Loss of Nereus Crew Gives Evidence How Dredge Foundered Sydney
Further evidence was given before the Commonwealth Marine Court to-day in connection with the inquiry into the cause of the loss of the dredge Nereus,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1931
281 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 15
Boat Wrecked 170 Chinese Drowned BRISBANE
When a towboat sank near Canton, China, recently, 17 Chinese passengers were drowned. News of the tragedy was related by passengers on the liner Changte,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Launch Adrift Distress Flares Lit Pilot Steamer to Rescue Sydney
By soaking towels in kerosene, and using them as flares, Messrs. B. C. Wood of Lindfield, and G. C. Mudie, of Broken Bay, saved themselves from disaster when…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Six Escape Death in Launch Wreck Near Port Stephens Huge Seas Smashed Their Boat Terrible Ordeal in Pitch Darkness "Said Good-bye"
With their boat smashed to matchwood on the rocks at Port Stephens, and with huge waves crashing over…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Launch Wrecked Newcastle Fishermen Port Stephens Episode
Six Newcastle men had an exciting experience on Thursday night when their launch was wrecked near Port Stephens, and they had to scramble ashore at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Their Launch Was Wrecked
Members of the crew of a New castle launch who had narrow escapes from death when their launch was dashed to places on the rocks at Port Stephens in a violent storm on Thursday night. Reading from left to right: Mr. H. Adams (skipper), Mr. George…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Launch Wreckage Recovered 30 Feet Up Cliff Many Spectators
Two members of the crew of the launch which was wrecked in a storm at Port Stephens on Thursday night are still at Nelson's Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Buteshire Ashore in Humber Mouth London
The steamer Buteshire, inwardbound from Sydney to Hull, went ground on Checker Shoal, in the Humber…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal End to Quarrel on Steamer Engineer Faces Murder Charge Claim of Defence Sydney
Ernest Sinclair Oldfield (24). assistant engineer. stood stiffly at attention while a charge of murdering Richard Malcolm Malone was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →'Plane Crashes "Spun From 2000 Feet" District Park Wreck Pilot and Passenger Safe
With the pilot, Mr. E. Buck, idol of the Speedway crowds, wrestling desperately with the controls the De Haviland Moth aeroplane, known as "The Sky Hawk,"…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ghandi Determined to Secure Ratification of The Indian Agreement Earthquake Kills Many in S. Serbia Houses Flattened to Ground Railways Wrecked Sofia
Disastrous earthquakes during the past 48 hours in Southern Yugo Slavin have resulted in 150 being killed and 500 being injured…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Buteshire Ashore Mishap in Humber Fairway LONDON, March 8
The steamer Buteshire, bound from Sydney to Hull and London, went ashore in the fairway of Chequer Shoal in the Humber…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chinese Students Wreck Newspaper Pekin
Four newspaper workers were Injured when a mob of students armed with clubs and revolvers raided the offices of the "Huapeijih Pao," the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Kooliga
The steamer Kooliga signed on several men at the Customs House this morning. When the steamer arrived in Newcastle some of the men were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To Continue Voyage Steamer For Newcastle Load Coal for Callao Sydney
The British steamer Temple Pier, which went ashore close to Piper Island light, 120 miles south of Thursday Island, has been refloated, and is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Tory Leader Turns Down Irwin-Ghandi Rapprochement Further Attempt to Salve Sunken Liner Egypt Italian Steamer Resumes Start in May London
The Sarema Company, of Genoa, owners of the Italian salvage ship Artiglio, which was blown up while…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →200 Lives Lost Chinese Steamer Explosion SHANGHAI
The chinese steamer Tachi sank in the Yangtse River after an explosion to-day. It is believed that about 200 lives were lost. A revenue…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →320 MISSING Chinese Steamer Explodes Soldiers on Board Cigarette Ends Cause Fire (Australian Press Association.) SHANGHAI, March 11
The revenue cruiser, Chuentino, arrived this morning bringing 219 survivors from the small Chinese steamer, Tachi, belonging to the Tata Company, which exploded…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fruitless Search Steamer Passenger Missing SYDNEY
A wireless message received in Sydney to-night, states that an accountant Mr. A. R. Harwood, of Sydney, is missing from the Katooma, which is on its way…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire on Steamer Returned to Brisbane Blaze Soon Quelled Brisbane
The steamer Hurunui (9243 tons) left Brisbane early yesterday morning for Northern Queensland ports, via Gladstone, and when about 230 miles from…
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