Lugger Wrecked Captain Saves the Mails DARWIN
The lugger Chantress was wrecked at Gun Point when bringing a cargo of 200 buffalo hides from Alligator river to Darwin. It was beached at Cape Hotham…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1936
325 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 17
Gale Wrecks an Aerodrome London
Three R.A.F. hangars at Walton were wrecked and 20 planes damaged by the gale. Two people were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Russian Steamer Damaged in the Strait Rebel Warship Fires Norwegian Vessel Arrested and Cargo Confiscated (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, November 26
The Seville radio station announces that one of General Franco's armed trawlers fired at and damaged a Russian steamer in…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wrecking of Home Brother-in-law for Trial Melbourne
At the conclusion of the wrecked bridal home case in Northcote Court Leslie John Carroll, of Spensley-street. Clifton Hill, was committed for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Eventful Voyage Ketch Reaches Melbourne MELBOURNE
Ending an eventful three weeks' voyage from Sydney, the 42-foot ketch Oimara, owned by Mr. Bennell, of Melbourne, arrived in Port Phillip to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mystery Unsolved Man's Body Washed Ashore Broken Nose and Black Eyes Adelaide
An inquiry held yesterday by the Coroner (Mr. Blackburn) failed to solve the mystery of the death of Sidney William Wall, 50, of Colonel Light Gardens, whose…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →She May Get Ashore Legal Moves in the Freer Case Sydney
Despite the ban on Mrs. Freer's entry, it is expected that legal devices will enable her to land conditionally when she…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.Z. Public Works "No Room for Wreckers" Wellington (N.z.)
There was no room for impostors or wreckers on New Zealand public works, said the Minister for Works (Mr. Semple) to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Eight Men Lost at Sea Trawler Wrecked on French Coast London
The 30 tons Lowestoft trawler, "Girl Norah." was caught in a storm this morning off the French coast, and ran aground between Calais and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fourth Brother Drowned Naval Disaster Recalled Over 100 Lives Lost in Wreck
ONE of the most terrible disasters in naval history occurred in New Zealand waters nearly 67 years ago. The flagship of the Australian Station of that day,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Yearly Supply of Dates Steamer Nardana at Newcastle To-day
A shipment of about 300 tons of dates from the Persian Gulf arrived at Newcastle this morning on the British-India steamer Nardana. The ship…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Destruction of Ferry Steamer Sydney
Molten metal dropping from an acetylene burner on to fittings and fixtures on the deck might have caused the fire which destroyed the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tramway Picnic to Raymond Terrace Journey Made by Steamer
An excursion picnic to Raymond Terrace, conducted by the Tramway Traffic No. 2 Shift Social Club on Sunday, proved an outstanding success…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Steamer
The new steamer being built by Messrs. Henry Robb Ltd., at Leith, Scotland, for the Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co. Ltd., according to information received…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wreck of 1868 Recalled in Will Case Search for Next of Kin Sydney
A faded newspaper cutting dated March 1868, was tendered in evidence at he Equity, Court to-day, to prove the death of Captain William Petley, a master…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Barque Durisdeer Wreck of 1895 Recalled
To-day is the anniversary of the wreck of the iron barque Durisdeer on Stockton beach. Fortunately, there was no loss of life. The Rocket Brigade rescued the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Swam to Safety Fisherman Tossed Fron-Trawler Vessel Wrecked Sydney
Thrown into the sea when the anchor chain fouled and caused his 50ft. trawler to tip. George Dewsbury, of Huskisson, who was fishing last night outside Jervis…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →'Plane Wrecked Crashed Into Tree Pilot Practically Unhurt Melbourne
Side slipping when attempting a forced lauding, on Aero Club Moth plane, piloted by C. G. Weston, fell about 50ft. and crashed into a gum tree 100ft. high,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bomber Wrecked U.S. Army's £20,000 'Plane Two of Crew Injured New York, December 22
One of the new Army bombers, each of which cost £20,000, was completely smashed in a crash at Hampstead (New York) to-day. Two of the crew of three…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →26 DEAD Explosion on Steamer ROME, December 26
Twenty-six persons were killed and 100 injured as the result of a boiler explosion aboard the steamer Cesare Battisti, at Massawa. The majority of the victims…
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