Wharf Damaged Struck by Steamer MELBOURNE
Damage amounting to £500 was caused to the Cunningham railway pier at Geelong to-day, when the steamer City of Winchester was driven into it by a strong…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1932
215 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 11
Like Unruly Schoolboy Schooner Cavan Didn't Want to Go Difficult Last Voyage Sidney
With a list to starboard the old schooner Cavan leans against the wharf at Glebe Island, as though resting, after a difficult trip from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Thieves Blamed Rockdale Explosion Attempt to Wreck Engine Sydney
Police investigating the explosion at the Rockdale Municipal Council's explosive shed in John-street, Arncliffe, late last night, have come to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Thieves Baffled Sydney Office Wrecked SYDNEY
When their efforts to open the strong-room failed, thieves who entered the office of Sharps Brothers at Glebe last night, set about to wreck the office. They…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Early Shipbuilding—schooner Industry in Newcastle
Mrs. L. Jefferson, of Frederick-street, Merewether, discovered in some old family records recently, several newspaper clippings having reference to the shipbuilding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mail 'Plane Wreck
Wreckage of French air mail 'plane, which fell on the greenhouses in the grounds of the selsdon Park Hotel, near Croydon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →With a List to Port Japanese Steamer Arrives Big Timber Cargo
The arrival of the Temper Maru in Newcastle with her decks covered with timber, and a list of about…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →List to Port Japanese Steamer Arrives Big Timber Cargo
The Temple Maru, a Japanese steamer of 6097 tons, arrived in Newcastle late on Saturday night, with a list to port of approximately 20 degrees…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Bumps Swansea Bridge
While the steamer Tuncurry was manoeuveing prior to going through the Swansea bridge on Sunday afternoon, the anchor dragged and the stern of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Don't Tell Wife Must Carry Guilty Secret Wreckage If Revealed
(By Dorothy Dix.—Copyright) Dear Dorothy Dix,—My marriage was arranged by my husband's and my families. About…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Steamer to Rescue Japanese Training Ship Adrift Vancouver
A gallant rescue of the crew of a stricken vessel during a gale was effected by the Sydney steamer Waikemo…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mission Steamer Lost on Maiden Voyage VILA, November 9
The Melanesian mission steamer, Southern Cross, was lost on the Island of Ancitum on her maiden voyage from Auckland to the South Seas…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wreck Statistics
Returns issued recently by Lloyd's Register of Shipping, show that 54 ships, of 100 tons gross and upwards, totalling 64,473 tons, were totally lost on…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Officers Missing Wrecked Mission Ship Went for Assistance Vila (New Hebrides)
On her maiden voyage to the South Sea islands the Melanesian Mission's motorship, Southern Cross, was wrecked on the island of Aneityum, the most southern…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ceremony on Steamer Perth
When the two minutes' silence was observed on board the steamer Hobson's Bay at Fremantle to-day, Captain Jermyn had the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Southern Cross Captain Reaches Vila Chartered Schooner to Rescue Crew Vila (New Hebrides)
The motor-ship Southern Cross, belonging to the Melanesian Mission, which was wrecked on the island of Aneityum, in the New Hebrides, on November 2,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Altar As Target Vandals Visit Church Scene of Wreckage Goulburn
Using the altar and the font as targets, vandals made havoc with rifles in the Church of England at Kippilaw, near Goulburn…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Paralysed Struck by Lightning Tent Was Wrecked Sydney
William Smith, 28, was struck by lightning and temporarily paralysed during an electrical storm which passed over the City and suburbs to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on Steamer Undergoing Overhaul Damage to Baradine London, November 18
Dozens of fire brigades, equipped with engine, and a firefloat, and by the crews of several vessels, extinguished, after several hours, a fire aboard the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court Monday, November 21. (Before Mr. E. J. Harrison, S.m.) Theft From Steamer
About 1 p.m. on Sunday, Victor Villa, 24, seaman, was seen leaving the steamer Koomilya with a bag over his shoulder. An examination of the bag by…
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