Steamer Towed for Five Months London
A tow that lasted five months ended today when the British steamer, Kingwood, damaged by a boiler explosion at Port Pirie (South…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937
363 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 19
Lifeboat Crews Award Provides for Payment SYDNEY
Included in the award for employees of the Maritime Services Board is a provision under which coxswains of lifeboats at Newcastle and Watson's Bay will receive…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →War-time Fraud Schooner Not Sunk by Submarine Senator Arrested Ottawa, September 23
Captain Freeman Hatfield was sentenced to-day to 18 months' imprisonment for having defrauded the Great War Reparations Commission of 71,000 dollars…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Italian Terrorist Attempt to Wreck Tunnel Sentenced in France (Australian Associated Press.) PARIS, September 24
An Italian terrorist, Gardella, has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment for having attempted to blow up the railway tunnel at Cerbere, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Panic at Sea Explosion on Steamer May Be Total Loss Lima (Peru), September 25
Stern measures were required to control the panic among the 165 passengers on the steamer Pudeto, which caught fire shortly after midnight near Porto Rico…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dock Blaze Big Store House Gutted Cockatoo Island Steamer Saved by Sea Cadets SYDNEY
Damage estimated at £25,000 was caused to-day when a fire at Cockatoo Island gutted a three-storied store house. There were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Earth Tremors Central and East Java Two Killed: Houses Wrecked Batavia (Java), September 28
Two persons were killed and houses collapsed as a result of earth tremors in Central and Eastern Java yesterday. Pilot's Story…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Shipwrecked Skipper Gave First Thought to His Men London
"Look for the other five." With these words the skipper of a steamer wrecked off Buchan Ness (Scotland) greeted the arrival of rescuers at midnight AT THAT HOUR the Aberdeen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Beatus Damaged Hits Obstruction Near Gibraltar LONDON
The British steamer Beatus (4855 tons), bound for England with a cargo of sugar from Queensland, struck a submerged object near Gibraltar, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British Steamer Struck Submerged Object LONDON, October 7
Bound for England from Queensland with a cargo of sugar, the steamer Beatus (4885 tolls) struck a submerged object and put in to Gibraltar for examination. The…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Shelled and Wrecked Big Spanish Ship Attacked by Rebels London
After being shelled by two Rebel destroyers and having one of its crew killed and eight injured, the Spanish liner…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Body Washed Ashore at Coogee SYDNEY
The body of a man who has not yet been identified was to-day recovered by police from the edge of the surf at Thompson's Bay. Coogee…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Boycott of Japanese Steamer Hold-up at Fremantle Lumpers Refuse to Work Ship Fremantle
Lumpers to-day refused to unload a Japanese vessel at this port. They thus put into practice a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Captain Blamed Wreck of Urana Marine Court Finding Sydney
Captain John Charles Droder, master of the steamer Urana, which went aground and later became a wreck at Old Bar, Manning River, on August 31,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Found Near Gap Pilot Steamer Recovers Body SYDNEY
The body of a young woman, believed to be about 25, was recovered near the Cap by the crew of the pilot steamer Captain Cook this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Chinese Seamen Ashore
The saddest things are sometimes funny. It is the ease with time Chinese seamen, who left their ship at Newcastle on Thursday and have refused to sail, fearful of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Crew Went Ashore Officers Took Ship to Sea Unusual Sequel to Dispute Wellington (N.z.)
To avoid danger to the ship after the crew had walked ashore as the result of a dispute, Captain Watchlin, of the Port Tauranga, put to sea with the vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wreck of Urana at Old Bar Captain's Certificate Suspended SYDNEY
The Marine Court. sitting at Darlinghurst to-day. suspended for four months the master's certificate of Captain John Charles Droder. who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of Urana Master's Punishment Certificate Suspended Sydney
John Charles Droder, master of the North Coast steamer Urana, which went ashore and was wrecked at Old Bar, Manning Heads, on August 31, to-day had his…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bela Kun Accused Wrecking Soviet Plans MOSCOW, October 19
Bela Kan, once Communist dictator of Hungary for a brief period, has been charged with wrecking a newspaper. The Communist International Council…
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