Latest Telegrams. Belbowrie Ashore. Sydney
The wooden coastal steamer Belbowrie, of 218 tons, crashed on the rocks near Maroubra beach last night and had to be abandoned. Two…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1939
39 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 2
Steamer Nambucca
Whilst on her way from Sydney to Port Macquarie this week on her regular trip, the North Coast Company's steamer Nambucca met with a…
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The 218-ton wooden steamer Belbowrie was wrecked at Maroubra on Monday night in heavy rain. The captain and crew were saved. The…
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Seven are believed to have been drowned when the St. Ives lifeboat was lost in a terrific south-westerly gale. The remaining member of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pinned Under Wreckage Wingham Man's Ordeal Centipede Crawls Over Face
A large centipede crawled over the face and body of Mr. J. B. Richardson, 75, of Wingham, as he lay under the wreckage of a shed during a heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shipwrecked Fishermen Found in Exhausted State. Sydney
Two shipwrecked fishermen, who had a narrow escape from drowning when their dingy was swamped and they were thrown into the raging sea, were found…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New North Coast Steamer
Work on the North Coast Company's new steamer to replace the Irana, which was wrecked on the mid-North Coast about two years ago,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cast Adrift a Shipwrecked Radio Valve
At 7 o'clock on the night of January 16th last the wooden coastal steamer Belbowrie (218 tons) slid out of her berth at Balmain,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To Replace Lifeboat?
An invention which may supersede the lifeboat has been worked out by a retired engineer at Westcliff. Kent, Mr. R. C. S. Mason. He calls his device a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Launch Capsizes at River Bar Men Washed Ashore
Three men were in danger of drowning on Easter Saturday afternoon when their launch capsized at the bar of the Macleay River…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire on Steamer Arakoon
Just as the steamer Arakoon was leaving Sydney Heads on Tuesday afternoon en route to the Macleay, a fire was discovered in the butter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland Gale. Anniversary of Two Wrecks
Forty-one years ago a great storm, now known as the Maitland Gale, raged along the New South Wales coast. The gale continued for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Newfie Schooner
Friday news from Coff's Harbour says 'that considerable interest was created there shortly after 7 o'clock that morning by the entry of a 140ft…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ketch Hispaniola Missing. Sydney
Grave fears are expressed for the safety of the ketch Hispaniola, which left Palm Beach 21 days ago for Lord Howe Island and has not since…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Treasure from Dutch Wreck?
Search for the ancient coins reported to have been found near the Murchison River, Western Australia, by an aboriginal, now hings on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Treasure from Dutch Wreck?
Search for the ancient coins reported to have been found near the Murchison River, Western Australia, by an aboriginal, now hinges on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Serial "Vagabond Voyage" Trip Ashore
Captain wicks joined [?] as he was considering thses things, and making provisional plans. "Desolate place, isn't it?" Wicks…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Launch Atlantic Wrecked on Reef. Member of Crew Drowned
William Robert Lee, 38, of West End, Brisbane, was drowned and eight other men narrowly escaped death when the launch Atlantic (75 tons),…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreckage From Missing Launch. Brisbane
Five floating objects seen off Cape Moreton from the air yesterday afternoon are believed to be wreckage from the missing yacht Nerita. They…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ten Ways to Wreck a Marriage for the Wife
1. Never laugh at your husband's jokes. 2. Never have his socks mended when he needs them…
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