Man Falls From Steamer Pilot Vessel Searching Radio to Nobbys
A radio from the steamer Quctims, to Signal Hill, received late this afternoon, stated that a man had fallen overboard…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1931
281 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 15
The Nambucca Total Wreck Probable Two Other Ships Aground Sydney
Little hope is held for the refloating of the coastal steamer, Nambucca, and it is expected to become a total wreck. The vessel a lying just inside the bar at the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Man Overboard Radio to Nobbys Steamer Querimba Delayed
About 5.15 p.m. on Saturday the B.1. steamer Querimba, which left Newcastle at 4.32 p.m., sent a radio message to Nobbys intimating that a member of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Imported Wreckers" Dubbo
In a statement to-day, the leader of the Western Division of the United Country party (Mr. Body) declared that some of the 25 new appointees to the Legislative…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Salvage Probable Stranded Steamer Nambucca SYDNEY
Present indications are that there in every change of successfully salvaging the North Coast Steam Navigation Company's steamer Nambucca, which grounded at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Southern Sun Wrecked at Alorstar No One Injured Crash Into Paddy Field SINGAPORE, November 26
The Australian National Airways liner Southern Sun, which was carrying malls to England, crashed this morning when taking off at Alorstar…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Wreck Career" Beasley Group Confident Mr. Theodore in Dalley Sydney
One of the sequels to the defeat of the Government may be the wrecking of the Treasurer's political carcer. The Boasley Group are so certain that Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wrecked by Trifles Fate of Many Governments Classic Case
Trifles make the sum of human things. At least eight or nine Federal or State Ministries have been pushed out…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Coal for Hong Kong Steamer Is Chartered Sydney
The steamer Pentyne has been chartered to load a cargo of Abermain-Seaham coal for Hong Kong. She is the first British steamer so…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Trawler Blown Ashore Sydney
A 50-ton steam trawler was blown ashore in a southerly gale on Yarra Point, Botany, this afternoon. After being grounded for an hour, however, the vessel,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Brought Her for Holiday" Man and Girl on Steamer Could Not Land Sydney
A strikingly pretty girl, a rather dejected man, and a sobbing eight-year-old boy were the prominent figures in a drama enacted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grand Prix Race Driver Hits Bridge Competitors Drive Into Wreckage
A series of unusual incidents occurred in the Czechoslovakian Grand Prix held on the Masaryk circuit, near Br[?]o. One competitor beat the starter by getting away…
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One night, when the sailors were in bed, Captain Kenny and his little son were talking of the day's destiny, when a loud knock was heard on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Courts Tuesday, December 1. (Before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, S.m.) Theft From Steamer
Two hessian bags, containing an assortment of goods, were exhibits in the case in which Francis King, 32, seaman, pleaded "Not guilty" to a charge of having stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Waratah Flower Beds Wrecked Council on Warpath
Indignation was expressed by Waratah aldermen last night when the engineer (Mr. Rudd) reported that a large amount of damage had been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Channel Storm Buffets Steamer London
The steamer Versailles, engaged in the cross-channel service, encountered heavy seas this morning when about 12 miles from Newhaven harbor…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →End of Costly Experiment Wreckers at Work on the R100 London
A deafening crash following the clangor of the dismantling hammers, which was like the peel of funeral bells. signalised the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Channel Gale Steamer in Danger LONDON, December 3
The steamer Versailles, engaged on the cross-Channel service, encountered heavy seas this morning when about 12 miles out from Newhaven Harbour. The wind…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Wreck Labour" Beasley Group Charged Mr. Theodore and Tariff Sydney
"To vote for any Lang-Beasley candidate in this election is merely to throw away a vote; because that party has no possible change of gaining any substantial…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Five Dead Col. Brinsmead Hurt Air Disaster Dutch Machine Wrecked Crash Near Bangkok (Australian Press Association.) SINGAPORE, December 7
Colonel H. C. Brinsmead, Controller of Civil Aviation, was critically injured, when a Dutch air mail liner crashed while taking off from Don…
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