Violent Earthquake. Italian Towns Wrecked. Many People Killed. Rome, March 28
Investigation of the earthquake in the Cannia Alps shows that it was more serious than expected. Twenty-six were…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1928
329 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 17
Steamer Stranded Merimbula Goes Ashore. Sydney
The Illawarra Company's steamer Merimbula is ashore on the South Coast. The vessel left Sydney at 5.15…
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The steamer Merimbula, which went ashore on Boocroft Head on Tuesday last has been abandoned to the underwriters, The vessel has…
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Mexico City, Tuesday.—Despatches from Pochutla, in the State of Oaxaca, report that the towns of Pluma, Hidalgo, and Xodani have been…
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It is stated in shipping circles that the South. Coast steamer Merimbula, which was wrecked on the rocks at Fisherman's Point early on Tuesday,…
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A wireless message was received from the steamer Mildura last evening to the effect that the Scott, Pell steamer Iron Chief…
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The inter-State cargo steamer Iron Chief is ashore on Mermaid Reef, near Crowdy Head. She was travelling from Port Stephens to Colt's Harbor…
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So dense was the fog over Sydney Harbour thin morning, that the steamer Maugauni, which entered the heads at 5.55 a.m., was turned…
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STILL ASHORE AT ETTALONG. SYDNEY, Wednesday. The steamer Gosford is still ashore at Ettalong Beach, though she has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Job Control. Steamer Zealandia Held Up
A few minutes before the passenger steamer Zealandia was to leave for Hobart on Tuesday the cooks walked off the ship, and declared that…
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Efforts to despatch the steamer Zealandia to Hobart this morning failed. The steamer is still in port, The vessel has 200 passengers aboard…
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A lifebouy, which might have belonged to the missing ketch Ariel, has been washed up on Kangaroo Reef, outside Boston Island, says an…
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By seizing a substantial quantity of cigaretes on the French liner Commissaire Ramel, at Fremantle, Customs searchers frustrated an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Souvenir" Hunters Haul From Wrecked Merimbula
Many residents near Currarong, at Abraham's Bosom, are discussing the "souvenir" hunters who pounced on the wrecked Merimbula like crows…
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The Steamer, Iron Chief, 2727 tons, went ashore on Sunday night son Mermaid Reef, near the entrance to the Manning River. Propeller gone, and…
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The steamer Esperance Bay, which arrived at Sydney to-day, was held up for several hours owing to there having been sickness on board…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crashed. Lady Bailey Escapes Injury. But Machine Wrecked. Capetown, April 10
Lady Bailey, who was flying fe Moth plane from England to South Africa, has cabled her husband that she crashed at…
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The identification of hatches and other wreckage which has been washed ashore at Cape Donnington (S.A.) proves beyond doubt that the…
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Tho theft of over £100 worth of silver-plated ware and fancy goods from the steamer Herminius when the vessel was between Auckland and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Church Wrecked Struck by Lightning. Calcutta, April 12
During service at a church at Kottayam, in Travancore, lightning struck a cross over the after, killed five people, stuned the priest, and…
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