Stranded Steamer Efforts to Save Vessel SYDNEY
A wireless message received to-day stated that the steamer Mako had reached tho stranded Japanese freighter, China Maru, which went ashore at…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1939
115 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 6
Stranded Steamer Effort to Refloat Fails. Sydney
A message received in Sydney this morning stated that the Japanese freighter Yamasino Maru had failed to refloat the stranded steamer…
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A party of three men and a woman reached Sydney on Saturday after an adventurous 12-day voyage from Hobart in' the 43ft ketch Connella. They…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Sandy Beach Port Bowen Ashore SYDNEY
A message from Wellington (N.Z.) states that the liner, Port Bowen, went ashore early this morning north of Wanganui Head…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Liner Ashore in New Zealand Tugs Racing to Rescue. Sydney
The liner Port Bowen ran ashore early this morning north of Wanganui Heads (N.Z.). Several tugs are racing to the rescue…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sending War Veterans to New Zealand Steamer Fares Considered Too High. Sydney
The proposal to send a contingent of war veterans to New Zealand for the Anzac Day services next year might be abandoned because of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Steamer Strikes Mine in No Imminent Danger. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) HONGKONG
The British steamer'Haitan struck a mine between Swatow and Formosa, tearing a hole in the side and flooding the hold. The vessel is in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attempt to Wreck Tractor Charge of Gelignite Glen Innes
A deliberate attempt to wreck a tractor owned by Messrs. Chesterfield and Jenkins, of Grafton, at Martin's Lookout, is being investigated by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →French Steamer Sunk 10 of Crew Believed Dead
The French steamer Sunik (5000 tons) caught fire and sank when she was rammed by the Swedish steamer Grangesberg (4575 tons) during a fog…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Thieves Blow Safe Gelignite Wrecks Office SYDNEY
Thieves with gelignite blew open a safe on the premises occupied by the Kraft Walker Cheese Co. Pty., Ltd., in Cleveland-street, Chippendale. They…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Offices Wrecked (A.a.p. Service.) LONDON, August 4
A message from Tientsin states that a Chinese mob demolished the offices of the British-owned International Export Company, hut the staff escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sailors Ashore H.M.A.S. Perth At New York World's Fair New York, August 6
Australian sailors saw the bright lights of Broadway on Friday night, when the bulk of the personnel of H.M.A.S. Perth of 635 were given…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Scalded Boiler Stay On Steamer Broke
Four seamen were severely scalded when a boiler stay on the Zealander, which was on her way from Sydney to Hobart broke…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ketch Refloated Launceston
The ketch, Defender, which went ashore on a part of Tasmania's east coast, has been refloated and reached St. Helen's yesterday. The ketch had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cannot Land Refugees Stranded On Steamer LONDON, August. 10
Starving and pennlless, 600 Czech Jewish refugees are stranded at Smyrna aboard the steamer Parita says the Istanbul (Turkey)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rescue From Wrecked Boat Auckland
When a launch with two teachers and two pupils struck a rock in French Pass, near Nulsun, the bow was ripped open, but the craft remained afloat…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wreck of the Dunbar 82nd Anniversary Yesterday
Yesterday was the 82nd anniversary of the wreck of the Dunbar, perhaps the most notable sea tragedy in the history of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coastal Steamer Ashore Position Said to Be Serious. Sydney
The costal steamer Tyalgum went ashore near the Tweed River entrance this morning, and its position is understood to be serious…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →German Steamer Keeps Clear Melbourne
The German steamer Strassfurt, which was expected here early to-day is, evidently keeping out at sea, as she has not arrived. Eight Jewish…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →First Shot Fired Small Steamer Failed To Stop MELBOURNE
Australia's first shot in the war was fired from a fort at Port Phillip Heads yesterday. It was aimed across the bow of a…
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