"Middle Watch" in Real Life Girls "Marooned" on Steamer Boy Friends Left Sydney
"Middle Watch" came to life last night when three pretty girls, visiting a British freighter anchored in the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1934
298 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 15
Boiler Explodes Fruit Works Wrecked Mysterious Occurrence Melbourne
Early this morning a boiler, weighing one ton, exploded at the work of the Mildura Cooperative Fruit Co. Great damage was done, the premises being wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Latest Air Crash Shocks Australia New Mail 'Plane Wrecked Near Longreach: Four Killed Singapore Service Deferred Experts Discover that Chief Pilot Was Not at Controls
The second of the De Havilland 86 four-engined air liners, specially built for the British-Singapore service, crashed near Longreach yesterday morning. The four occupants were killed. The victims were—…
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In "Leaves from Old Files" for the week ended September 29, 1934, mention is made of the sale entry of the American schooner Alpena (Captain A. Neilsen) into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burial of Victims Hundreds Visit Wrecked 'Plane BRISBANE
A message from the Central West states the bodies of the three men who brought the ill-fated De Havilanl 86 biplane from England—Lieutenant-Commander A. R…
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The funerals of three of the four victims of the [?]rach of the D.H.86 air liner—Captain R. A. Prendergast, First-Officer W. V. Creastes, and Flying-Engineer…
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The seat found at Waratah Bay yesterday was to-day identified by the Controller of Civil Aviation (Captain Johnston) and by Mr. Ivan Holyman…
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THE SHATTERED COCKPIT of the DH86 air-liner, which crashed near Longreach, killing the four occupants.--Picture by air from Longreach,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Where the Duke of Gloucester Will Come Ashore in Sydney
Sydney has made elaborate preparations for the reception to the Duke of Gloucester to-day. Yesterday interest centred in the final preparations at the landing place at Farm Cove. These pictures show the provision made for the meeting of State and civic officials with His Royal Highness…
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A quantity of good quality three-ply wood and four boxes believed to be part of the wreckage of the missing air liner Miss Hobart were found on the rocks…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →British Tourists in Newcastle Steamer Ulysses in Port To-day 160 Passengers
One hundred and sixty British, African, and Eastern tourists arrived on the Blue Funnel steamer Ulysses this…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Stranded Steamer On Breakwater
PUMPS AT WORK ON BOARD THE STRANDED FREIGHTER IRON MONARCH, which ran aground on the northern breakwater on Saturday night. The fourth pump was being placed in position when the photograph was taken…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four Electrocuted Families Homeless Through Floods Disastrous Melbourne Storm Shipping in Grave Danger: St. Kilda Pier Almost Wrecked: Railways Disorganised MELBOURNE
The most disastrous storm for many years swept down on Melbourne last night, and continued to-day. Live wires blown down by the gale were responsible for the death of four men to-dayâthree at South Melbourne and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fell Down Hold Cook Killed on Steamer SYDNEY
Falling down the hold of the Japanese cargo steamer, Sekiha Maru, Joe See An, 27, a Chinese cook, struck his head on the bottom and was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Woman's Fortitude in Fire Tragedy . Pinned Under Wreckage Gave Directions to Rescuers Plight Child
The amazing fortitude of Mrs. Ivy Carr was the outstanding feature of the tragic . fire at Cessnock yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lost Coramba More Wreckage Found Body Identified Melbourne
This morning further wreckage from the missing 531 tons coaster Coramba was found, and search parties are now scanning the beach for signs of bodies…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Towns Destroyed Earthquake in Honduras Communications Wrecked Tegucigalpa (Honduras), Dec. 4
Three towns, with total population of 6500, are reported to have been probably destroyed by an earthquake in the Ocotepeque, department, according to an official…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Earlier Mishap To Steamer Iron Monarch Is Investigated Aground in Fog Near Cape Three Points Master Is Charged Court of Marine Inquiry Ashore in Fog
Sequel to the grounding of the freighter Iron Monarch, at Cape Three Points, near Broken Bay, on October 23,…
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Owing to the rough weather, the Hunter River S.S. Co.'s steamer Gwydir did not sail from Newcastle last night, and the Hunter stayed in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Navigating the Murray Century Ago Down River In Whaleboat Cadell's Steamer
IT was announced the other day that locks and weirs have made the River Murray navigable all the year round for 600 miles for vessels drawing six feet. Some day much more of the thousands of miles of waterways provided by the Murray and its great, tributaries will be…
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