday's explosion, photographed from a height. Part of the rear wall which waa blown Out can be seen in the lower left corner. The two top at oriea of the hotel caved in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hongkong, June 20—The steamer Poyang arrived here with 70 Chinese crew members and two British officers of the ship Anhul…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Canberra.—Payment of endowment for the first child will not be made from July 18, as planned, unless Labor yields to the Government in the Senate tonight…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sydney.—A police rescue squad today raced to Wattamulla beach south of National Park, in response to a report that a 35ft. yacht had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney, July 12.—A wealthy 23 years old English heiress, Jenefer Wornum, is believed to have drowned when heavy seas dashed her luxury 35 ft. ketch on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney, July 13.—The shattered remains of n dinghy and a lifebelt were spotted by an Avro Anson plane today searching for the missing English helpess,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WRECKAGE of a spectacular train smash at Burnie (Tasmania) when a heavy goods train hauling for the paper…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Perth. — An explosion wrecked the furnace section of Chamberlain Industries, Ltd., a tractor factory in the suburb of Welshpool…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sydney.—The 7000 tons British freighter Empire Gladstone aground on Haystack Rocks, on the far South Coast during night, aand is in danger of becoming a total wreck. The ship was badly damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney—Looters rowed out to the stranded freighter Empire Gladstone and took valuable equipment three hours after the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney — Destructive thieves wrecked offices in Leichardt, seeking valuables, this morning, but they got nothing for their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New York, September 27.—U.S. Air Force Lieutenant James Alvatore seems destined to history as the only man to have knocked…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sydney.—A wrecked aircraft, believed to be the missing Auster, was sighted hear Wauchope today by the crew of an airliner. The radio message received from the pilot did not state whether any…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wellington (N.Z.)—The port float of the flying boat Ararangi was ripped away by a Heavy sea after the craft had landed in Evans Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Adelaide, October 30—R.A.A.F. and fighters today sank a dismantled and anchored hulk of the Adelaide Steamship Company's steamer Quorna in a short,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London, November 8 — Gold ingots worth £100,000 may lie unguarded in the snow near the summit of Mount Blane. Europe's…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Auckland — Two men and a woman sailed into Auckland harbor on Friday in a 30ft. ketch in which they crossed the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Melbourne —The tank landing ship Labuan ran aground during a recruiting demonstration at Port Melbourne…
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