Story of the Dunbar. Wrecked Near Sydney Heads, August 20, 1857
The story of the Dunbar has often been told, and it can never be forgotten, because it stands on record as one of the saddest pages of our…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1930
154 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 8
Fired on Steamer Brazilian Authorities Exonerated Rio De Janeiro, Nov. 11
It is officially announced that the Brazilian Port authorities have been exonerated for firing on the steamer Haden on June 26, when the captain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brazilian Authorities Exonerated Steamer Warned Not to Eave Port (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Rio de Janiero
It is officially announced that the Brizilian Court authorities have been exonerated for firing on the German steamer Baden in Rio de Janiero…
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The ke[?]h Maramingo, of 200 tons, which was blown on to the rocks at [?]abo Island just Thursday, has since been tendered a total wreck,…
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Mrs Alma Frances Bruce, aged 43, previously employed as a superintendent at Reckitts (Overseas), Ltd., Sydney, N.S.W., was arrested on board the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Village Wrecked Oklahoma City, (Oaklahoma), Nov. 19
Twenty-three were killed and 100 injured on Wednesday, when a tornado wiped out the village of Bethany…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Private Inquiry Agent Missing From Steamer Hunter. Sydney
Kenneth Windsor, private inquiry agent, who boarded the steamer Hunter at Newcastle last night, was missng when the vessel was about two miles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Homes Wrecked Earthquake in Burma Twenty-two Killed Calcutta. Dec. 4
Twenty-two were killed and many injured in the Pvu area near Poungoo in an earthquake which was experience…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blown Up Salvage Ship Wrecked Terrific Explosion Paris. Dec. 7
The Italian salvage vessel, Artiglio, which blew up off Lorient with the loss of 14. lives, recently located the liner…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crew Saved Japanese Steamer Wrecked TOKIO, December 12
The "German steamer Schlesion, bound from Yokohama to Kboe, is reported to have been wrecked at Awaji. It is feared that the vessel…
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Vanvouver, Monday.—Mrs Keif. Miller's, 'plane was badly damaged at Jacksonville (Florida) when' attempted to take off for Washington…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Forty Killed French Factory Wrecked Big Explosion London, Dec. 18
A message from Paris states that the whole district of Toulouse was shaken when a calcium carbide factory near the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pavilion Wrecks Sprinting Records at Summer Meeting Four in Row for Versatile Mare Big Betting Coup Crashed on High Disdain Walker's Winning Vein Goes on
By winning Tattersall's Carrington Stakes on Saturday, E. F. Walker's William the Silent-Pavlova mare, Pavilion, has won four races races in a row. Pavilion wrecked all previous records for the course and established the time of 1.10¼ for the…
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A report from Riga says that when a Finnish steamer stranded during a severs storm in the Baltic, the crew of 48, giving up hope of resene,…
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