French Steamer Afire
Fire broke out on the 42,512 ton French liner L'Atlantique when the vessel was off Guernsey, to the English Channel, on he way from…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1933
80 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 4
Trawler Wrecked
A fierce southerly gale was experienced in the North Sea; it was particularly severe along the east coast. The Aberdeen trawler Venitia was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Third Attempt To Wreck Home Lismore Police Puzzled Lismore
The motive behind the third deliberate attempt to wreck the home of W. C. Mobbs, well known engineer, at East Lismore, is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ketch Lost Crew Rescued Thursday Island
The ketch Tallie is reported to have been lost on Snake Reef on December 28, while engaged in obtaining trochus shell…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shop Wrecked Stolen Explosives Placed on Verandah Man Placed Under Medical Observation Sydney
The whole of the front part of a grocer's shop on the Mudgee road, Cullen Bullen. near Portland, was wrecked by the explosion of 40 plugs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Schooner Shelters Carries Explosives No Damage Caused SYDNEY
The schooner "Huia," which was compelled to shelter off the coast owing to recent boisterous weather, arrived in Sydney to-day from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tug Wrecked Repton Strikes Heads SYDNEY
The tug Repton struck the breakwater at Bellinger Heads. It is feared she may be totally wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Youthful Hooligans Wreck a Fish Shop SYDNEY
A number of youths were playing handball against the wall of a fish shop at Darlinghurst last night when the proprietor confiscated the ball…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Frail Craft Capsizes Lad Drowned: Mates Swim Ashore. Melbourne
When three small boys attempted to row a small corrngated iron boat across a waterhole in Merri Creek, East Brunswick the craft capsized. and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Afire at Sea
The Furness Whitby cargo steamer. Pacific Shipper, of 6300 tons, with a crew of 45, bound from London to Portland, Oregon, reported that the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WRECKAGE Aeroplane Parts Not Southern Cloud Sydney
Charred, melted and rusted by long exposure in salt water, several parts of an aeroplane have been washed ashore with other…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Damaged Steamer Fire In Bunkers PERTH
The steamer He[?]pey which is limping to Perth with a damaged propellor, reported by wireless that she had a fire in her coal bunkers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tug Wrecked Crew Use Lifeline MURWlLLUMBAH
The tug Terranora, which went ashore on the north breakwater just inside the crossing at Tweed Heads yesterday, is now a total wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coastal Steamer Floats off Port Macquarie Bar. Porth Ma[?]uarie
The coas[?] steamer "Kineb[?] which went ashore while crossing the bar on Friday morning. floated off at high [?]ide yesterday. She lost her…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kensen Maru The Disabled Jap. Steamer SYDNEY
There are no further tidings of the disabled Japanese steamer Ken-sen Maru. Everything now hinges on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Missing Steamer No Trace Search Abandoned Hopes For Safety of Crew Sydney
There is still no word of the disabled steamer "Kinsen Maru." An off[?] radio message…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Lost Steamer Relics Found But No Ship SYDNEY
A radio from the Japanese steamer Kairyu Maru advises that the vessel has discovered mattresses life jackets, and many broken planks floating in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreckage—but No Life From the Sunken Japanese Vessel Sydney
A radio from the Japanese steamer "Kairyu Maru" advises that the vessel discovered mattresses, life-jackets, and many broken planks floating in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrific Cloudburst. Wrecks Bridge Tourists Escape AUCKLAND
A terrific cloud burst over Mt. Ruapehu caused a phenomenal flooding of the mountain stream. The bridge leading to Chateau…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hotel Isolated Large Bridge Wrecked Torrential Downpour in New Zealand Auckland
A terrific cloudburst over Mount Ruapehu caused phenomenal flooding of mountain streams. The bridge leading to the Chateau…
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