Galava Wreck Chief Engineer Recovers SYDNEY
John Fisk chief engineer of the steamer Galava. which was wrecked at Terrigal last week, left Sydney Hospital yesterday…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1927
220 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 11
River Steamer Sunk
The small cargo steamer Willirie, 32 tons gross, sank off Spencer, Hawkesbury River, in 10 feet of water, according to a message received by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Harbour Mishap Steamer Loses Anchor
The steamer Doonholm lost an anchor, and nearly 75 fathoms of chain in Newcastle Harbour yesterday afternoon. Having completed bunkering at Nos. 10…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Crew of Women Old Steamer Comes Back SYDNEY
The old Commonwealth freighter Cooce has fallen on strange days. All the work in her galley is done by women, and a woman cleans the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wild Storms Grim Tragedies on Land and Sea U.S.A. DISASTERS Cargo Steamer Lost With All Hands in Pacific
Following the wild weather, which, caused 25 deaths in the Western United States, a-tornado has caused devastation in the Southern States, and at least 33 lives have been lost. The foundering of a cargo steamer between the Pbilipines and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pilgrim Steamer Sinks
It is reported from Berne that a steamer with 700 pilgrims on board sank at a landinig stage on the shores of Lake Como. The steamer conveyed the famous relic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreckage at Redfern A.I.F. Golfers' Day Out
THE FORCE OF THE EXPLOSION at Redfern is indicated by the fact that the shop next door was also wrecked. Even the verandah railing was smashed to pieces. ON THE FIRST TEE—A group of A.I.F. men waiting their turn to start. In the centre with his hand up to his chin, is Jack Gregory. Walter Clark, the club professional, is standing in the doorway…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Just in Time Saved From Freezing Sea Alaska Wreck Fishermen's Gallant Work CORDOVA (Alaska)
Fifteen men were rescued from a wintry sea on the cold and stormy coast of Alaska just before their wrecked vessel silpped…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Twenty Drowned Greek Steamer Founders LONDON
Twenty lives were lost when the Creek steamer Stenits foundered after striking a rock off Lands End. The engineer was the sole survivor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Greek Steamer Wrecked
The Greek steamer Stenies struck a rock at Landsend in stormy weather, and sank in ten minutes. The third engineer, who was picked up…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ketch Master Drowned Launceston
George M'Kay, master of the auxiliary ketch Dauntless, was drowned, while two other men, Frederick Johnson and Davey Maynard, had narrow escapes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On High Seas Ram Steamer Captured Big Haul San Francisco
The steamer Federalship, the largest rum-runner in the Pacific, was seized 300 miles off the Golden Gate at noon after offering resistance to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Tragedies Clam 75 Victims in Britain Two Disasters Appalling British Calamities Workings Wrecked Heroic Rescuers in Gas-Filled Pit
Two tragedies in British collieries early this morning resulted in the death of 75 miners and serious injuries to many others. An explosion at Ebbw Vale, South Wales, entombed 135…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Suspicious Case Chinese Steamer Held Up SYDNEY
Owing to the case of suspicious sickness of a Chinese passenger, the steamer Changte, which arrived from Hong Kong to-day, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Warship Acts Seizure of British Steamer Blocked Violence in Shanghai Chinese Northerner Goes Over to Reds
"An attempt by Chinese Reds to seize a British steamer was frustrated by a British warship. Another Northern leader has gone over to the Reds, leaving Nanking more or less open to attack…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rail Disaster Bodies Buried in Wreckage Indian Collision Calcutta
The Madras up-mail to Calcutta collided with a shunting engine at Bhadrak, 183 miles from Calcutta. So far nine bodies have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seamen's Meals Steamer Ngatoro Held Up Shrieks From Sydney
The Union Company's steamer Ngatoro, was held up at Newcastle yesterday because of certain demands made by the crow concerning the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soviet Steamer Seizure
Reuter's correspondent in Shanghai has received from a Chinese official source a written statement concerning the seizure of the Soviet steamer Pamiat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pilot Steamer Ajax
In January last Mr. Skelton, M.P., made representations to Mr. Lang, the Treasurer, on behalf of the employees of the pilot boat service, asking for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Galava Marine Court Inquiry Sydney
The Marine Court this morning opened an inquiry into the sinking of the steamer Galava, a collier, which was lost between Terrigal and Tuggerah on February 9…
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