Many Lives Saved Lifeboat Service Record. London, Dec. 31
British lifeboats in 1928 saved 572 lives, including 83 of seven foreign buttons. Sixty were saved in ten days of the November gales…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1929
328 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 17
Shop Wrecked Mysterious Explosion Street Strewn With Wreckage SYDNEY
A violent explosion occurred in a bootshop in front of the picture theatre at Earlwood at three o'clock this morning…
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After his boot shop in Homer-street, Earlwood, had been wrecked by an explosion early on Wednesday morning, Frank Edward Massey, 32,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shop Wrecked Injured Occupant Arrested
After his boot shop in Homer-street, Earlwood, had beèn wrecked by an explosion early on Wednesday morning, Frank Edward Massey, aged 32, a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Many Lives Saved Lifeboat Service Record. London. Dec, 31
British lifeboats in 1028 saved 672; lives, Including 83 of seven foreign nations. Sixty were saved in ton days of the November gales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rye Lifeboat Inquiry Board of Track Report. London, Jan. 4
The Board of Trade inquiry into the Rye lifeboat disaster, reported that probably the lifeboat capsized suddenly in a dangerous, broken sea, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Train Beaten . Steamer's Trip Prom Brisbane
A new record for a passage between Brisbane and sydney was made by the Orient liner Orama which entered the Heads on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Shop Wrecked Mysterious Explosion Street Strewn With Wreckage SYDNEY
A violent explosion, occurred in a bootshop in front of the picture theaire at Karl wood at three o'clock this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shop Wrecked. Injured Occupant Arrested
After his boot shop in Homer-street Eariwood had been wrecked by an explosion early on Wednesday morning Frank Edward Massey, 32…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lifeboat Disaster Board of Trade Inquiry. London, Jan. 6
The Board of Trade inquiry into the Rye lifeboat disaster reported that probably the lifeboat capsized suddenly in a dangerous and broken…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lifeboat Disaster Board Op Trade Inquiry, London, Jan, 6
The Board of Trade inquiry into the Rye lifeboat disaster reported that probably the lifeboat capsized suddenly in a dangerous and broken…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Norwegian Steamer Drifted for 29 DAYS. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) London, Sunday Night
A Norwegian steamer, which does not carry wireless, was towed 350 miles to Aberdeen, after drifting helplessly in the Atlantic for 29 days…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crew Drowned. Lifeboat Capsizes. Amsterdam, Jan. 16
Going out to the aid of a steamer, stranded in the Hook of Holland, a Dutch steam lifeboat capsized in mountainous seas, and the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Row on Steamer. Taxi Driver Stabbed. Dunedin
Arnold Hinds, quartermaster on the steamer Blomfontein, which sailed to-day for Newcastle, was charged at the City Police Court, with stabbing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tug and Steamer Slight Damage in Collision. Sydney
A slight collision occurred this morning at Pyrmont, between the Heroine and the steamer Calulu. Practically no damage was done…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →400 Perish in Wreck Chinese Disaster. Hongkong
Sinking with tragic suddenness and giving practically no chance of escape to those aboard, the China Merchants' S.N. Co.'s. steamer Hsin Wah (2000…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tug and Steamer Slight Damage in Collision. Sydney
A slight collision occurred this morning at Pyrmont between the Heroine and the steamer Caluiu. Practically no damage was done…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Ashore at Nelson's Bay. Struck Sand Bank in Heavy Mist. Newcastle
The steamer Gabriella, in light trim, went ashore on a sandbank in the schooner channel at Nelson's 'Bay. on Friday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Panic on Steamer Wrecked in Terrific Gale. Stampede for Lifeboats. SHANGHAI, Jan. 19
A panic occurred on board the steamer Hain—wah when she struck a rock and sank during a terrific gale outside Hongkong…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Liner Ashore. Off Florida Coast. Passengers Transferred. New York, Jan. 20
The Dollar liner President Garfield is in no immediate danger after running aground solidly fore and aft on Mantanilla shoal, cast of Pt. Jupiter,…
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