Towns Isolated New South Wales Floods Steamer Limps Home Sydney
Tho main line through Kyogle was repaired to-day in time for the Brisbane express to go through as usual. For the past three days it has been…
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Amazing Rescue of Woman at Sea in Water 2½ HOURS Fell From Steamer Little Worse for Her Experience BRISBANE
One of the most amazing rescues at sea In Australia’s marine history was revealed to-day when the island steamer M[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plane Wreckage Found No Sign of Pilot Baghdad, Jan. 23
The wreckage of the plane of M. Christian Moench, the French airman who was flying to Paris from Saigon, has been found in the Persian Gulf,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Hectic Battle to Save War Planes During Night Hurricane. Three Machines Wrecked. London, Jan. 24
Three hundred men of the Royal Air Force battled desperately for four hours in pitch black darkness during the early hours of this morning to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Courageous Lifesavers Rescue Men on Wrecked Launch Sydney
A courageous rescue by lifesavers of two men whose launch had been wrecked on the rocks was watched by a big crowd of holiday-makers of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrific Explosion Kills Man and Wife Home Wrecked; Victims of Vendetta? SYDNEY
A terrific explosion wrecked the home of Ernest Alfred Smith, aged 53 years, at 7 Bede.street, Lidcombe, early this morning, and killed Smith and his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Success Claimed Steamer Silksworth Figures in an Incident. LONDON. Jan. 29
Reports from Pelping indicate that the Chinese troops have reached the south gale of [?] on the outskirts of which severe fighting is in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Steamer Torpedoed. Eleven Lives Lost. BARCELONA
The British steamer Endymion was torpedoed and sunk by an Insurgent submarine near Cartagena. Eleven were lost, including the captain and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heroic Rescue Attempts in Terrific Seas 12 Men Saved ; 11 Drowned Lifeboat Overturned London, Feb. 1
Scenes of heroism were witnessed from the rocky fringe at St. Ives when a lifeboat returning with 23 of the crew of the wrecked steamer Elba…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Silksworth in the News Again a Matiny on Board Ringleader Arrested Shanghai, February 1
The steamer Silksworth is again in the news. Whilst at Newcastle [?] Chinese crew refused to take the vessel to Japan, and after weeks of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Piracy Again Confronts Nations British Steamer Torpedoed by Rebels Eleven Lives Lost New Insurgent Government Barcelona, Jan. 31
The British steamer Endym[?] was [?] by an insurgent submarine near Cartagena, Eleven lives were lost, including the captain and his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Relics of "Smithy's" Plane? Discovery on an Island Scene of Wreck Sydney
In a letter received In Sydney. Mr. J. D. Hodder, of Kanbauk, Burma, states that he is certain that he has located the scene of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Young Thieves and Wreckers Activities of Boys
The extraordinary activities of four small boys was recounted in the Christ-church( N.Z.) Children's Court. The boys, led by the youngest, aged 12…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bomb Kills Husband and Wife Home Wrecked in Sydney Thought to Be Victims of Vendetta
A terrific explosion wrecked the home of Ernest Alfred Smith, aged 53 years, at 7 Bede-street, Lidcombe, early on Friday morning, and killed Smith…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →British Steamer Sunk by Rebels Barcelona, February 4
It is reported that the British steamer Al[?] has been sunk by a [?] plane. The crew took to the boats and reached the coast…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War in Spain. British Steamer Bombed and Sunk
Spanish Nationalist planes have bombed and sunk the British collier Aleird. of 1837 tons, which was loaded with coal. It is claimed that she…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Schooner Safely Sa[?] the Tasman Sydney
The [?] Star whose long voyage from Auckland caused come anxiety, reached Sydney this afternoon, [?] terrible weather the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Steamer Attacked. Missed by Torpedo Insurgent Authorities Apologise LONDON, February 9
Replying to questions relating to Spain in the House of Commons, tlie First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Duff Cooper, revealed for the first time…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →80 M.P.H. Gale Wrecks California San Francisco, Feb, 10
Five persons are known to be dead and property damage estimated at 1,000,000 dollars has resulted from an 80 miles an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shipping in Trouble French Steamer Wrecked Sailing Vessel. Aground Berlin, February 11
Responding to an [?] call during a storm off the north coast, the cruiser [?] made an unsuccessful effort to reach the French steamer Baonl…
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