Woman with No Means Passengers of Steamer Subscribe Money
Just prior to the Manunda leaving Fremantle a young woman and her two children walked aboard and mingled with the passengers. When the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1933
82 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 5
Six Killed Terrific Explosion Homes Wrecked London. March 28
Six were killed and 17 injured in an explosion at Gateshead, when a steam excavator on a roadway damaged a gas main…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wrecked Air Liner Terrible Scenes Witnessed King Sends Message of Sympathy London
The examination and removal of the Wreckage of the City of Liverpool began yesterday afternoon in the presence of a British Air Ministry inspector and the Belgian air authorities. The King, in a message to the chairman of Imperial Airways,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Total Wreck Launch Battered SYDNEY
A Brisbane message states that the launch Chelson owned by R. Gott, had her salls carried away by a squall when making for Yoppeon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Howling Gale Steamer Delayed
More than 40 hours late, the Interstate freighter Mildura arrived at Port Adelaide from Melbourne after four days' battle with the worst…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Italian Airman Body Believed to Be Washed Ashore. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Bengal
A flying club 'plane left Calcutta in search of the missing Italian airman, Leonida Robbiano, in the Chittagong area, where his machine is believed to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire on Steamer Cruiser to Rescue Copra Blazes Gibraltar, April 18
In response to a wireless appeal from the copra-laden steamer, Benholm, from Suva, for assistance, as she was afire in the after hold and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Air Tragedy. Body Washed Ashore. Is It Robbiano's? Calcutta
A body, believed to be that of Roberto Robbiano, the Italian air acer who was flying to Australia, was washed up at Charbacu Island,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Yacht Wrecked Three Men Drowned Driven Ashore
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday. En route from Auckland to Wellington, the yacht Mizpah, was driven ashore near Porangahan,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bert Hinkler's Body Found Near Wrecked 'Plane CRASHED! Struck Mountain Lonely Spot London, April 28
The body of Bert Hinkler, who disappeared while flying to Australia, was found beside his wrecked machine in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →REFLOATED Japanese Steamer SYDNEY
A radio message, received in Sydney to-day, stated that the Japanese steamer, Juyo Maru, which went aground at Noumea on April 9, has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Month Ashore
"I was a month off the sea—up in New Guinea," he told an interviewer. "I told an acquaintance of mine up there that I was going inland to shoot…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →S.O.S. Steamer in Distress Keeper's Message Sydney
The Navigation Department has received a message from the light housekeeper at Montague island South Coast to the effect that a large…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Emden Bell Said to Be on German Steamer. Sydney
It is reported in detective quarters that the Emden bell, which was recently stolen from the War Memorial Museum, is now on board the German…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Watery Grave Old Steamer Newcastle SYDNEY
The old paddle steamer Newcastle was tames outside the Heads to-day and scuttied. In her day the Newcatle was one…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mrs. H. G. Dee. Farewelled by "Home Wreckers"
Mrs. H. G. Dee, who is to leave Mudgee for Merriwa this week, was farewelled by her many friends at a bright little party on the balcony of the Club…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WRECKED French Express 14 Killed Paris, June 4
Fourteen were killed and 70 injured, following the derailment of the Paris-Nantes express near Nantes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →French Express Wrecked 14 Killed and 70 Injured. Driver's Tragic Error. (Australian Press Assn. Message). Paris
Fourteen were killed and 70 injured in a derailment to the Faris-Nantes express, near Nantes. Tho engine-driver was under sealed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →French Express Wrecked Fourteen Killed and Seventy Injured. Driver 'S Tragic Error. Paris
Fourteen were killed and 70 injured in a derailment to the puris-Nantes express, near Nantes. The engine driver was under scaled…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Silver Traffic Steamer Searched
Last night police boarded the steamer Wanganolia and made a close search for New Zealand silver. Prier to leaving New Zealand, It is…
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