Magnetic Sands Wreck Theory That Liner Was Drawn to Disaster London, November 3
Magnetic sands are blamed by Commander Borges Fortes, of the Brazilian Navy, for the recent wreek of the Munson liner Western World…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1932
215 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 11
Fears for Life Man In Sailing Boat Two Youths Swim Ashore Melbourne
John Baker, an elderly stevedore, of South Melbourne, is believed to have been lost in a sailing boat on Port Phillip Bay to-night. He was last seen about 10 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schooner Rainbow Pioneer Coal Carrier South Australian Trade
The trade between Newcastle and South Australia, in spite of set-backs, is still a considerable item, and is shown by an old Press record to have commenced in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cavan to Go Historic Schooner Old Link with Port
"For sale, schooner Cavan, as she now lies at Hexham. Apply James and Alexander Brown." Newcastle history was there for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →'Plane Wrecked Three Occupants Unhurt Crash on North Coast Taree
The Southern Cross Pup, an Avro-Avian aeroplane, was wrecked at Harrington at noon to-day. The occupants were Mr. W. Kingsford Smith, pilot, Mr. J. T…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tug Sunk Collision With Steamer DUNKIRK, January 13
The Ville de Verdun, from Noumea, sank the tug, Trapu, when the two vessels collided at the quayside. The extent of the damage to the Ville…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Piracy and Murder Steamer's Terrible Voyage 400 Chinese on Board Shanghai, January 14
Piracy, murder, and violence, culminating in the deaths of three Chinese passengers, and the wounding of a score of others, marked the 20-hour voyage of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On Small Island Japanese Steamer Aground May Be Abandoned Manila, January 17
Radio advices received here to-day, state that the Japanese steamer Kowa Maru (5521 tons), en route from Manila to Geraldton, West Australia, was forced…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Small Steamer Safe Brisbane
Anxiety concerning the whereabouts of the small steamer Bopple, which had not been seen since it left Townsville for Brisbane on January 14, was allayed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire on Wool Steamer at Wellington Full Speed to Port Radio Message Warned Port Firemen Cargo Ablazei Wellington N.Z.
Working in smoke helmets firemen fought all night a fire among the wool cargo of the steamer Port Fremantle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crew of Officers Carried Steamer Port Gisborne in Newcastle Depression Cause
The Royal Mail Steamer of the Commonwealth Line, Port Gisborne, which has 18 officers as ordinary seamen in its…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Wrecked Struck by Lightning GRAFTON
During a storm in the early hours of the morning, the dairy and bails at Clarenza, belonging to Mr. W. McGregor, were struck by lightning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tug to Rescue Japanese Steamer Disabled PERTH
The Japanese steamer Capetown Maru indicated to-day by wireless that she had lost her propellor 300 miles south-west of the Leeuwin…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fireman Stabbed On Japanese Steamer Compatriot Charged Perth
Tomozo Nonaksa, 30, a fireman, was fatally stabbed aboard the steamer Hayo Maru at Geraldton on Monday night. Toshio Horikawa has been charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Struck Bridge North Coast Steamer Unusual Mishap at Pyrmont Sydney
The coastal steamer Tyalgum was badly damaged when it struck the opening span on the Pyrmont bridge shortly before midnight to-night. The funnel and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Manly Boat's Great Rescue Birubi Comes to Help and Lifeboat Manned Beltmen, Too, Play Brave Part "Toti" Young's Amazing Swim
Dashed by the boiling surf onto the rocky promontory at the northern end of the Newcastle Beach to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Steamer Service
The Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company makes a preliminary announcement of special services for the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision at Sea Fears for Schooner's Crew New York, February 6
Twenty-one members of the crew of the fishing schooner Eleanor Nickerson. of Boston, are believed to have been drowned, following a collision with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Caught by Wind Aeroplane Wrecked Forced Landing at Bethungra Cootamundra
A Cirrus Moth aeroplane, piloted by Captain Pittendrigh, and owned by the Goulburn Aero Club, was wrecked when caught by a gust of wind as it was about…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecked Submarine Mystery So Far No Bodies Have Yet Been Seen London
No evidence has been found to show that any compartment in the submarine M2 remained inhabitable after she sank off Portland while exercising…
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