Mangled in Winch Seaman's Violent Death Steamer Accident
Caught in the coils of a wire being wound on a winch aboard the steamer Corio in Newcastle Harbor, on April 11. John Nicholson…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1935
309 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 16
Berthing of the Steamer-allara
Commenting on a report that the Allara had been caught by a strong wind on Monday and blown across The Basin, the master (Captain Stanley)…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Early Snow Canberra District Blizzard Wrecks Camp Canberra
Canberra is suffering a foretaste of winter. The neighbouring mountains are feet deep in snow, which is abnormal for the period of the year. Snow in May is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Pilot Killed Air Force 'Plane Wrecked "Wing Fell Off" [?]witness Graphic Story MELBOURNE
A Royal Australian Air Force aeroplane crashed at Werribee this afternoon. The pilot, Flying-officer Clive Newton Edgerton, 28, of Ascot Vale,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Death at Sea Man Fell from Steamer SYDNEY
A man fell from the deck of the steamer Wollongbar, last night, shortly after it left Byron Bay for Sydney and was not seen again. The man, Percy…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Old graveyard of Drowned Ships Whole City Was Thrilled By Adolphe Wreck
NEARLY 31. years ago, at a little after 10 o'clock on a bright September morning, the big French barque Adolphe was wreckedon the Newcastle oyster bank under the gaze of thousands of persons. The stranding nd the subsequent rescue of the crew by the local lifeboat provided for a great number a, spectators a prolonged thrill that even the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Steamer's Dash for Port Engineer Injured Sydney
Wind and waves assisted the British freighter Mahana in its dash to Sydney last night to secure medical attention for a member of its crew who had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Driverless Van Careers Down City Hill Wrecked in 20Ft. Fall
A motor delivery van, owned by Mr. G. Bray, of Gosford-road, Hamilton. West, wrecked itself When it ran down Upper Perkin-street, Newcastle, in the absence…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Despoiling Graves Ornamental Work Wrecked Sydney
Working in the dark vandals who have operated Intermittently in the Catholic cemetery at Rook-wood during the past 18 months,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Skeleton Found Grim Discovery on Steamer Stowaway's Fate London. April 20
The fate which overcame some unfortunate stowaway is suggested by the discovery of a skeleton, four or five years old,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →'Plane Wrecked Seven Occupants Killed BERLIN, May 4
A Junkers passenger aeroplane left Boeblinger on April 30 for Breslau, but disappeared, and was later found crashed in the mountains in the Czechoslovakian…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Collision Sequel Two Petrol Pumps Wrecked SYDNEY
Severe outs were sustained by John McDonald, 45 of Concord, last night when a motor-car he was driving crashed into two petrol pumps in Camperdown…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tall Ships Rot in Marine Golgotha Grim Record of Wrecks Off Newcastle
Encrusted with weeds, mouldering in the rust of years, the battered hulk of the barque Adolphe is only one of the host of gallant ships that have come to a violent end off Nobbys. The stretch of sea within a half-mile radius of Nobbys, has become a veritable ships' graveyard — a marine Golgotha, where the bones of ships lie rolling in the river silt…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Boat Smashed Hit by River Steamer Man Drowned Hobart
Early this morning the river steamer Excella, travelling from Hobart to a Huon port crashed into a small fishing boat near Sandy…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flight Off Jubilee Mail by Steamer Captain Taylor Tells Why Southern Cross Attempt Was Made SYDNEY
The offer of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, Captain Taylor and Mr. John Stannage, to fly the remaining Jubilee air mail across the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →French Steamer in Dock Sails To-night for Noumea
The French steamer Neo Hebridals will sail from Newcastle for Noumea to-night. after having been docked for cleaning and painting at Walsh Island…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of Coramba Compensation for Widows Master and Second Engineer Melbourne
In the County Court to-day, Judge Magennis awarded £1372 compensation to Mrs. Ethel Dowling, whose husband, John Dowling, was master of the Coramba,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Damaged Struck Submerged Object ADELAIDE
On its way from Fremantle to Port Pirie to-day, the steamer City of Delhi struck a submerged object 100 miles west of Neptune Island at the entrance…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Alleged Offer to Journalist "Use of Schooner and Servants" False Pretences Charge Sydney
The story of an offer made to a young Scotch journalist. who it was alleged, had been promised the use of a car. bungalow,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Burst Into Flames 'Plane Wrecked in Queensland 3 Passengers Hurt Brisbane
Three men were injured—two critically—to-day when an aeroplane overturned and burst into flames at Dably, 200 miles…
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