Lifeboat Disaster Reference in Commons. London
Commander J. M. Keaworthy, Labour recalled the recent Rye lifeboat disaster, in which 17 men were drowned when he asked in the House of Commons for a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1928
278 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 14
7 Miles a Day Steamer's Ordeal LONDON
The prevailing rough weather forced the British steamer Usk-haven (2000 tons) to taka a fortnight to steam from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →FALSE Vestris Lifeboat Report Official's Story New York
To the surprise of the crowded courtroom at the Federal inquiry into the foundering of the Vestris a Government steamboat…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drifting Steamer Injury to Baths Damages Awarded. Melbourne
When the idle steamer Malaita broke away from her morning in Port Phillip Bay during a storm on November 17, 1927, she drifted on shore, pounding her way…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Vestris Wreck Evidence in America. New York
Mr. W. W. Davies, an Australian journalist, one of the survivors of the Vestris wreck, gave evidence at the Federal inquiry that he never saw the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disabled Steamer Sinks Vancouver (B.c.)
The British cargo steamer, Chief Maguilla, which, bound for British Columbia, with a cargo of lumber and grain, was disabled in a mid-pacific…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cargo Steamer Sinks No Loss of Life. Vancouver
The British cargo steamer, Chief Maquilla, Shanghai-bound from British Columbia ports, with lumber and grain, was disabled in mid-Pacific in a storm…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Theft of Mails on Japanese Steamer Calcutta
When the mail steamer Kasadu Maru, arrived in Rangoon from the Far East, is was found that the mailbags for Calcutta had been rifled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seventeen Lost Steamer America Sunk
VALPARAISO, Sunday. — Colliding 800-miles north of the port, the Chilean steamer Quintere (1000 tons) sank with the loss of 17 lives, while…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Liner Celtic Ashore at Cork Passengers Taken Off London
The White Star liner Celtic went ashore in the darkness when entering Cork harbour. Passengers pay the highest tributes to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hard and Fast Atlantic Liner Ashore 70-Mile Gale London
Efforts to redout the White Star liner Celtic (21,000 tons), which run aground on the dangerous Cow and Calf rock while manoeuvring in a 70…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Aground in Java Sea Sydney
The Sydney Marine Underwriters' Association have been advised by wireless that the steamer Raisdale is aground on a coral bottom in the Java Sea, north of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wrecked Launch at Bilgola
The police have solved the mystery of the motor launch that was wrecked between Avalon and Bilgola on Monday. At first it was thought that the occupant…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Daring Voyage From Sydney in Speed Boat Record Smashed Frail Craft Nearly Wrecked by Shark
For a wager of £10, Mr. Harry Larsen, of the Royal Motor Yacht Club, Sydney, travelled from Port Jackson in the 12ft 6in. outboard racing hydroplane. Lady Evinrude, this morning. The time, five minutes under four hours, from mooring to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rutherford Camp Wrecked
The military camp at Rutherford presents a scene of destruction. Situated on the slope of a hill facing Rutherford racecourse, it faced the fury of the storm,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shipwrecked Crew Arrive at Yokohama Tokio
The Yogen Maru has arrived at Yokohama, bringing 15 officers and 60 of the crew of the Chief Maquilla, which foundered in the Pacific off the Aleutian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tug Swamped Helped Disabled Steamer Tremendous Seas Cordova (Alaska)
Late last night the tug Roosevelt took the disabled steamer Starr (500 tons) in tow, but herself became…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WRECKERS Larwood and Tate Uncertain Wicket Melbourne
The Third Test commenced under most favorable conditions. Gloriously cool, bracing weather and a wonderfully good wicket—in fact, one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Springs Leak
Information has been received by the Sydney Marine Underwriters' Association, that the steamer Aagtekerk, bound from Rotterdam to Sydney, sprang a leak…
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