Steamer Is Beached Sydney
The Interstate cargo steamer. Kapara went ashore early this morning on Thumb Island, near the entrance to Port Kembla. Later she…
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Wreck After War Man's Remarkable Recovery How He Regained Health What Ancient Egyptians Knew
After the war he was a physical wreck, and his life was despaired of To-day he is tall and radiantly happy. How he was rejuvenated is told in the…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →More Aerial Carnage in Spain Rebels’ Three Raids British Steamer Bombed Four of Crew Killed London, June 4
Three air raids were carried out by the labels to-day, Barcelona. Alicante and Yall [?] being the objectives…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boulder on Line Wrecking Attempt in N.Z. AUCKLAND
Another train wrecking attempt was made last night and was averted by the vigilance of the driver of the Auckland express…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Series of Misfortunes on Steamer Auckland
When the liner Remuern reachaed here to-day it was revealed that, when she was near the Azores she encountered terrific gales, resulting in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ketch Wrecked in Strait Crew Is Safe
Dragging her anchors in a westerly gale on Monday night, the Bass Strait fishing ketch Irene (20 tons) was driven ashore on the rugged coast of…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →The War in China Air Raids on Canton French Hospital Wrecked London, June 6
For the eighth successive day, air-raid sirens in Canton to-day screamed a warning at 8.10 a.m. Twenty minutes later Japanese planes were overhead, and a second raid was made two hours later. The raids were the most intense yet experienced, and lasted forty minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Pilots Save Themseves When Planes Collide 2000 Feet Up One Machine Wrecked Cadet Now Becomes Member of Famous Caterpillar Club MELBOURNE
When two R.A.A.F. ’[?]es came into collision at a height of about 2000 feet near Point [?]ooke to-day, the pilot of one ’plane…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Passengers on Steamer Injured Niagara’s Rough Trip Auckland
The Niagara bound from Sydney to Auckland was buffeted by huge seas. Two passengers suffered broken ribs, while several others were treated for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dredging for Treasure Favorable Progress Made a Wreck of 1799 LONDON, June 13
The “Times” correspondent at Te[?]schelllng, an island off Holland, a[?] the entrance to the Zuyder Zee. reports that operations of the dredger,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gales Pound Shipping in Tasman Sea Anxiety About Ketch. Auckland
Heavy seas continue to pound Tasman shipping and vessels are daily limping into port with damage to the deck gear…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rebels Sink Another British Ship And French Steamer, Too Germans and Italians Blamed Mr. Chamberlain s Attitude Condemned LONDON, June 15
The Valencia correspondent of the "News-Chronicle" says that Mr. Chamberlain's statement in the House of Commons yesterday, that Britain could do nothing to stop the rebel bombing of British steamers, is interpreted as an invitation to the Mediterranean pirates to carry on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gale Wrecks Church
A storm of hurricane force caused extensive damage at Southern Cross, 237 miles east of Perth (W.A.). The Methodist Church was demolished…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Schoolboys' Demonstration. Wreck Furniture and Fittings. SYDNEY
During the performance of Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice" at Australia Hall, yesterday afternoon, schoolboys wrecked the furniture and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer’s Fight Against Terrific Weather Sydney
Officers and crew of the freighter Mackarra, which arrived to-day from Brisbane, gave a graphic account of the terrific weather encountered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Girl Stowaway Returns a Story of “Strange Men” “Hid in Lifeboat” Melbourne
Still unable to give a coherent explanation of her adventure, Veronica Joyce Nicholls. who was hidden aboard the liner Or[?]say for two days and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer’s Last Trip Marred by Tragedy Melbourne
The last trip in the lengthy career of the s.s. Edina, between Geelong and Melbourne, was marred by tragedy to-night when Septimus Danby,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer’s Dash to Aid of Dying Man Adelaide
When the steamer Waimalla, which, berthed to-day. was 100 miles from cape Town, an urgent radio appeal was received from the King Robert,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tug and Steamer Go Aground Brisbane
The tug .T. A. Boyd and the small, steamer Ready went ashore on Beor Reef, near Cape Bedford, about 18 miles north, of Cooktown, on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Stranded on Ice Captain [?] of Soviet Treatment Shanghai, July [?]
Captain Johnson, master of the [?] Moller on which the New Zealander. Mr. P. Calrnes, is first officer, [?] bitterly that…
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