OVERDUE Coastal Steamer Anxiety Felt Sydney
A Darwin message states that the coastal beat Maroubra, in charge of Captain Lawson, the hatless master,left Darwin on December 13 for the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1933
82 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 5
In Tow Disabled Steamer Tailshaft Broken Sydney
A radio message received to-day by the agents of the japanese steamer, the Signal Maru, which stopped off Woodlark Island, with a broken…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Loss of "Ceres" Shipwreck in 1836 Dramatic Story
The following account of the loss of the vessel Ceres, written by Captain A. Livingstone of Morpeth, appeared in the "Colonist,"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Collision Marine Court Inquiring SYDNEY
A collision between the Mildura and the coastal steamer Bellambi, which occurred off Bradley's Head on the morning of December 2 last year, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Attempt to Wreck Petrol Depot Gelignite Bomb Thrown
An alarming attempt to wreck the independent Oil Industries' hulk petrol depot at Glebe Point was made early on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Struck by Cyclone Maunganui's Bad Time. Wellington (N.Z.)
Struck by a cyclone the wind attainvelocity of 100 miles an hour, the steamer Maunganui experienced an exceedingly rough passage from San…
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Week-end excursion tickets at reduced rates wil be issued by the Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co. ever. Friday and Saturday from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fliers Down Machine Wrecked Rescue 'Planes London, Jan. 16
Aeroplanes left Nairobi, East Africa, to-day to search for two young English airwomen, Misses Joan Page and Audrey Sale…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tornado at Narrabri Loco. Sheds Wrecked. Close Calls
The Narrabri West loco, sheds were completely wrecked by a tornado, which burst over the town shortly after noon on Sunday. The damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Priest Drowned in Rescue Attempt Gave Life to Save Youth. Lifeboat Swamped
Father, Felix Conlon, S.J. a member of the staff of Xavier College, Melbourne, and attached temporarily to the Jesuit Novitiate, Loyola,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Schooner Safe Arrival in Port SYDNEY
The schooner Hula, which reached Sydney from Melbourne to-day after a voyage lasting 10 days, encountered high seas and head winds, She…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Schooner Arrives Delayed by Boisterous Weather. Sydney
The schooner Huia, which was compelled to shelter off the coast owing to the recent boisterous, weather, arrived in Sydney to-day from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Powdered Fuel German Steamer Trials
Statements have been made during recent times that the coal from the mines in the Northern district is unsuitable for use as powdered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Strange 'Plane Wreckage Discovery at Jervis Bay
Busted pieces, of steel, forming part of an aeroplane, were found at Jervis Bay and were believed to belong to the 'plane which Captain Hood and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MAROONED Night in Attics Villages Wrecked St. John's (N'land), Feb. 10
Four hundred and fifty Sandy Point fisherfolk are still marooned to-day as the sea has swept away the strip of land that connected their village…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Into Bay Church Wrecked Another Gale St. Georges, Nild., Feb. 13
A winter hurricane that swept Newfoundland at the week-end caused great damage in the flood-stricken villages along the shores…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plane Wreckage at Jervis Bay
Captain [?]. E. Johnson, senior aircraft inspector for the Federal Government, said that he is convinced that the charred and rusted parts of an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer in Danger Radio Message Picked Up. Sydney
A radio message picked up at Sydney to-day from Townsville stated that the Japanese steamer Kinsen Maru was in a dangerous position, and that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Japanese Steamer Missing Grave Fears for Safety
The gravest fears are felt for the Japanese steamer Kinsen Maru. which was struck by a cyclone about 400 miles off Bowen, on the Queensland coast. The Talleyrand reached the spot from which the disabled steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grave Fears Fate of Steamer Vain Search
Silence has enfolded the Japanese wheat tramp steamer, Kinsen Maru, which sent out an S.O.S. call monday…
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