Italian Steamer Sinks. Cargo Explodes. Paris
The Italian steamer "Boccaccio" sank after an explosion at Yushant. The crew were rescued. The French newspaper, "Le Soir," states that the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937
151 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 8
Italian Steamer Sunk (Australian Press Assn. Message.) PARIS
The Italian steamer Boccacio was sunk through an explosion off Ushant. The crew was saved. "Le Soir" says the Boccacio was…
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The British steamer Euphorbia has been taken to Gibraltar under the escort of the H.M.S. Galatea. It is reported she has been ordered to unload…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crew Rescued Sunken Steamer New York. Nov. 25
It was feared that 17 of the crow are lost with the steamer Nollington Castle after the vessel struck a submerged object near Mail (West Indies), but a later…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Six Killed Polish Airliner Wrecked WARSAW. Nov. 28
Missing since it left Thessalonica for sofia on November 23 an air-liner of the Poland-Palestine-Warsaw service was found wreeked and almost…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Crash Burning Wreckage Seen Bishop a Victim Khartoum, Dec, 8
It is feared that the Right Rev. Herbert Bullen, Assistant Bishop in Egypt and the Sudan, his wife, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Freighter Ashore Passengers Rescued LONDON, December 17
The freighter Stuart Star ran ashore broadside on the rocky coast off Hook Point lighthouse, she was taking water in three holds, and it is feared she will…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wrecked Liner Battered by Storm MANILA, Dec, 20
Heavy gales and high seas are threatening the destruction of the American Dollar liner President Hoover, which recently went aground,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Italian Flying Boat Wrecked Three of Crew Killed (Australian Press Assn. Message.) ROME
An Italian flying boat was about to take off at Brindisi, when it crashed back into the water, similar to the Imperial Airways flying boat…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wrecked Seamen Tell Story of Rescue Crash in Fog Disaster Narrowly Averted Lifeboat Adrift Sydney
Members of the crew of the coaster Saros, which is piled up on the rocks almost under the lighthouse at Cape Everard, on the Victorian coast, said to-day on arrival by the rescue ship…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Emden Wreck Japanese Take Metal SINGAPORE, December [?]
The marine police to-day seized the Japanese-owned fishing vessel Anyo Maru when it arrived hero. A search revealed 30 tons of bronze and other metal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mast of Steamer Collapses on Wharf Well-known Talking Picture Man Killed Sydney
When the foremast of the coastal steamer Faterson collapsed in Woolloomooloo Bay to-day, Roy Blanch, an engineer of the Cinesound News…
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