Mystery Steamer Off Queensland Coast Only Port and Starboard Lights Showing
A mystery steamer of more than 1000 tons has caused considerable excitement among residents of Alexandra Headlands and…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938
140 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 7
Guinea Prize Model for Lifeboat
It was in 1787 that, a committee of South Shields shipowners offered a prize for the best model of a boat adapted for saving life amid the storms…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gar Wrecked Over an Embankment SINGLETON
The five occupants of a car which went over an embankment on the deviation,, and rolled over several times before it stopped, at 9 p.m. last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Torpedoed PERPIGNAN, March 18
A British steamer, believed to be the 'Clifford, was torpedoed off Cape Cerbere. She grounded off Llansa, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eight Killed in Air Crash. Flaming Wreck Rolls Down Mountain
The five passengers and the crew of three were killed when an Air Prance liner crashed in the Eastern Pyrenees…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Morinda Ashore. in Coral-studded Waters. Passengers and Crew Safe. Sydney
The Burns Philp steamer, Morinda, of 2025 tons, is ashore off the Malo Islands in the New Hebrides, and preparations are being made to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Reef In New Hebrides Steamer Morinda Sydney
The steamer Morinda, owned by Bump Philp Lid., is ashore off Malo Island, and. according to reports received in Sydney, bumping…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grim Rail Disaster New Zealand Tragedy Six Bodies Found Carriages Wrecked Wellington (N.z.)
Three carriages were telescoped and splintered to matchwood when the week-end excursion express from Wellington to New Plymouth, carrying…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Strong Protest Attack on British Steamer Franco's 'Planes London, March 30
The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Butler, announced In the House of Commons to-day that the Government had come to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Polar Hero on "Wrecking" Charge Soviet Ships Ice-bound
One of the men accused of complicity in the Arctic "wrecking" plot is the Polar scientist-hero, Professor Otto Schmidt…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Items of Interest Wreck of the Birkenhead
When the troopship Birken-head went down in February 1852, in sight of land, it was considered throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ground Crash at Mascot Klemm Swallow Wrecked
When two 'planes collided in the centre of the Kingsford Smith Aerodrome at Mascot on Saturday, the two pilots arid four passengers had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Story of Island Shipwreck. Ride Only White Person on Board. Sydney
News of the rescue of passengers aboard the steamer Baud which went ashore in the Kei Islands in the Dutch East Indies was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sea Thrills Nieuw Holland Here Two Shipwrecks Sydney
The voyage of the Dutch liner, Nieuw Holland, from Singapore to Australia, contained many thrills for the passengers. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Homes Wrecked N. Zealand Floods Traffic Blocked Wellington (N.z.)
Recalling the conditions or Easter was marked by widespread storms, severe floods, blocked roads and railways, and damaged bridges…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Killed in Terrific Bomb Explosion Inquest Opens Son Tells of Shocking Discovery Bodies in Wreckage Sydney
The District Coroner, Mr, G. K. Williams, to-day began his inquiry into the death of Alfred Ernest Smith, 55, organiser of the Meat Industry Union, and his wife, Mary Ann Smith, 53, who were killed by a bomb explosion at their home in Lidcombe early…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bomber Wrecked Air Pageant Mishap Nobody Injured Sydney
None of tho huge crowd of onlookers at the air pagenut at Richmond j was aware that au Avro Anson bomb, er, one of the latest Air Force…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident at Air Pageant Bomber Wrecked
Not one of the huge crowd of spectators at the air pageant at Richmond on Saturday was aware that an Avro Anson bomber, one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coastal Steamer Ashore. Passengers Taken Off Vessel. Sydney
A message from Brisbane states that the coastal motorship, Bingara, is ashore, badly damaged, on Spitfire Reef, 500 miles from Brisbane, near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Ship "Bingera" Ashore Passengers Land Safely. Sydney
A message from Brisbane states that the coastal motorship "Bingera" is ashore and badly damaged on Spitfire Reef, 540 miles from Brisbane,…
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