Fatal Fall On Steamer Orara SYDNEY
A greaser, Ernest Ryder. 57, of Glebe, Sydney, met a shocking death late last night when he fell into the engine crankshaft well of the North…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1935
101 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 6
Dreadful Death on Coastal Steamer Vessel Returns to Port. Sydney
Ernest Ryder, aged 57, met a terrible death when he fell into machinery which he was tending on the coastal steamer Orara last night…
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Mr. George Bennett, 25, contractor, of Bullahdelah, had his skull injured when he fell downstairs on the steamer Hunter while it was en route from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WRECKED Schooner Pearl GRAFTON
Caught in a heavy swell off Yamba Beach yesterday afternoon the schooner the schooner Pearl was washed on to the beach and under the battering of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Imperial Airways Liner Wrecked Passengers Uninjured. London
An Imperial Airways air liner carrying three passengers had a minor crash near Zwettl, Austria, while flying from Vienna to London, states the Vienna…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →'Plane Wrecked Cadet Badly Injured High Speed Dive Melbourne
When it dived at high speed over the Echuca Rifle Range, a Wapiti 'plane, piloted by Air Cadet Brian Walker, of South Australia, failed to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cargo Steamer for Australasian Service Launching on Mersey. London
The Diessel-engined, steel cargo steamer Dunediu Star, which has a displacement of 10,000 tons and is 522 feet long, was launched from Messrs Cammell…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wapiti Tune Wrecked Air Cadet Badly Injured
Diving at high, speed while over the Echuca (Vic.) Rifle Range on Wednesday, a Wapiti 'plane, piloted by Air Cadet Brian Walker, of South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Damaged Rudder Mishap to Steamer NEWCASTLE
The steamer Yarra, of 2267 tons, suffered a mishap while berthing at the jetty at Catherine Hill Bay, and damaged its rudder. The master sent a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Film Explodes Two People Injured Building Wrecked Sydney
When they were lifted bodily from their foot and hurled across the room when an explosion occurred in a film stores' vault of By-products and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Rubber Lifeboat Used on Aeroplane
Demonstrating a new Idea for safety when flying over water, three Soviet airmen have jumped with a life-boat by parachute from an aeroplane and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Vessel Loses Propellor Slowly Drifting Ashore Melbourne
The cargo steamer Lindebank, of 5067 tons, has lost her propellor, and is reported to be drifting ashore five and a half miles from Calea, on the south-east…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer Sights Flares Slender Chance Remains of Finding Kingsford Smith. Singapore
A wireless message was received today by the captain of the Penang Hrbour Board, from the steamer Pasha, stating that at 10.20 last night flares…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Hermes Schooner Missing Fruitless Search Canberra
Searchers have found no trace of the Government schooner Hermes, which left Madang on November 10 for Rabaul, via Vitu, carrying three…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lifeboat for Aeroplane
Demonstrating a new idea for safety when flying over water, three Soviet airmen have jumped with a lifeboat by parachute from an aeroplane, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sheds Wrecked Fireworks Mishap Blaze Quelled Melbourne
Making a roar that could be heard for miles, a large quantity of fire-works contained in two sheds, exploded at the Phoenix Fireworks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fierce Storm Brisbane Lashed. Houses Wrecked Brisbane
Bruised and cut by places of flying galvanised iron and timber as their homes wore unroofed or lifted bodily from the blocks. several residents of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Explosion on Steamer Entire Crew Killed. Santos (Brazil)
The steamship Britt Marie, of 3019 tons was completely destroyed and sank after an explosion, which, it is feared, took the lives of the entire crew of 25…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Civil War Wrecking Venezuela Dictator's Death New York, Dec. 25
That civil war is wrecking Venezuela, after almost 20 years tranquillity, is indicated on the arrival of travellers from that country…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mystery of Steamer Paringa Disappeared During Storm
Concern is being caused in official circles by the continued absence of news of the steamer Paringa, of 1359 tons, which disappeared during a storm on…
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