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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1930

154 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 8

Review of Play. Kippax and Richardson Save Shipwreck

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 June 1930 · page 8

The day was reminisecont of the disastrous Brisbane test match pax's soundness and Richardson's inspired hitting saved the absolute…

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Motorroat Sinks Steamer. in the Adria[?] London, July 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 July 1930 · page 5

A message from Zara, on the Adrictic Sea, states that when the Yugo-Stay steamer Karageorovitch collided with the Italian motor-boat…

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Safe Wrecked. Burglars at Merrylands. Eightpence for Their Pains. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 July 1930 · page 2

Burulers entered the premises of McLeod and Sons, flourmillers, at Merrylands, this morning. and carried a number of bags of flour from…

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Crashed. Atlantic Flier's Bad Start. 'Plane Wrecked. St. John's (Newoundland). July 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 July 1930 · page 5

Major C. S. Wyane Eyton was painfully injured when his de Haviland Puss Moth 'plane crashed in the take off for Harbour Grace,…

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Atlantic Flier Crashes Plane Wrecked in Taking Off. a Narrow Escape Prom Death. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) St. John's (Newfoundland)

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 July 1930 · page 3

Major. C. S. Wynne Eyton, who was attempting an Atlantic flight to England, was painfully injured when his plane crashed in the take off from…

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Missing Airmen. Hook and Matthews. Wreckage in Bay of Bengal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 July 1930 · page 5

It is feared that the airmen Messrs. Hook and Matthews, who were flying' from. England to Australia fell into the Buy of Bengal on…

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Mail Airman. Forced Down at Sea. Saved by Steamer. Rio De Janeiro, July 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 July 1930 · page 8

Jean Mormoz, the French mail-airman, who Was attempting the first South Atlantic eastward cressing with mails, alighted when 2000…

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Swamped Launch Sinks in Nelson's Bay in Pitch Darkness. Exhausted Fishermen Struggle Ashore

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 July 1930 · page 5

Two men had a thrilling fight for life in the fey waters of Nelson's Ray when their on Tuesday night. The…

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'Plane Wrecked. Matthews Tells Story. London, July 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 July 1930 · page 5

The report that the airman Matthews has been found is now confirmed. He arrived at Prome, and is now in hospital, badly injured. He…

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"The Wreckers" Vandals at Work. Hundreds of Pounds Damages. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 July 1930 · page 5

It is reported that during the past week or two, vandals have raided various, business premises at Erskineville and ruthlessly…

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'Plane Wrecked. Matthews Tells Story. London, July 14

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 July 1930 · page 2

The report that the airman Matthews has been found is now confirmed. He arrived at Prome, and is now in hospital, badly injured. He states that…

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The Roadside Wreck

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 3

Everyone has seen it somewhere or other along the bush roads; it is the wrecked sulky. It may have been old Wilson's or young Bob Jones', who was…

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Steamer on Fire. Passengers and Crew Saved. London, July 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 July 1930 · page 6

The Steamer Rangitata, bound to England from New Zealand, has wirelessed that when off the Azores, the Gorman steamer Tigris was…

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Swede's Rash Act. Hanged Himself on Steamer. London, July 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 July 1930 · page 7

A Swede named Anders Hakans, who was for two years in the bush at Victoria, developed religious melancholla, and hanged himself in…

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'The Wreckers.' Gang at St. Peters. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 July 1930 · page 5

During the week-end a gang styling themselves "The Wreekers," entered the premises of [?], Spllstead and Company, wood turners,…

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Boys Wreck Office Two Hundred Applicants for One Job

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 July 1930 · page 1

Over 200 boys applied yesterday for a job advertised in Melbourne by S. and G. Turner, When one of their number was selected, the others…

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Chinese Pirates. Steamer Looted. London. July 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 July 1930 · page 2

Hongkong telegrams state that Chinese pirates, travelling as pessengers on heard the 2000 ton steamer Hollkon, everpowered the Chinese…

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Ketch Wrecked. Seven Native Lives Lost

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 July 1930 · page 2

The Lieutenant -Governor of Papua (Sir Hubert Murray), has advised the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin), of the loss of the Methodist Missionary…

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Mission Launch. Wrecked on a Reef. Natives Jump Off Raft. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 July 1930 · page 5

A radio received from Port Moresby states that the loss of the Methodist Mission launch Bromilow, occurred on the night of July 10 last,…

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S.O.S. Prom Steamer Sumatra. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 July 1930 · page 5

No news has been received from the steamer Sumatra, since the wireless message for help was heard yesterday morning…

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