Surf Boat Wrecked Dashed Against Rocky Reef Crew's Lucky Escape
A series of thrilling battles with the heavy seas at the Bar Beach surf carnival this afternoon, culminated in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1934
298 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 15
Pulverised Fuel Steamer
The Berwind-White Coalmining Co. and the Staples Transportation Co. have completed the equipment of the new pulverised coal-burning steamship…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Perfumes Seized Schooner Isabel Raid "For Wife," Says Owner Sydney
Mr. W. H. Weeks, owner of the schooner Isabel, from which Customs officers took custody of a number of boxes of perfumes and other…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mutiny Wreck Rudder of Bounty Found Pitcairn Island Report Wellington (N.z.)
The master of the liner Mataroa, which arrived at Wellington to-night, stated that when the vessel was off Pitcairn Island the islanders came aboard with pieces of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Launch Wrecked Cyclonic Blow Off Cairns BRISBANE
Caught by a cyclonic blow while rounding Cape Grafton, near Cairns, to-day, a 70-ton launch, the Clam, of Yarrambah Mission, was wrecked on a sandbank. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tossed Like Cork Steamer in Northern Cyclone SYDNEY
In tow of the Momba, the old steamer Karroo reached Sydney to-day from Townsville. The voyage took five days, due to running into the tail end of a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Nightly Talks to Norway Steamer's Modern Wireless Arrives in Newcastle
A wireless set of tremendous range is installed in the Norwegian steamer Hoegh Trader, which in discharging lumber and logs at Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →River Steamer Ablaze Early Morning Fire at Seaham
Residents of Seaham witnessed the spectacle of a small steamer blazing fiercely last night, when the ship…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wreckers Enter Surf Club Property Smashed Sydney
Thieves who broke into the premises of the Tamarama Surf Club last night bashed a piano to pieces, tied the lifelines on the surf reels…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"With Ruin and Wreck for Many"
IN the past years of financial stress and widespread suffering the city dwellers and country folks alike have had every reason to look upon Dame Nature as a benign goddess—an Invaluable ally of the struggle against low prices and unemployment. She has given season…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Burnt on Williams River
The wooden steamer Currambene, 200 tons, which has been tied up at Porphyry Point, on the Williams River, near Seaham, was destroyed by fire on Monday night…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer Burnt Blaze Near Seaham Loss of Currumbene
The wooden steamer, Currumberne, 200 tons, was destroyed by fire in the Williams, River, at Porphyry Point, near Seaham, on Monday night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Burned Steamer Sinks in River Boy's Trying Experience
It is likely that the steamer Currambene, which teas burned to the water's edge, where it was moored in the Williams River at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Giant Logs For The Mills— —Wrecked Surf Boat
GIANT OREGON LOGS FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA for Newcastle timber mills being unloaded at King's Wharf from the Norwegian ship Hoegh Trader. CONCRETE…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Thrilling Story of Rescue in Gale of Four Men in a Boat Pleasure Party Has Close Call Saved at Sea From Stricken Ketch Rescued Man Tells Thrilling Story at Nelson's Bay
"For seven hours we lay on deck, clinging to just anything we could lay hold of, hoping every minute to see a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Killed and 8 Injured in Road Accident Sydney Bus Somersaults Tragic Scene at Gundagai Dead Comprise All Women Wreckage Takes Fire Gundagai
Three women were killed, and five men and three women were injured to-day, when a motor tourist coach somersaulted three times after its back axle broke on the Hume Highway, 13 miles on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer's Mast Falls
One of the masts of the coastal steamer Boambee fell yesterday morning while the vessel was loading at the wharf opposite the fish depot. The mast, weighing some…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →India Rocked Severe Earthquake Shock Worst for Years Darjeeling Partly Wrecked (Australian Press Association.) CALCUTTA, January 15
Practically the whole of India was rocked for eight minutes this afternoon by the most severe earthquake for many years…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Struck Rock Japanese Steamer Sinks CAPETOWN, January 16
The Japanese steamer, Paris Maru, yesterday struck a rock outside Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope, and sank this afternoon. She was assisted back to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Swam to Sea Bull's Escapade in Surf Refused to Come Ashore Brisbane
A big Jersey bull entered the Tweed River before breakfast this morning and swam out over the bar into the Pacific Ocean…
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