300 DROWNED Pleasure Steamer PARIS
It is stated that three hundred persons were drowned when a pleasure steamer capsized in the Bay of Biscay…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1931
99 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 5
300 DROWNED. In Bay of Biscay. Pleasure Steamer Lost. Paris
It is stated that 300 were drowned when a pleasure steamer capsited in the Bay of Biscay. It is believed that the passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Curtin, Labor M.P. Says There Should Be an Election Roubaix Strike. Communists Run Amok Fire and Wreckage ROUBAIX
There is recrudescence of rioting in connection with the strike. Three hundred communists, whom the police prevented from demonstrating,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tragic Trip. For Captain of Ill-fated Steamer. Stories of "St. Philibert" Disaster. St. Nazalre
Among the dramatic stories regarding the "St. Phillbert" disaster is one concerning 30 girl dental students who were afraid…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tragic Moments Sunken French Steamer Survivors' Graphic Stories St. Nazaire
A survivor of the tragic wreck of the excursion steamer Phillbert, named Duverger, said he dived as the ship turned turtle, sending him to the bottom…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Aground. Tugs on the Scene. Sydney
A message from Brisbane states that the inter-State steamer, "Orungal," grounded last night in Freeman's Channel, Moreton Bay.but is in no danger…
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The steamer Orungal which went ashore in the Brisbane River yesterday was refloated last night undamaged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Caught by Closing Bridge. Steamer "Gosford" Damaged. Sydney
Caught by the closing of a section of Pyrmont bridge last night, the fore and aft masts of the steamer "Gosford" were broken off…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cannibalism at Sea Experiences of a Shipwrecked Crew Engineer Broth
A gruesome story of cannibalism by shipwrecked sailors in an open boat is told in "The Wreck of the Dumoru." Many garbled versions of the story…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cannibalism at Sea Experiences of a Shipwrecked Crew Engineer Broth
A gruesome story of cannibalism by shipwrecked sailors in an open boat is told in "The Wreck of the Dumoru." Many garbled versions of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Haul of Opium Discovery on Steamer SYDNEY
Following the seizure of opium on the steamer La Perouse, which plies between Sydney and Noumea, Customs officers again boarded the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →From the Capital. "The Plan" Goes Through. Mr. Lang as Wrecker. Canberra, July 18
With the assistance of the Opposition in both Houses, the Government has succeeded in getting its legislation through for putting the rehabilitation plan, as agreed upon at the Premiers' Conference in Melbourne, into immediate operation…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Premier's Plan. "May be Wrecked" Says Banker. South Australian Parliament's Action. Melbourne
Mr. GG.Du. Healey. chairman of the Associated Banks of Victoria, declares that the action of the South Australian Parliament in including…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →S.O.S. Doctor Wanted at Lord Howe Island. Pilot Steamer to the Rescue. Sydney
In response to a wireless message from Lord Howe Island, requesting medical assistance for a woman who is seriously ill. the Newcastle pilot…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Supply Attempt to Wreck Ministry C.P. Support Scullin Supply Bill Passed
In the House of Representatives yesterday morning, when the Prime Minister moved the appropriation of £19,386,000 to cover the Government's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Struggled Ashore. Fishermen's Fight Through Raging Sea. Two Days and Nights Without Food. Sydney, Moiidiiv
A radio report from Flinders Island states that the cutter "Romp" was wrecked, on July 30, at Cone Point Cape, Barren Island, as the result of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dole Bread-burglars Arrested--fishermen Wrecked Well Done! Scott Greets Mollison Australian Aces in London LONDON
The airmen, Mollison and Scott, met at an informal tea party at Han- worth Aero Club. Scott's first words were, "Well, done, old man!" Later,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wrecked Cutter. Crew Saved Strenuous Time SYDNEY
A radio report from Flinders Island states that the cutter, Romp was wrecked on July 30 at Cone Point, Cape Barren Island, as a result of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attempt to Wreck Express. Seven Carriages Derailed.. Berian
Three passengers were seriously injured and sixteen stightly hurt, in an attempt to blow up the Basle-Berlin express…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Opium Seized Japanese Steamer SYDNEY
Customs patrolmen last night seized twenty tins of opium which they found concealed with the property of a member of the crew of the Japanese…
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