Wreckage of an Aeroplane
It is reported from New York that the "Daily Mirror" has received a radio message front the vessel Kyle, which it sent in search of the Old Glory plane, which…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1927
220 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 11
Fatal Flight Wreckage on Beach at Cornwall Fishermen Search Believed to Be "Sir John Carling"
Has the Atlantic yielded up another of its grim secrets? Wreckage of an aeroplane was seen yesterday off the coast of Cornwall (England), and parts of a 'plane have been washed up on the shore…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wrecked Plane Sighted Off Cornwall Parts Washed Ashore (Australian Press Association.) LONDON
Search is being made at Newquay, on the coast of Cornwall, for a wrecked plane, which was sighted about two miles out at sea…
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It is reported from New York that wreckage of the Old Glory on which, Messrs, Bertand, Hilt and Payne were endeavouring to fly from Maine to Rome,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ketch Sunk Slipped Off Breakwater SYDNEY
A menage received from Port Kembla by the secretary of the State Navigation Department (Mr. Faulkes) states that the ketch Clio, which was…
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Three hundred Chinese perished on a nineteen-ton motor boat plying between Tsingtao and Hungshihai, owing to the vessel springing a leak and foundering…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →OVERLOADING Shipping Man Charged Steamer Lost London
Watkin James Williams, aged 46, a Cardiff shipping manager, has been charged with sending two vessels, named the Eastway and the Tideway,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →They Must Go! Steamer Echunga Hold-up Seamen's Demand Dissatisfied With Food
The chief steward must go. The two cook must go. These are the only conditions under which the crew of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seamen and Cooks Quarrel Ties Up Steamer
The dispute between the members of the crew and the two cooks and the chief steward of the Interstate Steamship Company's steamer Echunga was no…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Five Killed Passenger Plane Wrecked German Tragedy London
Five people were killed in the wreck of a passenger 'please' belonging to the Lufthansa (German Commercial Air Company)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wild Welcome Foreign Migrants Arrive Steamer Rushed Melbourne
Fighting to gain the deck of the people who had been awaiting the arrival of the French steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Wrecks Work of the Red Cross
No fewer than 2457 T.B. soldiers are registered on the books at the Red Cross, and most of these have been helped either with sanatorium…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreckage Off' Gabo SYDNEY
The Deputy Director of Navigation (Commander G. D. Williams) received advice yesterday from the lighthouse-keeper at Gabo that a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fast Voyage Schooner From U.S.A. SYDNEY
Although the crew numbered 13, and sharks followed her all the way across the Pacific, the schooner Thistle, which arrived from Puget…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Close Call Express Nearly Wrecked LONDON
The Aberdeen express had a miraculous escape from disaster when the second engine and four carriages were derailed on a viaduct spanning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Race Record Time Assured SYDNEY
A record passage by the Blue Funnel steamer Meriones in the wool race from sydney to Dunkirk in assured. A cable received by "The Sun"…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Atlantic Airwoman Survives Her Failure Saved From Sea Girl Aviator Forced to Descend Nearly Succeeded Picked Up By Steamer Off the Azores
Once again the Atlantic has stretched out its arms to drag another girl flier to a watery grave, but this time it has been robbed of its prey. Ruth Elder and her companion, forced down near the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aviators Safe the Two Americans Rescued by a Steamer (Australian Press Association.) LONDON
The plane American Girl, which left New York for Paris on Tuesday evening, alighted on the ocean 600 miles north-east of the Azores…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rudder Pipe Cut Steering Gear Tampered With Outrage on Steamer Sydney
A determined attempt was made yesterday to prevent the steamer Corrimal leaving for Melbourne with general cargo…
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A tug located the French steamer Sybil, and towed her 160 miles to the Canaries. The vessel was found floating…
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