More Salvage From Wrecked Egypt
Another consignment of treasure from the liner Egypt, which foundered off Ushant with more than £1,000,000 of gold as cargo, was brought into…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1933
82 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 5
Greek Steamer Founders Caught in Hurricane
Twenty-one lives were lost when the Greek steamer Annoula sank in a hurricane off the North Carolina coast, the five reported after landing from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Links with Early Days Extracts From "Mercury" Files Hunter Valley History Harsh Sentences Imposed at Maitland Quarter Sessions——the Incompleted Gaol at East Maitland——Newcastle Sydney Steamer's Quick Passage——Business at Standard still in Newcastle "Court of Quarter Sessions
Mary Sullivan was indicted for stealing a pair of trousers, valued 15s., the property of our Soveign Lady the Queen, at Patrick's Plains on the 17th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Rocks Norwegian Steamer LONDON, October 24
The Norwegian steamer Granare, which ran aground on Kincardineshire Rocks last night. new lies in a precarious position and may become a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Saved by Fish Sinking Steamer
Here is a story of how a gallant fish saved a ship from sinking by inserting its tall in a hole (says the "Sunday Express")…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rail Smash Office Wrecked SYDNEY
When they collided with an engine six empty trucks at Darling Harbour were derailed. The leading truck crashed into an office which manifest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DROWNED? Wreckage Found Missing Youth Sydney
Consequent to the finding of two life bolts and a petrol tin on the beach half way between Cronulla and Boat Harbour, the police are convinced that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Youth Missing. Has Launch Foundered? Sydney
George Galley (17), who set out-for Woy Woy from Port Hacking in a 15ft. motor launch on Saturday, and who has not been seen since, is believed to have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Little Hope. Loss of Steamer and Crew. LONDON
Little hope now remains for any of the crew of the British steamship Saxelby, which sent out distress signals when 400 miles off…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sole Survivor German Ship Wrecked Capsized Rotterdam, Nov, 19
The sale surviver of the crew of 11 of the German motor ship Kreuzsee, from Bromorhaven to London, arrived aboard the steamer Egeria…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →DISABLED? Steamer Delayed Slow Progress Sydney
Although she left Sydney last night for Java, the Dutch steamer Sipirok, was only 8 miles from Sydney Heads at 3 o'clock this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anzac Landing First Man Ashore SYDNEY
According to the supplementary preface just issued of the official history of the War, Lieutenant Chapman, of the 9th Battalion, was the first…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Youthful Adventures Canoe Wrecked over Waterfall
Jack Harris, aged 20, and Arthur Mockett, aged 19, of Hurlstone Park, 'who set out from Goulburn to travel by canoe to Woy Woy, returned to Goulburn after travel ting 100 miles, during which they encountered many adventures, Including the wrecking of their canoe,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →'Plane Wrecked Pilot's Narrow Escape LONDON, December 1
An aeroplane, fitted with wings based on studies of birds in flight, was wrecked in Gloucestershire. Captain Saint, the well-known test…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Black Eye Girl Pilot 'Plane Wrecked Sydney
Miss May Bradford, the 27-year-old; pilot of the aeroplane which crashed near Goulburn on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Moth Aeroplane's Spectacular Dive to Earth WRECKED Pilot Shaken Close Call Sydney
Thomas Johnson (42), an aircraft inspector attached to the Civil Aviation Department at Mascot, narrowly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bodies Washed Ashore (Australian Press Assn. Message.) London
Four bodies washed ashore at, Norfolk appear to indicate the loss of the steamer "Broonsleet," of 854 tone, with the same gale which last wee? was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Grounds. Captain Commits Suicide. LONDON
The steamer Exarch ran ashore at midnight on Saturday near Cape Plakopi, Cyprus. The captain committed suicide on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hard Fight Fire oh Steamer Cotton Cargo London, December 19
The American steamship Topa Topa, of 5,356 tons, carrying cotton and timber from Flerida to London, arrived in the Thamos to-day with a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blaze on Steamer Extinguished by Floats. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) London
The American steamship, Totatota, 5356 tons, carrying cotton and timber, arrived in the Thames to-day with a fire aboard, which had raged for 24…
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