Air Crash Famous Pilot Killed 'Plane Wrecked Wellington (N.z.)
New Zealand's most honoured pilot, Squadron-Leader M. C. McGregor, an ace war pilot and a participant in the Melbourne Centenary Air Race, was…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1936
104 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 6
Air Tragedy Wreckage Examined New Regulations Sydney
Members of the Air Accidents Investigation Committee to-day visited the scene of the tragic 'plane crash near Cordeaux Dam on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Famous War Pilot Killed Plane Wrecked in Landing
A 'plane accident at Wellington (N.Z.) on Wednesday afternoon caused the death of New Zealand's best known and most honoured pilot—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fierce Storm Heavy Damage Done Houses Wrecked Brisbane
A number of persons wore injured, ono seriously, and thousands of pounds worth of damage was done to houses, outbuildings, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gannet 'Plane Crash Burnt Wreckage And Incenerated Bodies
Searchers, after struggling through the bush all night, found at dawn on Friday all that was left of the Gannet monoplane that crashed near…
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A message received at 3.25 this morning from the steamer Nalpa, at present between Brisbane anil Bundaberg, was to the effect that her…
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A message was intercepted in sydney and forwarded to the Deputy Director of Navigation from the small steamer Nalta, at present between…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →EXPLODED Italian Oil Steamer Seven Missing Cairo, March 15
An Italian tramp steamer, the Marchiglano, laden with drums of benzine for the Itallan armies form Genoa for Assa Bay, exploded without…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Idle Hour" Ketch in Sydney SYDNEY
Skippered by Dwight Long, a graduate of Seattle University,, and manned by a crew of three, two of whom, joined her at Auckland, the 32-foot…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →French Steamer Sinks in Fog. Nine Lives Lost. London
Nine lives were lost in the sinking of the French steamer Boree, of 1145 tons, oft Caen, in a fog near The Wash this morning. Thirteen of the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nine Lives Lost Steamer Founnders LONDON, March 27
Nine lives were lost in the sinking of the French steamer Boree (1145 tons) in a fog near the Wash yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Rocks Manly Ferry Steamer Dense Fog Sydney
Proceeding cautiously through a heavy blanket of fog which descended over the city last night and remained for some hours the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Manly Ferry Steamer Drifts on to Rocks Aground at Bradley's Head. All Passengers Taken Off Steamer. Dense Fog in Sydney Harbour, Sydney
In an impenetrable fog this morning, the Manly ferry, Curl Curl, with 50 passengers aboard, went aground on the rocks at Bradley's Head. There was no panic, and the passengers were safely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Refused Landing World Tourists in Sydney Ketch Wrecked Sydney
Although they claimed that they were Australians and that they had left Cairns last year In a small ketch on a world cruise, Hector Packham…
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Thirty-one Japanese arrived at Thursday Island in four small boats They were the crew of the sampan They were crew of the sampan Fuknjyn Marn, of 47 tons, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tidal Wave Crashed Over Steamer Four Lives Lost Melbourne
While the Bass Strait steamer Nairana was entering Port Phillip Heads yesterday morning, a huge tidal wave rose suddenly out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Launch Wrecked Man and Wife Saved Adrift All Day Gosford
Pitching dangerously about in heavy seas in a 16ft launch which had broken down shortly after they had cleared Sydney Heads on Friday night, Max…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tidal Wave Crashes Over Steamer Four Lives Lost
While the Bass Strait steamer Nairana was entering-Port Philip Heads on Sunday morning, a huge tidal wave rose suddenly out of a calm sea and broke…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Her Daughter Was a Real Nervous Wreck
"I got quite run down myself worrying about; the health of my daughter, states Mrs. T. C, of Monto" (Q.). "She, suffered from anaemia…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Links with Early Days Extracts from "Mercury" Files Hunter Valley History H.R.A. Third Annual Show—Affected by Drought —First Stock Fair Held in Maitland—William Shea Executed—Oddfellow's Lodges—Drought Broken —Exodus From Van Diemen's Land Steamer Contract
The undersigned tender have been accepted for conveyance by water between Sydney, Newcastle and Morpeth, during the remainder of the present…
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