Echo of Kanowna Wreck
At the Central Court, Sydney, yesterday, Captain Newbery who was in charge of the steamer Kanowna when she was wrecked off Wilson's Promontory on…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1929
284 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 15
Schooner Cavan Old-timer Rests
After being employed for 26 years in the coal trade between Newcastle and Sydney during which period, allowing for stoppages and overhauls, she has probably…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Kanowna Wreck Echo
The case in which Alfred Newberry, who was master of the steamer Kanowna when that vessel was wrecked on February 17, near Wilson's Promontory, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wharfies at Law Row on Steamer Costs Hatchman £10
A heated altercation between a winch main and a hatchman on the steamer Iron Master, at the Steel Works Wharf on April 6. led up to an action in the…
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The German steamer Hochst, which was scheduled to arrive at Newcastle during the week-end to discharge a quantity of general cargo, from Continental ports,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Express Wrecked 12 KILLED; 20 Injured Engine Somersaults Brussels
Twelve passengers were killed and 20 injured when an express train from Paris overran the points and crashed into a goods train yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Came in Alone Steamer Hunter Sydney Fog-bound Sydney
Fog enveloped Sydney Heads early this morning, and the only arrival until after 8 p.m. was the passenger steamer Hunter from Newcastle…
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Reports of the hurricane which occurred on Sunday are now coming in. The death roll in mounting. The steamer Toyokuni Maru was wrecked while proceeding to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Speed Rescue Channel Lifeboat to Cost £17,000 LONDON
The proposed construction of a fart motor lifeboat, capable of a speed of 17 or 18 knots for use in the English Channel, is announced by the Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Quick Relief 'Planes in Channel Fast Lifeboat Planned London
To provide a lifeboat fast enough to go to the assistance of any plane forced down in the English Channel, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution announces…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecking with Magnets
The electric lifting magnet, while employed chiefly for handling magnetic materials is also useful when its properties are applied to the demolition of obsalete…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →N.Z. Airman's 'Plane Wrecked After Forced Landing CRASHED! Mase Forced Down in France Pilot Uninjured 'Plane Turned Complete Somersault LONDON
Frank Mase, who left England on Thursday to fly to New Zealand, was forced down at Roanne, in France. Starting off again, the engine failed, and hitting some trees the 'plane turned a complete somersault. The machine was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ketch Wrecked Crew Row to Shore Adelaide
The woodon ketch Eclipse was totally wrecked on Wolf Roof, south of Balgowan, about two miles from the shore, this morning. The craft sank…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Schooner Starts Her Career Island Scenes on Sydney Wharves
FOR A CAREER OF ADVENTURE.—The Lolita, a new motor schooner, was launched at W. M. Ford's yards, Berry's Bay. She will trade among the Mantis. SPED ON HER WAY.—Miss E. Green performed the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tragic Tornado High School Wrecked 250 Children Trapped Twelve Dead; 90 INJURED (Australian Press Association.) Clinch Port (Virginia)
Many school children were killed and a number injured when a tornado demolished a two-storey frame High School at Rye Cove, a village…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Fire! Steamer's Cargo King's Wharf Rich Copra Cargo Ablaze
A big cargo of copra bound for Honolulu, caught alight in No. 3 hatch on the American steamer Golden…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prince Urges Scientific Development of Coal Industry Plague Scare! Great Anxiety in Japan Steamer From India Royal Visits May be Cancelled KOBE
The discovery of a case of plague in Osaka, following a similar discovery in Kobe, is causing great concern in view of the forthcoming visits of the Duke of Gloucester on May 20, and Emperor Hirahito on May 22…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ghastly Carsh Pilot Incinerated in Wreckage Fatal Stunt Petrol Tank Explodes in Mid-air LONDON
Two ghastly air crashes resulted in three deaths to-day. During a display of acrobatics, in which he practised hair-raising stunts, Flying-Officer J. W. Bayes, crashed from a slow roll. Trapped in the cock-pit, he was incinerated before horrified…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Unwanted Schooner No Bid for Purchase Melbourne
As no Lid was made for the purchase of the American six-master schooner Doorthy H. Sterling, when the vessel was offered for auction, to meet…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fierce Fighting Indian Tribal War Two Villages Wrecked Calcutta
Fierce tribal fighting has broken out a few miles from Lundikhana, the farthest British outpost, owing to the Shinwaris' attempt to exert tribal rule over…
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