Steamer Wrecked Crew Drowned Lisbon
After the German steamer Deister had crashed on to the rocks at Cape Leixes, south of Oporto, mountainous seas swept 21 of the crew from the bridge, one by…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1929
284 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 15
Boatswain Injured Steamer Returns to Port
The steamer Golden West, which left Newcastle at 6.3 last evening for Honolulu returned to port at 8.30 with the boatswain, Harry Stewart, injured. Stewart's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DEATH-TRAP Were Missing Six Drawn Down? Foundered Ship Little Hope, But Search Continues SYDNEY
Hope of finding further survivors from the Annie M. Miller, 600 tons coaster, which foundered off South Head last night while on the way from Bulli to Sydney with a cargo of coal, has practically been abandoned, although the search for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seven Missing Collier Founders Near Sydney Six of Crew Rescued in Lifeboat Distress Rocket After Explosion Sydney
The collier Annie M. Miller, of 600 tons register, owned by R. W. Miller, colliery proprietors, foundered when two miles off South Head last night. The cause of the disaster is not definitely known, but it is believed to have been caused by an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ate Human Flesh Shipwrecked Smugglers Survivor's Story Helsingfors (Finland)
Newspapers report that four successive alcohol smugglers were shipwrecked on Ice in the south of Finland. Two were rescued after several…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shipwrecked Man Resorts to Cannibalism Helsingfors
An appalling case of cannaibalism is reported by a Finnish newspaper. Four men, suspected to have been liquor smugglers, were shipwrecked on the ice…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Channel Steamer Ashore LONDON
It appears that the CrossChannel steamer, Villa do Liege, which went ashore yesterday near Dover landing stage, has not…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rush to Sandbank Coastal Steamer Beached Melbourne
While approaching Warrnambool Harbour last night, in the darkness and misty rain, the coastal steamer Casino, struck some submerged object about two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dead-end Crash Building Wrecked Lucky Porter
Crashing through a dead-end at West Maitland goods sheds to-day, two goods vans wrecked the northern end of the building…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Confusion in Boat Rescued Man's Story of Wreck Last of the Kanowna Dramatic Picture of Sunken Vessel MELBOURNE
That it was miraculous that there was no loss of life or at least a serious accident during the transferring of the passengers of the ill-fatad Kanowna to the Mackarra, was the opinion expressed to-day by Mr. G. Wright, a member of the Sydney firm…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Uralla
The steamer Uralla, which went ashore in Stockton Bight in July last, and was subsequently bought by Mr. A. Budrodeen, is still lying not far from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Kanowna Wreck Captain's Statement Uncharted Rocks Not Cleft Island Melbourne
"Two minutes later, and we would have missed the rocks altogether," were the first words of Captain Newbery, the Commander of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Missing Ketch Battle with Gale Safe at Port Stephens
Anxiety concerning the safety of a party of amateur fishermen on the auxiliary ketch Heather Belle, was removed yesterday, when a message was received in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Bomb Italians Narrowly Escape Death Police Have Clue Explosion Wrecks Melbourne Houses MELBOURNE
Evidence, it is claimed, has been obtained by the police which will assist in the elucidation of the latest bomb outrage. Two of the Italians who escaped so miraculously, when a powerful bomb exploded near their bed in a house in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of Kanowna Officers' Evidence Melbourne
The inquiry into the wreck of the Kanowna was continued to-day. Captain Oliver Alfred Godwin, the Acting Chief Officer of the vessel,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Kanowna Wreck First Officer's Evidence Marine Inquiry Melbourne
Evidence was given this morning by Joseph Keen, third officer of the Kanowna, at the Marino Court inquiry into the sinking of the ship, that there…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Good Order Life-saving Gear Wreck of the Kanowna Melbourne
When the inquiry into the loss of the Kanowna was resumed to-day, Captain S. G. Hooker, Nautical Surveyor of the Commonwealth Navigation Department,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Schooner Piri Rudder Disabled Sydney
In charge of the tug St. Olaves, the schooner Piri entered Sydney Harbour this evening, with her rudder disabled. The Piri was on the way to New…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Crash Airman Incinerated 'Plane Wrecked by Tree Melbourne
Flying-Officer Swinburn, accompanied by Flying-Officer Worland, left Sydney in a Royal Australian Air Force Moth Machine to fly to Melbourne. The airmen…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Moth 'Plane Wreckage Picked Up in North Sea London
A German steamer has towed into Hull the wreckage of a Moth plane, which it picked up in the North Sea, near the Dutch coast…
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