Foundered in Gale London, January 7
Wreckage washed up near Milford Haven has confirmed the report that the Lowestoft drifter. Shore Breeze, which left Plymouth last week,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1936
325 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 17
Rough Weather Steamer Reports Willy-willy PERTH
Following a radio message from the steamer Koolinda, which is on its way from Carnarvon to Java, the Weather Bureau to-day issued warnings of a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heavy Rain Eastern New South Wales Bridge Wrecked Houses Flooded at Temora
Rainfalls averaging over two inches were recorded during the week-end over the Eastern parts of New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Avoided Steamer Japanese Sampan Seen BRISBANE
Another report of a Japanese sampan in northern waters has been made. Captain E. S. Waller, of the Oorama, reported at Bowen yesterday that he had…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →On Errand of Mercy Steamer Racing to Island for Urgent Operation
With Royal mail, 382 passengers and about 2500 tons of cargo aboard, the Monowal is rushing north in a big deviation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →All Hands Safe Motor Ship Lost in Pacific Rescue by Steamer Sydney
All lives were saved when the motor boat Tafau, on a voyage from Apia (Samoa) to Pago Pago foundered at noon on Friday, according to a radio…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Samoans Saved Clung to Wrecked Launch Rescued by Steamer Wellington (N.z.)
The supposed tragedy in which 16 Samoans were believed to have been drowned owing to the reported foundering of the launch, Taifau, 15 miles off…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wrecked Air Liner The Lepena to Be Salvaged MELBOURNE
Holymans Airways Pty. Ltd. have engaged the Matthews Aviation Co. to salvage the air liner Lepena, which was damaged when it made a forced landing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lost Paringa Wreckage Picked Up by Trawler a Ship Seen in Storm Melbourne
Several pieces of wreckage were found floating on the sea by the crew of the trawler Bar Eh Mul, when she was working Bass Strait, in the Flinders Group…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Can't Identify Wreckage SYDNEY
The Director or Navigation. Captain J. K. Davis, said to-day that It was Impossible to Identify the wreckage round by the Sydney trawler…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wreckage Unidentified Melbourne
It was impossible to identify the wreckage found by the Sydney trawler Bareamul as belonging to the Paringa, said the Director of Navigation (Captain J. K…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →From Paringa Half a Lifeboat Found Washed Ashore at Torquay Melbourne
Portion of a lifeboat, with the name Paringa on it, was found on Rocky Beach, near the Bluff, at Torquay by two Melbourne visitors this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →From the Paringa Portion of a Lifeboat Found on Beach Melbourne
The finding of the battered portion of a lifeboat at Torquay with the name Paringa painted on the stern is the first definite due to the fate of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thames Collision Steamer Akaroa Damaged LONDON, January 23
The Shaw, Savill, and Albion liner Akaroa (15,128 tons) collided in the Thames with the Colonel Crampton. The latter was beached, and the Akaroa…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →[?] Adrift in Boats Crew of British Steamer Vessel Ablaze Tokio
The British cargo steamer Forthbridge (5 140 tons), is on fire and out of control off the North Coast of Japan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Opium Found on Steamer Customs Officers' Discovery Sydney
Thirteenth tins of opium valued at about £85 were found to-day by Customs searchers on the steamer Taiping. which cams in this morning from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Abandoned Destroyed by Fire at Sea Crew Take to Lifeboats Tokio, January 25
"Abandoned gutted steamer. All saved." That wireless message has been received from the captain of the British cargo steamer, Forthbridge, of 5140 tons, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreckage Washed Up Burnie (Tas.)
Several pieces of wreekage, believed to be more portions of the lost ship Paringa, were found on the shores of Table Cape during the week-end. Three hatch covers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreckage Found on Flinders Island Melbourne
Cabine doors and otehr wreckage, believed to be from the loast steamer Paringe, have been found on the cast coast of Flinders Island…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →From the Paringa Lifeboat Mast Ashore MELBOURNE
The mast of a lifeboat from the steamer Paringa, rigged with two wire stays and the mainsail hoist, has been found at Waratah Bay. It is thought that this…
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