Large Sailing Vessel Wreck Ashore Near Capetown CAPETOWN, May 13
Heavy seas brought in a wreck, keel upwards, at St. Helena Bay, 80 miles westward of Capetown, presumably of a large sailing vessel. Fragments which were…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1932
215 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 11
Passage Not Paid Woman Aboard Steamer SYDNEY
After the steamer Changte left Melbourne on Saturday a woman who had not paid her passage money was found aboard the vessel. The woman apologised…
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The theft of a quantity of white lead from the steam, Port Dennison, while the vessel was berthed at the basin cranes, has been reported to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Fire "No Alarm Was Given" Serious Charges Missing Reduced to 50 (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, May 19
A message from Aden says it is expected that there will be serious disclosures at the inquiry into the fire which destroyed the French liner…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Delayed Priests' Audience With Pope LONDON, May 21
The Esperance Bay specially called at Naples and remained for a day to enable 65 persons, including 10 priests, to entrain for Rome for a half-hour's audience…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Liner Fire Inadequate Warning Leaky Lifeboat British Survivor's Story (Australian Press Association.) DJIBOUTI (Italian Somaliland), May 22
A British survivor of the ill-fated French liner Georges Philippa emphasises the deplorably inadequate warning that was given when the fire broke out on the…
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The wreck of the Cunard liner Lusitama, which lies eight miles off the Irish coast south by west of the Old Head of Kinsalo, is to be explored during the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tug Standing by N.Z. Steamer Aground Wellington (N.z.)
The well-known coastal steamer, Kaponga, of 2450 tons, went aground at Greymouth Bar this afternoon. A small tug is standing by. A Union…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →45 MISSING American Steamer Sinks Struck Rock in Rapids (Australian Press Association.) SHANGHAI, May 27
News was received here this morning that disaster overtook the steamer Iling in the Yangtse Gorges when the vessel struck a rock and sank in two…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Theodore Strong Attack on Mr. Lang's Policy "Wrecked Labour Movement" State Debentures Plan Described as "Crazy Scheme" SYDNEY
A strong attack on Mr. Lang was a feature of an election address broadcast to-night by Mr. E. G. Theodore, the former Federal Treasurer. Mr. Theodore said that the Lang policy had wrecked the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Kaponga Flooded Crew Safely Ashore Wellington (N.z.)
The Union S.S. Company's steamer Kaponga, which is aground on the rocks at the north breakwater at Greymouth, is in a critical position…
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Peter Lucas, 50, seaman, who pleaded guilty, was fined £2. in default four daya' imprisonment, by Mr. Stevenson, S.M., at Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Champion Wrecker" Mr. Coates Attacks Mr. Lang COONAMBLE
"Mr. Lang has quarrelled with every decent man with whom he has been in association, and now no decent man will have anything to do with him in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Launch "Wrecked" Occupants' Misadventure Sydney Harbour Episode Sydney
What was intended to be a pleasant cruise on Sydney Harbour at night came to an early and unhappy end to-night. The launch Roona set out from Parsley…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dispute Settled Steamer Morinda Sails SYDNEY
The dispute between the Seamen's Union and Burns, Philp. Ltd., over the company's refusal to re-engage a member of the crew of the steamer Morinda,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Wreck Conference" London, June 9
While, according to the "Morning Post," fears are growing in political circles that the Lausanne Conference will result in Continental entanglements which will…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Disabled Steamer Milluna in No Danger PERTH
The tug Uco is expected to reach the disabled steamer Milluna early to-night. A westerly gale is being experienced, but the Milluna is not thought to be in any…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Japanese Wounded Fired on by Soviet Guards Aiding Wrecked Fishermen Tokio, June 11
The first clash of the fishery season was at Kamehatka. It is reported that Soviet guards fired, wounding Japanese during the rescue of fishermen from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attempt to Wreck Mail Sleepers Placed on the Line Near Wingham
What appears to have been a deliberate attempt to wreck the Kempsey mail, was discovered near…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer's Changed Course Ended Atlantic Flier's Ordeal Hausner's Luck Rescue Ship Had Changed Course Plane Was Sinking London
If the Shell Company's steamer Celtic Shell, had not deviated from its usual course it would not have found…
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