Steamer Overdue in Canadian Waters Vancouver
The Hudson's Bay Company's Arctic steamer Distributor, with about 30 passengers and a crew of 30, is eight days overdue at Fort Smith…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1928
278 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 14
Steamer Yarra Trouble at Sea Offenders Convicted
Considerable interest was manifested in the cases heard in the Newcastle Police Court, yesterday, by Mr. T. W. Cohen, R.S.M., in which the eight…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Beaubassin on Fire at Port Louis London
The steamer Beaubassin, with 14,000 cases of petrol abroad, is on fire at Port Louis, Mauritius. A tog is pouring water on to the raging flames…
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A fire on the P. and O. Branch Line steamer Benalla as it lay at Dorman Long's wharf at North Sydney caused some trouble before it was extinguished…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"A Snorter" Schooner in Dust Storm SYDNEY
Unique in the experience of Captain Watchlin, who has sailed the Tasman Sea for 23 years, was the violent dust storm which the auxiliary schooner…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dandenong Wreck Death of Survivor
The death of Mrs. Bridget Edmond, of Adamstown, on Saturday last recalls the wreck of the Dandenong, which founded off Jervis Bay on September 11,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Around Australia Four Men in a Tug's Lifeboat Thrilling Cruise Starts Out-of-Work Seamen Seek Adventure
To spend Christmas in Brisbane, and to arrive at Fremantle in 1930, is the aim of four young seamen, who left Newcastle before daylight this morning in a 16 feet lifeboat, to sail around the coast of Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rammed by Steamer Mystery of French Submarine PARIS
It has been ascertained that a Greek steamer sank the missing French submarine, "Ondine," which had three officers and 40 men aboard, off Oporte…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Steamer on Fire Flames Subdued Portland (Oregon)
The British freighter Trojanster, en route from Shields,. England, to British Columbia ports, is on fire off the northern California coast…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Kinross Three Days Stranded Arrival at Newcastle
Looking little the worse for her experience the steamer Kinross, which was stranded on a coral reef at Cato Island, off the Queensland coast, for three days,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Eventful Trip New Manly Ferry Steamer at Sourabaya Weltevreden
The Dee Why, the ferry steamer for the Sydney-Manly service, which left Glasgow on May 25, arrived at Sourabaya on Thursday after a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →OFF U.S.A. COAST Giant Zeppelin's Flight Over Atlantic Request for Steamer Escort New York
The German Graf Zeppelin LZ127, commanded by Dr. Eckener, which is making a flight across the Atlantic, reported itself 100 miles to the north-east of Bermuda at 11.15 on Saturday night. It is expected to reach Lake Hurst, New…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Dead Steamer Explosion New Motor London
Three were killed and 20 injured in an explosion on the 19,500-ton motor ship Kingsholm during its trials off Heligoland,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →England Overjoyed at M.C.C. Team's Success in W.A. Fading Hope Lone Aviator Still Missing Atlantic Flight May be Picked up by Steamer LONDON
There is still no news of Commander H. G. MacDonald, who set off from Newfoundland on Wednesday to fly across the Atlantic alone in his tiny "Baby" Moth 'plane. The only hope now is that the aviator has landed at some,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ASHORE? Strange Experience at Sea S.S. CARRISO
A sea like a huge stretch of cement. Acres of a motionless mass of grey floating on the top of the ocean. This was the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Not Escapee Stowaway on Steamer LONDON
The special representative of "The Sun" understands that inquiries by officers from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →'Plane Wrecks Crashes on Golf Links Lucky Escapes Player Prevents Explosion LONDON
English aviators seem to be taking a fancy to golf courses. Following news of a crash on the Mote Mount course at Milhill,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Neckar
The now four-masted N.D.L. German steamer Nockar arrived at Newcastle yesterday morning on her maiden voyage from Hamburg. The steamer, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destroyed by Fire Steamer Reliance Blaze at Port Stephens
The passenger steamer Reliance was destroyed by fire at an early hour at Port Stephens yesterday morning. About three o'clock yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aeroplane Wrecked Occupants Not Injured St. George
While taking off at the Wilga Park landing ground this morning, a Moth aeroplane, piloted by Mrs. Dorothy Reis, of Brisbane, and conveying Mr. T. Bishop,…
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