Murray River Traffic New Steamer Projected to Travel Between Swan Hill and Morgan
After months of careful investigation and preparation details are nearing completion for the formation of a company to construct a modern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937
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Sloop Wrecked Cast Ashore in Surf
While on a voyage up the coast to Brisbane, tho Sydney sloop Pelican encountered rough seas off Stradbroke Island at the week-end, and was driven…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Running the Blockade. British Steamer for Spain
The correspondent of "The Times" at St. Jean de Luz states that the British steamer Mary Llewellyn left the port and disappeared over the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Launch Wrecked Three Men Believed Drowned
Three men are believed to have been drowned on Sunday, either in Botany Bay or off the Heads of the Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Harbor Rescue Two Men Dive From Ferry Steamer
Two men dived from the deck of a Sydney ferry steamer on Saturday night to rescue an unconscious man who was drowning under the Harbor…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Holed Steamer Beached Collision in Channel London, May 9
The British steamer Willesden (4563 tons) was badly holed in a collision with the Italian steamer Gianfranco (8181 tons) in thick £og…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A Collier Wrecked. At Botany Heads. SYDNEY
The collier, Minmi, 1455 tons, en route from Newcastle to Melbourne, struck rocks off Cape Banks, Botany Bay, last night. Of the crew,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Old Murray Steamer to Be Spoken Up
The Murray River steamer, Gem, will be sold and placed in the hands of the shipbreakers. The Gem was a familiar sight on the river for many…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ketch Wrecked Captain Drowned of N.z. Coast
On a voyage from Sunday Island to Auckland, the 50-foot ketch Yvonne struck a storm off the east coast of New Zealand, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Scratched His Head—caused an Explosion High Heels Wreck a Factory
Without warning comes a flask and a violent explosion and hundreds may be dead and dying. Sometimes explosions are caused…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Old Murray Steamer To Be Broken Up
The Murray River steamer, Gem, will be sold and placed in the hands of the shipbreakers. The Gem was a familiar sight on the river for many…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →RABAUL. Refugees Leaving. A Crowded Steamer. SYDNEY
A message from Rabaul states that a doctor who has resided in the islands for years, declared that it madness to take the people back for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer in Cyclone Gales Ott N.s.w. Coast
Meeting the full force of a cyclone, the Dutch steamer Nieuw Holland (11,057 tons) was hove to in mountainous seas off the central coast of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russians Refused Entry on Steamer for 83 Days Hunger Strike for Clothes Sydney
Michael Levinsky and Jan Romanoff, both Russians, who arrived at Sydney to-day by the British freighter, Brandon, were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Italian Steamer Bombed. By Spanish Planes. LONDON
Lloyds has received a cable from Gibraltar reporting that the Italian steamer, Madda, bound from Port Suran to the Clyde, with a cargo of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →River Steamer Sold
The paddle steamer Ulonga, —which was the last of the cargo vessels trading on the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers and which was a relic of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Planes Collide in Mid-air Both Pilots Killed Wreckage Bursts Into Flames
Two Royal Queensland Aero Club planes collided in the air 500 feet above Acacia's Ridge, about a mile from Archerfield aerodrome, on…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Basque Steamer Arrested Carrying Valuables Worth ₤150,000 LONDON
The steamer, Thorpe Hall, at present under Basque charter, and Carrying 130 cases of gold, shares, and bonds and jewellery, estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kitchen Wrecked by Explosion Two Persons Injured Christchurch (N.Z.)
Two persons were injured and a kitchen was wrecked when an explosion occurred in the home of Mrs. Hatch, in Revell-street, Hokitika, this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Racecourse Wrecked by Backers
Enraged punters wrecked the race course at Pont de Vivaux (Prance) when they became enraged at a…
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