Steamer Sunk. Seventy-six Fatalities Vancouver, June 5
The Buenos Ayres steamer Villu Franca sank off Hohenua, Paraguay, following an explosion. Eighty persons perished. Many tourists were aboard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1922
205 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 11
Wrecked Wiltshire. Mails Recovered
The weather having calmed the illfated steamer Wiltshire is now boardable, but has a further list to starboard. Nearly 100 bags of saturated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Wiltshire Bluejackets' V Fine Rescue Sufferings of the Crew
Messages, received in Sydney from Auckland on Friday sight stated that the hopes raised on Thursday were strengthened by bulletins from Great…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wiltshire Wreck. Thieves at Work. Sydney
A party of the Wiltshire's officers who visited the week to recover then personal effects discovered that their quarters had been raided by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Acquaintance. Alleged False Pretences
In the No. 1 division of the Central Police Court, Ronald Edward Bourne, 37, was charged with having falsely pretended to William…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →More Soldiers. Steamer Stopped. London, June 1
A Manchester regiment has been ordered, to leave Guernsey for Ireland on June 20. The destroyer Warwick held up a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Steamer Sunk. Seventy-six Fatalities Vancouver, June 5
The Buenos Ayres steamer Villa Franca sank off Hohenua, Paraguay, following an explosion. Eighty persons perished Many tourists were aboard…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prohibition Wreckage. Published by Arrangement. Finland's Experience
Like other countries that have given the anti-liquor Bolsheviks an opportunity to prove the efficacy of prohibition, as a social and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German Steamer. Search for Arms. London, June 13
The German steamer Stella Maris, on a voyage to Cork from Hamburg, was fired on by a British cruiser at midnight on Monday and forced to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Capsizes. Nearly 100 Fatalities. London, June 17
The Brazillian stamer Azare, berthed at Hamburg docks, completely capsized, drowning the crew of 199 and a pumber of deckhands…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wiltshire Wreck. Opening of Inquiry
The inquiry into the wreck of the steamer Wiltshire was opened at Wellington and adjourned to await the arrival of three witnesses who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Lost Drifter. Wreckage Recovered. London, June 20
Wreekage from the Royal Navy drifter "Blue Sky" has been washed ashere near Margate. The inquest on a body believed to be a naval…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Coastal Steamer
The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co. has completed the purchase at Hongkong of the steamer Merialta for the Sydney- Newcastle trade. When…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Capsizes. Nearly 100 Fatalities. London, June 17
The Brazillian steamer Azare, berthed at Hamburg docks, completely capsized, drowning the crew of 100 and a number of dockhands…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Lost Drifter. Wreckage Recovered. London, June 20
Wreckage from the Royal Navy drifter "Blue Sky" has been washed ashore near Margate. The inquest on a body believed to be a naval…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wiltshire Wreck. Opening of Inquiry
The inquiry into the wreck of the steamer Wiltshire was opened at Wellington and adjourned to await the arrival of three witness who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ammunition for Limerick. on German Steamer. London, June 25
It is reported that Customs officers in London, searching the steamer Foyn[?] on Scotland Yard instructions, discovered a quantity of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Wiltshire. Captain Found to Blame
The Nautical Court at Wellington (N.Z.) has found that the loss of the steamer Wiltshire was due to two errors of judgment on the part of Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Wiltshire Captain Found to Blame
The Nautical Court at Wellington (N.Z.) has found that the loss of the steamer Wiltshire was due to two errors of judgment on the part, of Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Amazing Mishap. Stranding of Steamer Rona
Auckland is dumbfounded at the amazing character of the Rona stranding. "The meagre wireless messages…
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