50 Lives Lost Submarine Rams Steamer LONDON, October 25
The Helsingfors correspondent of the Central News states that the German steamer Gratia was rammed by a Russian submarine in the Gulf of Finland…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1931
281 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 15
A Lifeboat Epic
There are only a handful of people in the Northumberland fishing village of Boulmer, and nearly all belong to two families—the Stantons and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Violent Gale British Coasts Lashed French Steamer Ashore (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, November 3
Great Britain and surrounding coasts experienced a violent gale to-day. The French three-master schooner, St. Anne, went ashore at Porthleven, near…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Naval Blimp Wrecked Cape May (N.j.), November 3
The Navy blimp, K1, one of the largest non-rigid dirigibles in the world, was wrecked on Tuesday night as it was being moved into its hangar…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Australian Deportee Sent to Gaol Theft of Jewels From Steamer London
"Human nature stands so much and then there is the breaking-point. I have had mine." From the dock at Manchester…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Smallpox Case on Jap. Steamer Under Quarantine Sydney
Every precaution will be taken by the Commonwealth Health Department in connection with the case of smallpox on the Japanese mail…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Township Wrecked In Path of Storm Every Residence Unroofed Crookwell
Widespread damage was caused by a violent windstorm which struck Grabben Gullen, a small township about seven miles from Crookwell, yesterday. Every…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Corio Still Idle Seamen Discuss Position
"The position with regard to the corio is just the same as it was," reported the secretary of the seamen's Union (Mr. Schofield) to-day after the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →To Co-ordinate, Not to Wreck
THE outstanding need in transport co-ordination efforts is a sane outlook. The Co-ordination Board will have many application for examptions and the big outstanding question is Will the refusal to grant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Smallpox on Steamer
When the Japanese steamer Kamo Maru reaches Sydney to-day she will enter quarantine, and, after being fumigated, will go to her usual berth. Passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Beulah Wrecked Ashore at Fanning Island SUVA, November 11
The steamer Beulah was wrecked yesterday at the entrance to the lagoon at Fanning Island. It is believed to be a total wreck. There were no casualties…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Japanese Steamer Passengers Quarantined at Sydney SYDNEY
Eleven passengers and a number of the crow of the Japanese mail steamer Kamo Maru, which arrived at Sydney to-day, have been ordered into quarantine by the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mine-sweeper Wrecked in Monsoon Admiral and Family Were on Board German Liner to Rescue London
The mine-sweeper Petersfield, which went ashore last night in a monsoon on the Tung Yung Island bar at Foo Chow, is a tender to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shipwrecked Crew Saved by 'Plane Terrible Weather Overcome Derelicts in Last Stage of Misery New York
After having miraculously lived through a terrific storm which swept the West Indies early in the week a party of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →11 Men Rescued Sunken U.S. Schooner Others Remained on Ship Washington, November 12
The United States minesweeper Swan rescued 11 members of the crew, including the badly-injured Captain Walters, of the Costs Rica schooner Baden,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Whale Washed Ashore Redhead Beach Attraction Sharks Attack Carcase
Apparently the sequel to the thrilling fight between a whale and a thresher shark off Newcastle on Friday, a dead whale was washed up on the southern end…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Terrific Explosion Wrecks Shops Gas Ignition Blamed Melbourne
A terrific explosion followed by fire completely wrecked two brick shops, and caused extensive damage to third, in Queen's parade, Clifton Hill,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On the Rocks Cargo Steamer Nambucca North Coast Mishap Likely to be Total Loss SYDNEY
The North Coast Steam Navigation Company's cargo steamer Nambucca, of 415 tons gross register, grounded heavily on the rocks at Nambucca…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Two Shops Wrecked Explosion in Victoria Incendiarism Suspected Melbourne
Incendiarists are believed to be responsible for a sensational explosion and fire which wrecked two shops and severely damaged another in Queen-parade, Clifton…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Race Against Storm to Steamer's Aid Nambucca Still Ashore Seas Are Rising Sydney
With seas steadily rising on the North Coast and the coaster Uki steaming at fall speed with salvage sear to the aid of the…
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