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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea
47 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 3
SYDNEY, Friday. — The 7000 tons Italian freighter Orione was driven eshore by violent winds in Sydney Harbour to-day and is now fast on the rocks. It has not yet been ascertained how badly the ship has been damaged below…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The interior of Maitland's historic, 91-year-old St. Paul's Church of England has been wrecked by the flood. Flood waters raging inside the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Interior of St. Paul's Church of England, Maitland, 91 years' old, was completely wrecked by the recent flood. It tore up the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, Wed. —A further upset to the unloading of the Hallgonian Duke occurred to-day when the crew decided to strike for higher…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →HONGKONG, August 3 (A.A.P.-Reuter).—The Communist Peiping Radio last night alleged that the British frigate Amethyst sank a Chinese passenger steamer, Kiangling, in the course of its escape down the Yangtse…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. — The National President of the. Seamen’s Union (Mr. & Franklin) said to-day that no crew members from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — There were exciting scenes as the crew of 44 of the 3327: ton interstate freighter. Time, were taken off the ship fate yesterday fey the Queenscliff lifeboat…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →KEMPSEY, Friday.—The Seventh Day Adventist Mission launch, Leleo, ran aground on Crescent Head during a storm early to-day. Three officers and a crew of five Hew Hebridean natives swam ashore uninjured…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Seventh Day' Adventists' mission launch, Leico, ran aground on Crescent Heads during a storm early today. Three officers and a crew of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →HONGKONG, Sept. 8 (AAP-Reuter) — Typhoon winds of mounting velocity early this morning forced rescue craft to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—A United States Naval captain, who said he was throwing away a 30 years’ career by making the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE, Mondays—Police In two States are trying to locate a Melbourne man whose name was on the log of the luxury…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE, Wed —The commanding officer of the East Sale RAAF training station, Grp-Caot Chariton, to-day found more…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →PUERTO CABELLO (Venezuela), Oct. 4 (AAP).—Fire of an undetermined origin totally destroyed the 1350-tons Norwegian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE HAGUE, October 5 (A.A.P.) —One of crew was killed and several other injured when the Swedish streamed Mira (1500 tons)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, October 8 (AAP).— The Anchor Line’s motor ship Cameronia, 16,298 tons, to-day completes her trials on the Firth…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →HOLLYWOOD, Tuesday. — Bandleader Don Sylvio, step father of film star, Margaret O'Brien, yesterday accused her of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An interesting exhibit at the Engineering and Marine Exhibition at Olymp[?] London. was an aluminium alloy funnel, fabricated for the new British Railways’ streamlined Cross Channel steamer the T.S.S. Brighton. The weight saving of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An interesting exhibit at the Engineering and Marine Exhibition which opened recently at Olympia, London, was an aluminium alloy funnel. Made by William Denny and Brothers, of Dumbarton, it is on show for the first time. The funnel is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The double gates In Wallis Creek, erected many years ago control flooding, were wrecked in the Hoods four months ago…
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