Court of Marine Inquiry (Before Judge Edwards and Cap-Captains H. Tyrer and Alex. McRae, assessors.) Wreck of the Steamer Pappinbarra. Captain Exonerated
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 1
The steamer Pappinbarra, trading between Sydney and Port Macquarie, left the latter port at 11.30 a.m. on September 10, bound for Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Aground. Salvage Vesset Proceeding to Scene, Capetown, Oct. 10
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 5
The services of the salvage steamer preserver from peria, have been engaged to refloat the Lhuterfels, the steamer which went ground off…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Foundered. in Pacific Ocean. Steamer Bretagne Lost. Sydney
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 October 1929 · page 7
A further radio message received here this afternoon confirms the report that the auxiliary steamer Bretagne was lost in the Pacific…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Many Drowned. Norwegian Steamer Wrecked. Oslo
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 October 1929 · page 2
During a furious storm, the coastal steamer Hookon, travelling at 12 knots, crashed into a half-submerged rock, and Captain Michael Strohan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Abandoned London, Oct. 8
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 October 1929 · page 2
It is reported officially that the steamer Hochst has been definitely abandoned. The crew will be shipped to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bumping Violently Critical Position of Stranded Steamer Colombo, Oct. 4
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 October 1929 · page 13
The position of the German-Australian steamer, Hochst, is now critical, as she is receiving violent treatment from bumping at high…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →"Nationalism Wrecked." Sydney
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 October 1929 · page 5
Mr. Frank Louat a prominent member of the Nationalist Council said to-day that the action of the Bruce-Page Government in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →World's Largest Motor Lifeboat
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 October 1929 · page 2
The trials have just been completed in the Solent of the "Princess Mary," the largest motor life-boat in the world, which has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Fire. Steamer Hochst Burning Fiercely. Chapter of Mishaps. Colombo. Oct, 14
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 October 1929 · page 5
A wireless message received from the steamer Brook[?] says that it picked up 28 of the crew of the stranded steamer Hochst, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nelson's Bay Wrecks and Roads. Courageous Able Seaman. Urban Area Committee
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 October 1929 · page 6
Excellent work for the progress of the town is being accomplished by the Nelson's Bay Urban Area Committee, which at its last meeting had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pappinbarra Wreck
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 October 1929 · page 6
The wrecked coaster Pappinbarra has attracted many people to the locality. The steamer lies sheltered and practically submerged in a little…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Brilliant Spectacle. Steamer on Fire. London, Oct. 15
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 October 1929 · page 5
There was a brilliant spectacle at Liverpool when the steamer Oklahoma, laden with cotton, nitrates, and sugar, caught fire, and a series…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French Steamer Afire Magnificent Spectacle (Australian Press Assn. Message.) London
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 October 1929 · page 2
There was a magnificent spectacle at Liverpool, when the French steamer Oklahoma, laden with cotton, nitrate, and sugar caught fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plane Wrecked Pilot Severely Injured Brisbane
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 4
An aeroplane with aq pupil pilot Alfred Deale 26 crashed at Eagle Farm this morning. The pilot was severely injured about the lace and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Foundered. in Pacific Ocean. Steamer Bretagne Lost
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 October 1929 · page 9
A further radio message, received here at Sydney, confirms the report that the auxiliary steamer Bretagne, was lost in the Pacific…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Brilliant Spectacle. Steamer on Fire. London, Oct. 15
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 October 1929 · page 2
There was a brilliant spectacle at Liverpool when the steamer Oklahoma, laden with cotton, nitrates, and sugar, caught fire, and a series…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Aground. Salvage Vessel Proceeding to Scene. Capetown, Oct. 10
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 October 1929 · page 12
The services of the salvage steamer Preserver from Perin, have been engaged to refloat tho Lhuterfels, the steamer which went aground off…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →On Fire. Steamer Hochst Burning Fiercely. Chapter of Mishaps. Colombo, Oct. 14
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 October 1929 · page 2
A wireless message received from the steamer Brooklebank, says that it picked up 28 of the crew of the stranded steamer Hochst, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plane Wrecked Crashed Into Telegraph Post
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 October 1929 · page 3
A moth aeroplane which took off from Portsea on Saturday crashed in to a telegraph post on Portsea road, and was wrecked. The occupants,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer on Fire, Outbreak Under Control London, Oct. 23
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 October 1929 · page 2
The owners of the steamer Telemachus have received a radie from the captain reporting a fire in two holds in the middle of the Indian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →