Safe Wrecked Robbery at Wingham
Breaking into the office of the Manning River Cooperative Bacon Society Ltd., at Wingham, early yesterday morning, thieves wrecked the safe with an unusually heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1936
325 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 17
Steamer Evades Arrest London
The Italian steamer Fedora, which was evading "arrest" after a collision with the Russian steamer Pravda in the English Channel, succeeded in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Baby's Arm Washed Ashore at Bronte Was Severed From Body Sydney
The arm of a newly-born baby, believed to have been murdered, was found by a life-saver patrolling the beach at Bronte to-day. It is thought the arm was washed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wreckage Seen at Sea Off Crowdy Head Sydney
The Deputy Director or Navigation and Lighthouses (Captain Roskruge) has received a report from the master of the North Coast steamer Coombar…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grass Fire on Island 'Plane and Steamer to Investigate Melbourne
The fire noticed yesterday on Anser Isle, seven miles off Wilson's Promontory, and which gave rise to the belief that castaways may be signalling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Air Liner Wrecked in South Africa Pilots and Passengers Injured Johannesburg
The imperial Airways liner Artemis hit a plantation when taking off at Pletersburg, and was wrecked. Bath pilots were seriously injured,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Air Liner Wrecked Pilots Seriously Injured JOHANNESBURG, February 10
Imperial Airways' liner Artemis hit a plantation when taking off from Pietersburg and was wrecked. Both pilots were seriously injured, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tenders Called for New Steamer Hunter River Company
It was stated in Newcastle to-day that tenders for a new steamer proposed to be built by the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Co., have…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →New Steamer Newcastle and Hunter River Company Being Built in Britain
A new steamer for the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company ,Ltd. is being built in British shipyards. A representative of the company has left for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hunter River Company Proposed New Steamer
Referring to the statement in the "Newcastle Morning Herald" yesterday that a new steamer for the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Co. Ltd. was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sydney Ferry Steamer Goes Aground Sydney
Just before seven a.m to-day the Sydney ferry Kamiri, proceeding to the Zoological Gardens, ran on some rocks about 20 yards from the wharf…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Zealand Crash Famous War Pilot Killed 'Plane Wrecked in Landing Wellington (N.z.)
A 'plane accident at Wellington this afternoon caused the death of New Zealand's best known and most honoured pilot —Squadron-leader M. C. McGregor, a war…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bodies Found In Burned 'Plane Searchers Find Wreck at Dawn To-day Passenger Thrown Out As Tree Was Struck Shreds of Wings in Branches Sydney
Four passengers and the pilot were killed, and all but one incinerated when the big Gannet monoplane of W.A.S.P. Airlines Ltd. crashed about eight o'clock last night in dense scrub near Cordeaux Dam, about…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wreckage of Ill-fated Monoplane Near Cordeaux Dam
These photographs show the wreckage of the W.A.S.P. monoplane. The Gannet, found in dense scrub near Cordeaux Dam, about 20 miles from Picton, early yesterday morning. Portion of one of the wings is shown pierced by a tree. The Coroner from Picton. Major Roberts, and the police party are shown examining wreckage…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bodies in Wreckage Ashes of Big Monoplane Found at Dawn Searchers' Hard Task Trail of Wreckage Through Trees: Wing Torn Off SYDNEY
Searchers, after struggling through the bush all night, found at dawn to-day all that was left of the Gannet monoplane that crashed near Cordeaux Dam last night. In the smouldering wreckage they found the bodies…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Pictures Of Air Disaster In Bush— Twisted And Molten Wreckage
PICTURES of the air di[?]ter in which five men were killed, near Co[?]seaux Dam, taken at daylight yesterday morning. At right is the tree,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Night Flying Stricter Tests for Pilots 'Plane Wreckage Examined Sydney
Members of the Air Accidents Investigation Committee to-day visited the scene of the tragic 'plane smash near Cordeaux Dam, and examined the wreckage…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Vessel Wrecked Suva
The Government motor vessel Derek was wrecked in a hurricane when attempting to salvage a cutter sunk in a previous hurricane. There was no loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wrecked in Hurricane Fiji Government Vessel SUVA (Fiji), February 25
A Government motor vessel, the Derek, is a total loss on an island of the southern Lau group, Fiji. It was wrecked during a hurricane while attempting to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Japanese Steamer Refloated BRISBANE
The Japanese cargo steamer Yaye Maru, which grounded in the Brisbane River near Lytton yesterday, was refloated undamaged this morning…
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