Collision on the Harbor Ferry Andi Steamer Passengers Had Exciting Time
Seven relief workers on their way from the city to a job at North Stockton had remarkable escapes when the North…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937
363 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 19
Auxiliary Schooner Reconditioned Increased Sailing Ship Activity
After having been laid up in Auckland for many years the auxiliary schooner Piri has been reconditioned for the Australian trade. A cargo of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Angry Punters Wreck French Racecourse Paris
Enraged by the judges decision after a race flasco, punters wrecked the Port de Vivaux racecourse, near Marseilles…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Judge's Decision Angers French Punters Racecourse Wrecked Paris, July 14
Enraged by the judge's decision after a race fiasco, punters wrecked the Pont de Vivaux racecourse, near Marseilles. The starting barrier rose badly,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fog in Sydney Harbor Steamer Hunter Is Held Up SYDNEY
Sydney had another fog to-day and caught in its obscurity the terry traffic at its peak. The fog came down the harbor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Long Overdue Anthropologist in Ketch Concern at Darwin Darwin
Considerable anxiety is felt for the safety of Dr. Donald Thomson, the noted anthropologist, who was due at Darwin in his auxiliary…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Youth Stows Away to See the World Ship Loses Half a Day to Put Him Ashore Auckland
A youth of 11, desiring to see the world, concealed himself among the wool cargo in the Australian Star before It left for London…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Appeal for Release Japanese Schooner Still in Custody at Darwin Darwin
In order that certain evidence could be taken, from the captain and members of the crew, the Japanese mothership, New Guinea Maru, which was one of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Search for Wreck of R.A.A.F. 'Plane Plunged Into Sea Bad Weather Intervenes Melbourne
Five R.A.A.F. 'planes and a Melbourne Harbor Trust launch were out at daybreak to-day to search for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Steamer Fired on by Rebel Ships LONDON, July 23
Insurgent warships fired eight or nine shells at the British steamer Macgregor (2508 tons) after she had left Santander for France with 2000 refugees on board…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Huge Canal Plans Fail in Russia Wreckers Blamed Moscow
After four years' work and the expenditure of £1,500,000 plans for the Don-Volga Canal must be abandoned and recommenced, says the journal, "Water…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Village Wrecked Explosion in Yugoslavia Army Store Blown Up Belgade, July 25
At least five were killed and 30 injured in an explosion which occurred at an army powder store in the village of Stragara…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wreckers Blamed Russian Canal Plans Fail £1,500,000 Expenditure Moscow, July 24
After four years' work and the expenditure of £1,500,000 plans for the Don-Volga Canal must he abandoned and recommenced says the journal. "Water…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Five Dead Explosion on Steamer Thirty Others Missing Baltimore (U.s.a.), July 29
An explosion, followed by an outbreak of fire, occurred on the excursion steamier, City of Baltimore, in Chesapeake Bay, on the Atlantic coast, to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Submarines' Savage Attack on Spanish Cargo Vessel Crew Mown Down by Shells and Bullets Seaman Decapitated While Hoisting White Flag Bodies Washed Ashore London
Her crew decimated and her hull riddled, the Spanish cargo vessels Andutz Mendi was left burning and sinking off the coast of France. Machine guns, incendiary bombs and shells were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pilot's Escape Small 'Plane Wrecked at Woy Woy Made Forced Landing Gosford
Clifford Robinson, 28, of Woollahra, was lucky to escape death to-day when his Puss Moth 'plane crashed on the Ocean Beach reserve at Woy Woy. The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dutch Steamer to Call To-morrow
The Dutch steamer Saleler (6563 tons) is due at Newcastle to-morrow morning from Sydney on its first call at this port. General cargo from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dutch Steamer to Call
The Dutch steamer, Saleier 6563 tons. will call at Newcastle this morning and will berth at No. 2 Lee Wharf at 8 o'clook. This will be the vessel's first…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Asylum Wrecked by Lunatics Were Quietened By Reason, Not Force PARIS
Sixty dangerous lunatics wrecked the interior of the Hoerdt asvlum during a riot that lasted six hours. After gendarmes, troops and firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Special Steamer May Be Chartered for Congress
The prospect of chartering a special steamer to bring pilgrims to Newcastle from other cities for Me Regional…
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