Shows Signs of Collision Steamer Roxen at Lee Wharf Brisbane Incident
Showing visible signs of her collision with the Adelaide Steamship Company's motor vessel, Mundalla, at Brisbane, the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1933
242 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 13
Survivors Landed Wrecked Norwegian Ship COLOMBO, March 18
Thirteen survivors from the crew of 28 of the Norwegian steamer Hinnoy were landed at 1 o'clock this morning by the Japanese vessel, Naples Maru. Six on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Only Wreckage Found Kairyu Maru Search Sydney
A radio from the Kairyu Maru advising that the ship has discovered mattresses, [?]fejackets, and many broken planks floating…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →25 MISSING Crew of Kinsen Maru Floating Wreckage Sydney
As only 13 of the 38 members of the crew of the Kinsen Maru have been rescued since the Japanese steamer foundered in a gale off the Queensland coast,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fifteen Crash To Death In Blazing 'Plane Explosion In Mid Air Charred Bodies in Wreckage Disaster Occurred in Flanders Two Victims From Sydney London
Bursting into flames in mid air, the Imperial Airways 'plane, City of Liverpool, which was flying from Cologne and Brussels to Croydon, crashed from a height of 6000 feet, near Dixmude, in Flanders, this…
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While Belgian gendarmes and the British chaplain from Ypres recited prayers for the dead, the remains of the City of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hid in Lifeboat Man Found on Balranald SYDNEY
Shortly after the liner Balranald left Melbourne for Sydney, a young man, who gave his name as Frank Russell, 18, was discovered hiding in a lifeboat. He said…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Steamer for the East Commandant Destremau SYDNEY
The Messageries Maritimes steamer Commandant Destremau, which has been in the service connecting Australian ports with French possessions in the Pacific for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Chinese Pirates Attack British Steamer SHANGHAI, March 30
Four British mercantile marine officers were captured at Newchwang in a daring raid by pirates yesterday. While the steamer Nanchang was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Trawler Aground May Become Total Wreck Wellington (N.z.)
A trawler is likely to become a total wreck as a result of grounding out the Western Pier Head at Napier to-day. The vessel was giving aid to another trawler…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Unique Sale Steamer for the East
The steamer China Trader, due at Newcastle to-day, was formerly the Commandant Destreman, the sale of which was unique in Australian waters…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ketch Ashore Total Loss Likely Wellington (N.z.)
The auxiliary ketch Lily, with a cargo of fish, was driven ashore at Bluff Harbour in a severe gale this morning, and is likely to become a total wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Airship Disaster Akron Crashes Into Sea Off American Coast Heavy Death Roll Feared German Oil Tanker Rescues Four and Stands By Wreckage Swept Away in Darkness (Australian Press Association.) New York, April 4
What may prove to be the world's worst airship disaster occurred early this morning when the dirigible Akron, attached to the United States Navy, crashed into the sea off the New Jersey coast…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Delayed Small Perforation in Hull Diver to Make Repairs
The discovery of a slight perforation in the hull, through which water was entering was responsible for the steamer China Trader remaining in Newcastle Harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ville D'amiens Ashore Antwerp, April 7
The steamer Ville d'Amiens, inward bound from Sydney, has gone ashore in the river Scheldt…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Arrested Engineers Read Charges By Soviet Wrecking Attempt Claimed Reports Are Conflicting Some Say Engineers "Knew Too Much" Retaliation for Propaganda? Moscow
The indictment against the arrested Metropolitan Vickers engineers and others, and which runs into 67 pages, was confidentially shown to-day to those of the British accused, who are out on parole…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer Damaged Adelaide Harbour Collision ADELAIDE
When swinging into the harbour to-day, the new Japanese motor-ship, Koshei Maru, was caught by a sudden gust of wind and crashed into the Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck Off Coast Two Survivors Picked Up Brought to Newcastle
The master of the steamer, Portfield, which left Newcastle shortly after 1 p.m. to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →First Visit to Newcastle Dutch Steamer Calls
On her maiden visit to Newcastle, the K.P.M. steamer Bantam arrived this morning and berthed at the cranes to bunker…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Struck Rock Norwegian Steamer Sinks Chinese Save Crew Hongkong, April 13
The Hongkong-bound Norwegian steamer Fjorden struck a rock and sank at Cheung Chau, outside the harbour. The ship, with her rice cargo, was lost, but…
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