Three Months' Exile. Launch Wreck
Alter having been wrecked on Nukapu Island 30 miles from Santa Cruz, an elderly trader named Lazarus, and four natives, spent three…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1930
15 stories in Mid North Coast's papers
Steamer John Williams Usefulness Outgrown
The London Missionary Society's steamer John Williams, which for more than 30 years has voyaged between Sydney and the Gilbert…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Oil Steamer on Fire Fearsome Spectacle at Newcastle NEWCASTLE
A sensational fire occurred on the oil steamer, British Honor, lying at the oil wharf at Wickham, shortly after 9.30 o'clock this morning…
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As British laws of the sea are generally taken as the standard by other countries, the decision of the British Admiralty Court that all seamen who lose…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tamworth Disaster 'Plane Crashes. Wreckage Falls in Street Tamworth
Horrified spectators saw Pilot Frank Mitchell, 32, a well-known flier, and Harvey West, 25, a Manilla business man, crash to their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal 'Plane Crash Canberra Kitten Wrecked in Tamworth Street
Tamworth residents were stunned on Saturday by news of the shocking air tragedy in which Pilot Frank Mitchell, 32, and Harvey West, 25, of Springfield,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Horror of Vaiviri Wreck. Sank in Seconds
When the motor vessel Vaiviri foundered in a gale off Kerema, Papua, on Wednesday with a loss of 15 lives, the end came so suddenly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Eclipse" Wreck
July 12 1866, was a dark, stormy afternoon, and Hawkeye and his elder, brother had a heavy message in the wet. The night the boom of rocket guns was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"The Wrecker" to Be Produced
The A.B.C. players, under the direction of Laurence Halbert, will present "The Wrecker" from 2FC on August 7th. This has been adapted by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Third Mission Boat Lost in Three Months. Methodist Schooner Wesley, Wrecked
Yet another severe below has been dealt by the elements. to the Methodist Missionary Society of Australia, by the loss of the mission schooner…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The "Maitland" Wreck
The "D.T. Pictorial" publishes the following particulars concerning the wreck of the Sydney-Newcastle trader Maitland:—Trapped in blinding rain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecker of Homes
I find that very few have a good word to say for the cuckoo, because the young bird is a home-wrecker of the worst type…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ashore Near the Elbe. Steamer and Crew of 30 Feared Lost LONDON
The steamer Louise Leonbardt was driven ashore at the Elbe Estuary in a heavy gale. A salvage steamer was rushed to the scene, but was unable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Quarry Tragedy. Two Men Killed, One Injured. Spencer's Creek Quarry Wrecked by Explosion
Mr. Frank Pange's quarry at Spencer's Creek, between Jerseyville and the Macleay entrance, was the scene of an awful tragedy late yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Quarry Tragedy. Two Men Killed, One Injured Spencer's Creek Quarry Wrecked by Explosion
Mr. Frank Range's quarry at Spencer's Creek, between Jerseyville and the Macleay entrance, was the scene of an awful tragedy late Thursday…
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