Axes Used to Free Steamer Fire on N.Z. Wharf Auckland (N.z.)
So sudden was an outbreak of fire which threatened the American steamer Golden Cloud, when loading for Australia and British Columbia…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1934
298 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 15
Stavisky Was Firebug, Too Leader of Wreckers and Murderers International Gang London
Evidence which certain prominent persons are definitely trying to suppress show that Stavisky, the French swindler, was one of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Crew Paid Off Cargo Steamer Goulburn Dismissal of Fireman Melbourne
As a sequel to their refusal to sail without a fireman who was a member of the crew when the vessel reached Melbourne, 30 members of the coastal cargo steamer…
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But it is perhaps an episode of Cornwall from the story of this latest gale which shows best what such weather means to those who man the lifeboats. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Desperate Effort to Save Tug Crew Escaped in Lifeboat Rescued by Coaster Sydney
In a desperate effort to save the sinking vessel, the crew of the fishing tug, Unique, which foundered…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer on Fire Loss of Currumbene Coroner's Open Finding
The Coroner (Mr. Cyril Adam) held an inquiry at Raymond Terrace to-day on the loss of the steamer Currumbene which was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Arcform" Steamer
The first of three new "'Arcform" steamers to be built for Sir Joseph Isherwood was launched from Messrs. Shorts Brothers' shipyard on the Wear at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Inquiry Steamer Currumbene Coroner's Finding "Nothing to Show Origin"
The District Coroner for the Lower Hunter (Cr. C. Adam) held a magisterial inquiry at the Courthouse, Raymond Terrace, yesterday, into the fire which totally…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fell Down Hold Man Killed on Steamer SYDNEY
Falling down the hold of the steamer Orungal while it was berthed at a wharf in Lime-street to-day, Charles Clowie, 67, a shipwright, of Mortdale, was fatally…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Collier Ashore at Norah Hd. Dense Fog Along the Coast Vessel Reported to Be Badly Holed Crew Is Not in Danger
Ashore at Pelican Point, near Norah Head, the well-known collier, Bealiba, has her forward hold badly damaged and the pumps are unable to cope with the rush of water. —Everything occurred with such suddenness that the crew had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Racehorses Injured Take Fright on Steamer SYDNEY
Taking fright while being conveyed from Melbourne to Sydney last night by the steamer Westralia, several prominent candidates for the big Autumn carnival…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Bealiba on Rock Grounded Near Norah Head Total Wreck Likely Crew Camped on the Beach
The coastal collier Bealiba ran aground on Pelican Point, south of Nora Head lighthouse, in a dense fog early yesterday morning, and last…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Speed Boat Ablaze Driver Swims Ashore SYDNEY
When a speed-boat burst into flames on the Georges River, off Tom Ugly's Point this afternoon, the driver, Stewart Thomas, of Tom Ugly's Point, had to jump…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shark Horror At Dee Why This Afternoon Boy Killed After Leg Was Taken By 12ft. Monster Was Attacked Near the Shore Died Soon After He Was Brought Ashore Third Attack This Season Sydney
A 12-foot shark, venturing into three feet of water just beyond the second line of breakers at Dee Why this afternoon, savagely mauled Frank Athol Riley, 16. of Dee Why. Riley had his left leg taken…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wrecked Steamer Is Sold Bealiba Brings £75 SYDNEY
The steamer Beallba was to-day sold "as she now lies at Pelican Point" by Fraser Uther to Messrs. Hore and Forbes, machinery…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Scrap for Japan Was Contraband Steamer Induna Broken Up Grafton
The steamer Induna, which was originally built for the England-South African trade, is being dismantled, and the ironwork is being shipped to Sydney for export…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chinese Steamer Sinks with 88 SHANGHAI
Eighty-eight persons are believed to have perished on Tuesday, when the stranding steamer, Foo Chow, bound for Shanghai,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Looted Pirates Seize Control Boarded As Passengers Hongkong, March 15
The Norwegian steamer, Norviken, under British charter, arrived at Swatow this morning after being in the hands of pirates for 24 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Trawler Wrecked on the South Coast Swift Rescue Measures Struck Mimosa Rock at Night Crew All Safe Sydney
The Sydney trawler. David Blake, struck the Mimosa Rock, near Tathra, South Coast, late last night. A heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Trawler Ashore Little Hope of Saving South Coast Mishap Sydney
Only a few miles from where another trawler was wrecked last year, the trawler David Blake struck a rock near Tathra, on the Far South Coast, late last night,…
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