Sleepers on Rails. Attempt to Wreck Express. (By Wire) Sydney
When the Adelaide express was between Bacchus Marsh and Ingliston the driver noticed an obstruction on the line, which on examination…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1929
44 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 3
Suits for Shipwrecks
Since the tragedy of the Titanic hundreds of ideas and inventions have been brought before shipping companies and the Board of Trade…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →400 Lives Lost Steamer Sinks HONGKONG
Sinking with tragic suddenness, and giving practically no chance of escape to those on board,the China Merchants S.N. Co's steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest Telegrams. Steamer Wrecked. Crew Swept Off. Lisbon
After the Gorman steamed Leister crashed on the rocks at Cape Leixoes, mountainous seas swept 21 of the crew from the bridge, one by one, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →21 DROWNED Steamer on Rocks (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening
A cable from Lisbon states that after the German steamer Deister crashed on the rocks at Cape Lelxoes, a mountainious sea swept 21 of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kanowna Wrecked. Sydney
The steamer Kanowna, which left Sydney on Saturday for Fremantle via ports, went ashore last night on Clift Island, seven miles south of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Ashore (By Wire) Sydney
The steamer Kanowna went asho[?] at The Rocks near Wilson's Promono tory last night and sank in deep water. At seven o'clock this morning the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →DISABLED Steamer in Trouble SYDNEY
The steamer Arafua, has been seriously disabled off the Queensland coast, and has wirelessed for assistance…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams Disabled Steamer. a Thrilling Experience. Brisbane
The disabled steamer, Arapura, arrived in Brisbane yesterday in tow of the tug Forceful. The captain, officers and passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Damaged Steamer Crew's Experience (By Wire) Sydney
The disabled steamer, Araffra, arrived in Brisbane after having been forcibly towed in. The Captain, officers and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Airman Injured Rescued from Wreckage
A London message states that the New Zealander, Frank Mace, who is [?]anning a flight to New Zealand, was badly injured when his machine crash…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Total Wreck Cargo Boat on Rocks CAPETOWN
The Western Knight, an American cargo boat, ran on the rocks in a dense fog, eight miles south of Port Elizabeth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Sunk Big Claim SYDNEY
It is reported that the owners cf the steamer Selje, which was sunk by the steamer, Kaituna, off Cape Otway, intend to sue the owners of the latter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Missing Last, Radio December 20 COPENHAGEN
The owners of the missing training ship, Kobenhaven, which has been missing since December, have learned that the steamer was in touch with a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Harbor Thrills Collisions and Boats Ashore
In a collision between the Manly ferry steamer Curl Curl and the launch N[?]rod, off Benelong Po[?] at 5.15 p.m. on Saturday, nine passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Machine Wrecked Mase Forced Down On London-Australia Flight LONDON
Captain Frank Mase, who took off from Lymone, Kent. yesterday to fly to Australia and New Zealand, met with disaster at Roanne, 40 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →'Plane Wrecked Wing Becomes Detached PARIS
There was a terrible flying accident at the Avord Military Aerodrome, killing five men, when one wing became detached from an aeroplane…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hospital Wrecked. Awful Catastrophe. Fire and Gas Kill 125 Patients
Three explosions wrecked the Cleveland Clinic-Hospital, after which a fire broke out. It is reported that 91 are known to be dead and possibly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Building Wrecked Following Explosion (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening
A bulding known as Tattersall's hairdressing tobbaconist and billiard room at Mackay (Queensland) was completely wrecked by an explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck Commonwealth Bruce and Communists Arbitration Proposals SYDNEY
Mr. J. Bailey, president of the Central Branch of the A.W.U., referring to Mr. Bruce's arbitration proposals, said it looked us if Communists and…
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