Steamer Explodes. Wreck of "The Viking" Terrible Sufferings
St. JOHN'S (Newfoundland) Tues. Captain Kean and 117 men from the sealing steamer viking, which exploded off Horse Island with loss of…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1931
99 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 5
Through the Icy Breakers Survivors Perilous Swim Steamer Wrecked Loss of Ten Lives London
With the loss of ten lives the steamer Citrine, bound from Glasgow to North Wales, was wrecked on…
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The steamer Hera, 1080 tons, ran ashore on the cliffs near Hammerfest, the northern most town in Europe, during a heavy snow storm and was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Explodes. Wreck of "The Viking" Terrible Sufferings
St. JOHN'S (Newfoundland) Tues. Captain Sean and 117 men from the sealing steamer Viking, which exploded off Horse Island with loss of…
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The steamer "Hera," 1080 tons, ran ashore on the cliffs near Hammerfest, the northernmost town in Europe, during a heavy snowstorm, and was…
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The liner Mont Clare, 16.340 tons, struck a rock in the Firth of Forth on Saturday. Three hundred passengers were landed safely…
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London, Wednesday.—With the loss of ten lives the steamer Citrene, bound from Glasgow to North Wales, was wrecked on Bradda Head on the…
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The. liner Mont Clare, 16,340 tons struck a rock in the Firth of Forth on Saturday. Three hundred passengers were landed safely…
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London, Wednesday.—With the loss of ten lives, the steamer Citrene, bound from Glasgow to North Wales, was wrecked on Bradda Head on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Submerged Object. Struck by Steamer. Sydney
Captain Bambrell, master of the Australian Oriental liner, "Changte," sent a wireless message to the Acting Deputy Director of Navigation, stating,…
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The steamer Malabar, which left Melbourne on Tuesday for Sydney, en route to Singapore, ran on a reef on the northern side of Long Bay at 7…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Island Steamer Aground Near Sydney. Remember Mafehng! Hero of Historic Seige Calls to Australians. Resurrect Esprit de Corps. Sydney
Lord Baden-Powell, speaking at a civic reception in Melbourne, said, it was the Australians who came to the rescue of Mafeking,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods in North Lines Down and Bridges Wrecked BRISBANE
A message received at Darwin from Katherine, reports the heaviest flood known. There is water from two to three feet deep in the houses,…
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The South African steamer, Aloe, arrived at Port Louis. Mauritius with bunkers and cargo of Australian timber ablaze. Tugs beached her…
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The Commonwealth Court of Marine Inquiry to-day found Captain George Leslie, master of the Malabar, guilty of negligence…
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The Commonwealth Court of Marine Inquiry found Captain George Leslie, master of the Malabar, guilty of negligence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BIRD v. 'PLANE Machine Wrecked Pilot's Sensational Experience London
Pilot-officer Baxter was carrying out R.A.F. wireless tests at a height of five thousand feet above South…
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"We have been struck by a comet or a thunderbolt, and our ship is disabled," was the report of Captain Davies, the master of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Desperate Criminal. Chared Through Suburban Streets After Attempt to Wreck Safe. Sydney
The pollee early yesterday mor[?] ing captured a man who is alleg ed to have just [?] a safe in Lewis paw[?] shap in Glebe…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Body in the Bay. Recovered By Crew of Pilot Steamer. Sydney
A body seen floating near the Gap at South Head last night was recovered by the brew of the pilot steamer Captain Cook. It apparently had been…
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