Raising the Wreckage Sydney
The task of raising the main portion of the wrecked Greycliffe was successfully carried out to-day, and it was beached near Taronga Park…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1927
220 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 11
Race for Lives High-Powered Car's Wild Rush Steamer on Sands Driver Told to Ignore Speed limits LONDON
A high-powered motor car, disregarding all speed limits and traffic rules, raced from London to Cromer, on the East Coast, in an attempt to save 15 lives. It was carrying the latest life saving apparatus. On the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rescue at Sea Splendid Bravery of British Lifeboat Men (Australian Press Association.) LONDON
Dramatic attempts were made to save the lives of fifty men clinging, to the wreck of the Dutch oil tanker Georgia, which struck the sands between Cromer…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Grisly Task Diver on Greycliffe Wreck Extricating Body Sydney
Taking a large crosscut saw with him. Diver Cannon descended to the Greycl[?]ffe wreek this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"SHIPWRECKED" South Seas Romance
With Seena Owen in the principal role, and with Joseph Schildkraut appearing opposite her in the male lead, "Shipwrecked," the only motion…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"SHIPWRECKED" At Lyric Theatre
A thrilling picture which reveals the dangers of the deep in a most human and exciting manner is "Shipwrecked," showing at the Lyric…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Pilot Steamer Berubi
The new pilot steamer Berubi, specially constructed at Walsh Island for the Newcastle station, is to leave here to-morrow for Sydney in the charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Birubi's Trial New Pilot Steamer
Built at Walsh Island, where she was launched on August 19 by the ex-Premier (Mr. Lane). Newcastle's new pilot steamer Birubi left…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kiwitea "Black" Steamer's Crew Paid Off SYDNEY
Having no alternative, in view of the watersiders' attitude in declaring her cargo "black," the Union S.S. Company paid off the crew of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pilot Steamer Berubi Successful Trials
In charge of Captain D. MacRae, the new pilot steamer Berubi, which was constructed at Walsh Island at a cost of £40,000, returned to Newcastle on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bandits Attack Steamer
It is reported from Shanghai that thirty armed bandits in six sampans on Wednesday night attacked the British steamer Singtan, which, owing to engine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Possibility of Disease Steamer Quarantined. Brisbane
A message from Townsville states that the steamer Roscric, which arrived at Townsville from Tampico, Mexico, on Sunday last, with a cargo of bitumen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wanted to Stay Immigrant Swims Ashore PERTH
Parvll Noguicoltsch, a Lithuanian, under deportation for having Insufficient moans to land as an Immigrant, jumped overboard from a steamer on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Mails Robberies
The Bristol Post Office, assisted by the Australian and French Post Offices, has made a thorough investigation into the disappearance of packets from the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Schooner Burned Honolulu
The liner Niagara reports by wireless that she has picked up eleven of the crew of the schooner Doris Crane, which was destroyed by fire when on a voyage from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Schooner Destroyed R.M.S. Niagara Rescues Crew HONOLULU
The R.M.S. Niagara has wirelessed that she has rescued eleven of the crew of the three-masted schooner, Doris Crane, which was destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Snowbound Britain the Rivers Flooding Minor Wrecks Off Coast (Australian Press Association.) LONDON
Gangs were working without cessation yesterday, digging out trains from snow-drifts in many parts of the country. Most of the main lines are now clear, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →May Tie Up Steamer Moreton Bay Board's Threat Stewards' Last Chance SYDNEY
Unless the Stewards' Union decides to provide men for the Moreton Bay, the Commonwealth Shipping Board will pay off the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mess Boy Charged Fight Aboard Steamer Remand Granted
Charged with having indicted grievous bodily harm on George Walker, fireman, at Carrington last night, William McMillan Bell, 28, mess boy on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Tairoa Hold Up at Newcastle Seamen in Court
The Shaw, Savill and Albion steamer Tairoa, of which Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., are the local agents, left Newcastle last night, after being held up for 24…
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