Severe Damage Fireball at Botany Works Wrecked [?]Sydney
When a fireball struck the tanning works of J. Bayley and Sons, Ltd., In Botany during one of the series of storms which swept…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1935
101 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 6
S.O.S. American. Schooner New York. February 11
Not long after.H.M.A.S. Australia, had left the American schooner Seth Parker, to which she had been called by distress signals, 300 miles north of…
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A most interesting and enjoyable romance by Ethel George, dealing with the story of Richard Maxwell, a kindly young doctor, who lives with his…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Areoplane Wrecked in Forced Landing Near Wyong LUCKY Occupants Unhurt Pipe Breaks Gosford
Due to the breaking of the oil pipe, an open cockpit two-passenger aeroplane landed in a swamp near Warnervale…
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Due to the breaking of an oil pipe, an open cockpit two-passenger aeroplane had to be landed in a swamp near Warnervale at 8 o'clock to-day,…
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Due to the breaking of the oil pipe, an open cockpit two-passenger aeroplane landed in a swamp near Warriorvale yesterday morning, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Trouble on Steamer. Wanganella Held Up. Sydney
The steamer Wanganella is still held up, but efforts will be made during the day to settle the dispute, caused by the company dismissing…
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The ferry steamer Kirawa, with 200 passengers on board, ran on the rocks near the old Cremorne wharf this morning…
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About 200 passengers aboard the ferry, Kirawa, which left Mosmari Bay on Wednesday morning, had an exciting journey. The ferry ran on to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Twelve Drowned Capsize of Lifeboat CASABLANCA, Feb. 28
Twelve were drowned when a life boat capsized on the way to rescue a Spanish smack which was driven on the rocks in a terrific gale…
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Better the chance of a shipwreck; better the chance of a squall; better the chance of danger than never a trip at all. Paddling hither and thither…
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A fishing party of six had a trying time when, off Clovelly, their launch, caught by heavy seas, was thrown against the rocks on the southers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schooner's Plight HONDURAS, March 19
The British schooner Laura, carrying 104 passengers and a crew of 12, grounded off Utila to-day. It…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[?] with Early Days tracts From "Mercury" Files Hunter Valley History [?] Inspection of Paterson Township—Murderer [?] at Newcastle—Steamer Ashore in Williams— District again Visited by Caterpillar Plague—Horse Races at Newcastle. Governor's Visit
Wednesday afternoon about five his Excellency Sir Grorge drove into Maitland on his re-[?] visiting the Upper Hunter,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fruit Express Wrecked Bad Smash at Kempsey
The fruit express, carrying 500 tons of produce, when travelling to the Kempsey railway yards at 8.15 on Wednesday night, ran into a stationary…
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Messrs. Macdonald, Hamilton, Co., agents in Australia for the P. O. Company, advise that, in order meet the increasing demands for…
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When manoeuvring off the Abattoir Wharf to face upstream, the steamer Espearance Bay was caught by a strong ebb tide and swung…
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A wireless message has Been received from the master of the liner Aorangi, stating that a lifeboat, badly…
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Concern was expressed by shipping men in Melbourne for the crayfish ketch, Voana, which left Welshpool on March 29 with two men on board,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fierce Storm Lashes Sou'-West Coast Victoria 'torm High Seas Ketch Wrecked Bell Rung ' MELBOURNE
The south-western coast of Victoria was lashed by a violent storm form 1 a.m. to-day until dawn, which…
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