Ketch Reaches Hobart
SYDNEY, Money.—After a voyage of 11 days the Victorian sketch, Unis J, reached Hobart at 6.05 a.m. to-day…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1947
63 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 4
Park Gate Wrecked. Narrow Escapes in Collision
A remarkable escape from serious injury was the good forutne of a number of people in a car which struck and demolished one of the heavy stone…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Protest by Doctors Not Allowed Ashore
A doctor from the refugee ship, Hwalien, alleged that he and other medical men were forbidden by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Insult to Toreador Ends in Wild Riot Angry Fans Wreck World’s Greatest Bull Ring
NEW YORK, January 22—Lorenzo Garza, Mexico’s champion toreador, can stand a lot, according to his friends, but not a reference to his mother, and when a spectator at Mexico City Plaza—the world’s greatest bull ring—shouted…
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Hundreds of people lined the banks of the flooded Brisbane river on Sunday and hauled fish ashore with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stables Wrecked
During Monday's heavy blow 164 sheets of iron were torn from tables at "Balmoral". Mr. G. W. Scholes' stables also…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sole Shipwreck Survivor Gets Month's Gaol Allegation of Begging Money
A magistrate in the Bundaberg Police Court on Wednesday sent James Cush, survivor of the Nova wreck, to jail for a month…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jet Place Wrecked At Darwin
DARWIN, Saturday. — A jet-propelled Meteor plane, piloted by Flight-Lieutenant Gooch, crash-landed at the aerodrome. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Pilot Steamer in Rescue Heavy Seas Pound Beaches
The Newcastle pilot steamer Birubi yesterday took an overturned surf boat in tow to prevent it from being dashed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Drowned and Launch Wrecked Tragedy Off Middle Head
A man was drowned when a launch was wrecked off Middle Head cliffs in heavy seas on Saturday. The man was Raymond. Headley Cox, 30,…
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SYDNEY Tuesday.—One of the passengers was injured while the Wahine, the Union Company’s inter island ferry steamer, battled…
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NEW YOKE, Feb. 25.—It was announced by the Army Air Transport Command that a four-engined army transport landed beside the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Captain of Wanganella Held Responsible for Wreck Master's Certificate Suspended
New Zealander, Capt. R. Darroch, master of the liner. "Wanganella," which was stranded at the entrance to Wellington…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plight Of Men On Wrecked Tanker
Freighters nave located both sections of the American tanker, Fort Dearborn, which broke in two in the heavy sea off…
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HONOLULU March 18.—The Navy announced that 22 men were rescued from the severed Slern of the wrecked tanker Fort…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →2 Killed : 4 Injured In Lifeboat Mishap
LONDON, March . 19.—Two Chinese were killed and four others injured when a lifeboat was smashed as it was being lowered from the British tanker Diloma, after the ship hit a submerged rock off Sutherland, Durham, says the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shipping Commonwealth of Australia Australian Shipping Board. Steamer Service between Sydney and Newcastle
Every night—Monday to Friday: Limited Passenger Accommodation Cargo received and delivered at Newcastle dally…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Seizure of War-wrecked Ships
WASHINGTON March 28— Yugoslavia has rejected United States and British protests against the [?] of nine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →One Missing Mosquito Seen Burnt-Out Wreckage Sighted In Mountains
The burnt-out wreckage of the R.A.A.F. Mosquito bomber which crashed on Saddle Mountain, south of Townsville, on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Greek Cargo Vessel Wrecked
CAPETOWN, April 2— All members of the crew of the Greek cargo Nessal, Georg M. Liyanda, were rescued [?]…
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