On Her Last Voyage Mail Steamer Orsova Sydney
When the liner Orsova sails from Sydney to-morrow she will be flying from her masthead a paying off pennant 200ft. long…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1936
325 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 17
Direct Hit by Bomb 'Plane Wrecks Battleship London
The Gibraltar correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that the loyal battleship Jaime Primiero was hit with a bomb by rebel aeroplanes…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Many Drowned Explosion on Steamer Mystery in Mediterranean London, August 15
A message from Oran (Algeria) states that while carrying a cargo of wine and grain to France, the steamer Oranaise suddenly blew up and sank off the coast…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Typhoon in Hongkong Wreckage on Land and at Sea Hong Kong
More than a hundred people are believed to be dead as the result of a typhoon. Buildings in the city were wrecked and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cause Not Known Sinking of French Steamer Explosion Story Denied London, August 16
The sinking of the French steamer Oronaise off the coast of Algiers with the loss of 38 lives is still a mystery. It is not suggested that an explosion occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Dunbar Historic Wreck Anniversary To-morrow
On the morning of August 21, 1857, the steamer Grafton, bound from the Northern Rivers and Newcastle, passed through Sydney Heads. As she proceeded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local Timber Ketch Built at Swansea for Barrier Reef Cruise
Intended mainly for all extended holiday to the Great Barrier Reef, a two-masted auxiliary ketch of 30 tons, has been built at Swansea by Mr. J. L. Boyd…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Spain Persists in Blockade German Naval Chief Flies to See Hitler Alleged That Steamer Didn't Carry Refugees Radio Warning to Spanish Ships London
While Gibraltar advices announce that loyalist Spanish warships—including those which searched a German steamer—are maintaining a blockade of Cadiz against gun running, the news from Berlin is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German Resentment Spanish Government Cruiser Stops Steamer Strong Protest to Madrid Breach of International Law Claimed: Hopes for Non-intervention Agreement Fade (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, August 20
Hopes of reaching agreement among the Powers on non-intervention in the Spanish civil war are fast disappearing again as a result of an incident outside Spanish territorial waters…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fishing Ketch Located Not in Distress, Says Crew Melbourne
The fishing ketch Alidar which was reported missing since she was seen anchored off Rabbit Island, in Bass Strait, early in the week, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →German Action Sequel to Stopping of Steamer Serious View in France Britain Considering Spain's Blockade Declaration (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, August 21
A grave view is taken in France of the situation that has arisen from the stopping of a German steamer by a Spanish Government warship. One newspaper says, "Peace hangs by a hair." The commander of the German battleship Deutschland sent…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Swedish Steamer Stopped Stockholm
The Svenska Lloyd steamer Gallia (1436 tons) was stopped by the cruiser Liberstad on August 19 and ordered not to enter Cadiz. She was later…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Killed Flying-boat Wrecked Sinks with Mails Forced Down by Engine Failure (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, August 23
Two people were killed and nine injured when the Imperial Airways flying-boat Scipio was wrecked when it crashed during a forced…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Collision in the Channel Destroyer Sinks Greek Steamer London
During a thick fog in the English Channel this afternoon, H.M.S. Keith, a flotilla leader of 1400 tons, which wot on her way home from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Collision in Fog Destroyer Sinks Steamer LONDON, August 24
During a thick fog in the English Channel this afternoon, H.M.S. Keith, a flotilla leader of 1400 tons, which was on her way home from the Mediterranean,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Pessimist Wrecking Marriage
Dear Dorothy Dix.— My husband and I are young people. We both work, are healthy, have a nice home, and should be nappy, but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Little Schooner Ploughs Through Big Seas
The little lopsail schooner, Huia, burying her note in a big comber, while on the voyage from New Zealand to Melbourne, which look 16½ days, compared with her best time of five days. She had to battle through heavy seas…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fishing Ketch Wrecked Crew Stranded on Island Melbourne
The 14-ton fishing ketch Phyllis, formerly well known in Melbourne as a competitor in yachting events, was blown ashore and wrecked on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fishing Ketch Wrecked in Bass Strait Two Men Reach Island Melbourne
News reached Melbourne to-day that on Sunday night the 14ft. fishing ketch Phyllis was wrecked on Preservation Island, Bass Strait, in a storm…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Steamer Passenger's Fall Hobart
Mr. Stanley Darling, a passenger from Hobart to Sydney by the Zealandia, while reaching for a streamer before the ship left the wharf, fell…
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