Yacht in Difficulties Pilot Steamer's Vain Search Sydney
The pilot steamer Captain Cook was sent, out last night to search tor 25ft. yacht in which Mr. E. H. Dodds, of Vaucluse, and his 13-year-old boy…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938
109 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 6
Racing Identities Figure in Sea Incident Rescued By Pilot Steamer Sydney
Two well Known Sydney racing identities, J. Smith, racehorse owner, and Bob Mead, trainer, were at sea for over four hours…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer on Rocks Christmas Party Continued MELBOURNE, Friday SYDNEY
W[?] French island steamer [?] Loft reached Sydney to-day[?] told of how the vessel had [?] by the current on to a coral…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chemist Shop Wrecked Five Persons Injured Auckland
A violent explosion, believed to have been due to an accumulation of gases, wrecked a chemist shop and damaged other premises in a block at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Full Complement Perishes in Pacific Air Crash Loss of Samoan Clipper Wreckage Found Near Pago Pago Trail of Oil Leads Searchers No Trace of Crew: Machine Burned Washington
After many conflicting reports the fate of the Pan-American Airways "Samoan Clipper," bound from Pago Pago to Auckland is now known. The wreckage of the ill-fated machine was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chapter Vii. The Wreck of the 'Blackboy."
John Blair nominated good Kentish and Lancashire and Devonshire men and women for assisted passages to Silver River; Karl Kramm did…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coastal Steamer in Difficulties SYDNEY
After fighting heavy seas up the coast from Kiama, the steamer Bombo reached Sydney to-day with a list as a result of the cargo of blue metal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jap. Steamer Stevedores Refuse to Load LONDON
Stevedores at Middlesborough Docks refused to unload the Japanese steamer Haruna Maru as a protest against Far Eastern events…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Case of Dynamite Attempt to Blow Up Jap. Steamer SEATTLE
Customs officials and coast guardsmen who are investigating an attempt to blow up the Japanese steamer Hlye Maru, found a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Submarine Attack on British Steamer Torpedo Fired MALTA
A submarine, without warning, attacked the British steamer Lake Geneva in Western Mediterranean, firing a torpedo from 300 yards…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wind and Storms Damage in Victoria Trail of Wreckage Melbourne
Widespread damage was caused by severe wind and thunderstorms Which swept through the north-eastern and western districts of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yesterday's News Butter for Canada—Riverina Cyclone—British Steamer Held Up—Ice-jam at Niagara—Japanese Trade
Fourteen persons wore blown to pieces when 5000 hand grenades se[?]ed from secret depots of the Ca[?]ards exploded on the heights in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Explosion! Lidcombe Horror Man And Wife Killed Home Wrecked Accident or Design? Sydney
A terrific explosion wrecked the home of Alfred Ernest Smith (53), at 7 Beda-street, Lidcombe,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Picnickers Amok Wreck Hotel Over-consumption of Drink MELBOURNE
The Kinglake Hotel was near wrecked yesterday when thirty numbers of two picnic parties because involved in a brawl…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All-in Fight Roadside Hotel Wreckei Picnic Parties Clash Four Youths Arrested Melbourne
The Kinglake Hotel at Kinglake was nearly wrecked yesterday when 30 members of two picnic' parties became…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Insurgent Submarine Sinks British Steamer 11 Lives Lost Including Captain and Wife BARCELONA
The British steamer Endymion was torpedoed and sunk by an insurgent submarine near Cartagena…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →R.A.F. Flying Boat Nearly Foundered in Harbour Beached at Double Bay Suspicious Hole in Hull SYDNEY
One of the Royal Air Force flying boats visiting Sydney for the 150th. Anniversary celebrations, began to sink at its moorings late last night. Its plight was noticed by a naval patrol boat and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yesterday's News Helpless Australia :: Frech Navy :: Japan's Apology :: British Steamer Torpedoed :: Premier's Honesty :: Lysaght Strike :: German Colonies :: Wool market
In view of the changes in world naval policy, the French Naval Estimate are to be revised. There will be no delay in replacing certain…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British Steamer Bombed and Sunk by Spanish Rebel 'Planes BARECLONA
The British steamer Alciras of 1387 tons, bound for Barcelona, with a cargo of coal, was bombed and sunk by rebel planes. Twenty-five members of the crew and a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →From Everywhere Profitable Wreck
The wreck of the Saros, which was bought "as she lies" on a granite ledge near the shore at Cape Everard, for £61, has proved an…
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