Cargo Ship Wrecked 45 Survivors on Barren Rock Treacherous Sea Manila
Working in the track of an advancing monsoon, rescuers from the U.S.A. destroyer. Peary are trying to save the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1935
309 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 16
How Lusitania Was Found "Iron Man" Suit for Diving Many Months to Locate Wreck
Equipped with the most modern scientific instruments, including "The Iron Man," an almost human diving suit, the S.S. Orphir set out last July to search for the wreck of the Lusitania and solve the mystery of its treasure. The thrilling story of how…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ketch Founders Crew Takes to Dinghy HOBART
It was reported to-day that the ketch Swift, of 23 tons, trading between the Channel Ports, and owned by Mr. H. H. Sward, of Hobart, foundered last night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Nearly Nervous Wreck Wife of Ambrose Palmer Melbourne
Mrs. Ambrose Palmer declined to-day to say whether she had received any reply to her cable messages to her husband demanding that he…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Locating Wrecked Lusitania Dramatic Story of Salvage Operations Approach of Torpedo Seen by Steward Final Scenes on Sinking Liner
After a little more than a week of cruising off the Irish coast in its search for the torpedoed Lusitania, the S.S. Ophir's remarkable echo-sounding apparatus suddenly records a large wreck lying on the ocean bed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lifeboat for Aeroplane
Demonstrating a new idea for safety [?]hen flying over water, three Soviet airmen have jumped with a lifeboat by parachute from an aeroplane, and used the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Thrilling Events In Search Divers Narrow Escape From Death Fisherman Claimed He Could Find Wreck Looking for the Lusitania
"I can take you to the Lusitania," says an elderly Kinsale fisherman—A huge wreck is announced by the echo-sounding apparatus—Diver Jarrett descends in the "Iron Man," and narrowly escapes death…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Hit Breakwater Port Bow of Steamer Returned to Harbour
The steamer Era struck the northern breakwater with the port bow while leaving Newcastle Harbour about 1 p.m. yesterday. Leaking slightly the ship went…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Steamer in Peril Has Lost Her Propeller Taken in Tow Melbourne
The pilot ship outside Port Phillip Heads to-day picked up a wireless message from the tanker, British Strength, stating that she had…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flares Are Seen Radio by Steamer "Smithy" Clue? Singapore. Friday (ll.l5 a.m.)
The captain of the steamer Pasha has wirelessed to penang that be sighted flares going up on Bayer Island In the Bay of Bengal, off…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Theories Big Search Renewed Location Of Lusitania Wreck
The salvage ship Orphir, in its search for the torpedoed wreck of the treasure ship Lusitania, met with another disappointment when a letter arrived from a fisherman whose lugger was beside the ill-fated liner when she was sent to the bottom…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wreckage Found British Steamer Missing LONDON, November 21
Following an SOS from the North Sea last night, the steamer Sheaf Brook (2179 tons) with a crew of 20 aboard, has vanished…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Steamer Era Preliminary Inquiry Held
The Deputy Superintendent of Navigation and Harbour Master (Captain W. H. Roberts) conducted a preliminary inquiry yesterday into the cause of the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wreck of 1857 First News of Dunbar an "Extraordinary"
Ald. J. Dixon, of Merewether, recently found among his personal records an "extraordinary" issued by the Newcastle Press on the occasion of the sinking of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On a New Trail Lusitania Wreck Villagers' Stories
In the tiny fishing village of Courtmacsherry, the captain of the salvage ship Orphir found a whole community which witnessed the tragic torpedoing of the luxury liner Lusitania in 1915. Taking three of the villagers on board, he resumed his search for the wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Search of Island Steamer's Report Is Awaited Mr. Stannage's View Sydney
Relatives and associates in Sydney of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Mr. Pethybridge do not place much credence in the latest report that a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Saw Wrecked 'Plane in Jungle Native's Story to Be Investigated. Reliability Is Uncertain Delhi, Monday Night
The Director of Civil Aviation has received the following radio message from the aerodrome officer at Victoria Point: "A villager from Kapung (Siam) reports that information has been received there that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Long Overdue New Guinea Schooner Administration's Concern Canberra
The New Guinea Administration's schooner Hermes, with 18 persons aboard, has not been heard of for more than a fortnight…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Reduced Steamer Fares South Australian Centenary LONDON, November 26
Passenger steamship lines will issue a centenary ticket at single fare and one-half for the return journey for visitors to South Australia for the centenary next…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Schooner Missing From Rabaul Vessels Search Rabaul
A message received from the motor ship, Desikoko, reports that there has been no trace of the Administration's schooner Hermes, which is overdue…
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