Speedway Test England's Victory Machine Wrecked Sydney
Despite a determined effort on the part of the Australian team to make up leeway, England defeated Australia by 28 to 25 in the third speedway test match at…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937
363 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 19
19 Men on Sinking Steamer Snowstorm During Rescue Effort Oslo
Amid mountainous seat, the Norwegian liner, Venus, all day strove to rescue 19 men from the sinking Norwegian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wrecks in Europe Many Lives Lost in Storm Rerlin
While trying to rescue the crews of two distressed ships during a raging snowstorm in the Baltic, the German naval…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →S.O.S. From Trawler Lifeboat Out on 8 Hours' Trip London
The Aberdeen lifeboat put out late this afternoon in response to an S.O.S. call from the Aberdeen trawler…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coroner Inquires Fatality on Steamer Man Caught by Hawser
A verdict that death was accidentally caused was returned by the District Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) at an inquest yesterday, concerning the death of John…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Crew Saved Doomed Steamer Trawler with All Hands (Australian Associated Press.) OSLO January 23
The crew of 20 on the doomed Norwegian cargo steamer Karmt were rescued by the mail steamer Leda to-day. The Leda stood by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Church Wrecked
The wrecked interior of the San Sebastian Church in Madrid, seen through one of the smashed windows. The damage was caused by rebel bombs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Four Persons Die Cyclonic Storm Sweeps Sydney Extensive Damage in Suburbs Lives Lost When Buildings Are Wrecked SYDNEY
Four deaths resulted from a cyclonic storm in the metropolitan area this afternoon. Late to-night it was estimated that the damage at Botany alone was more that £100,000. Police in the metropolitan area…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cafe Wrecked Brisbane Gas Explosion Three Women Injured Brisbane
While a gas meter was being changed at a cafe in Queen-street this morning, an explosion wrecked the premises and an adjoining oyster bar, and caused…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →'Plane Wreckage On Hill Near Burrinjuck May Be Southern Cloud Yass
Much excitement was caused in the town by a report that portions of a badly smashed aeroplane had been seen on a hill overlooking Burrinjuck Dam…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Search For "Plane Wreck" Mans Report to Police From Burrinjuck Yass
Hoping to solve at loner last the mystery of the disappearance of the Southern Cloud aeroplane, a search party set out from Yass early to-day. The expedition will investigate the report that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trawler Wrecked: Four Drowned
FOUR MEMBERS OF THE CREW WERE DROWNED when the Belgian Irawler, Vierge Marie, weaol ashore on the Lamorna Rocks, near Penzance.—Air Mail…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Not Wreckage Searchers Return from Hills Loss of Southern Cloud Still a Mystery Sydney
The mystery of the disappearance of the airliner Southern Cloud, which vanished in March, 1931, while flying from Sydney to Melbourne, still remains…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tragedy at Sea Disappearance of Ketch and Crew Sydney
Returning home to Sydney from Madang on leave Francis Barclay, a radio telegraphist, joined as a passenger the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Curtailment Feared Cable and Steamer Services CANBERRA
The extensive use which is being made of the oversea air mail service by the Commonwealth and other Governments for the dispatch and receipt of first-class…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Loss of Ketch Recalled in Court Petition Radio Telegraphist's Estate Sydney
A sequel to the disappearance of the ketch Hermes, after she left Madang for Rabaul in November, 1935, will be heard in a few weeks when the Probate Court…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Left Behind Cat Follows Steamer to England London
An extraordinary story of a home-coming cat is told to-day by the "Evening News." It found its way from Sydney to London and, therefore, outdistances the South African cat which recently travelled…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Bodies Recovered From Wreck Kakariki Disaster Thorough Search by Diver Melbourne
Two bodies have been recovered from the wreck of the Kakarikh One which was identified as that of Daniel Lindeman, 55. assistant cook, of Slade-street, Rozelle, Sydney, was found floating about a mile from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Thirty Lives Lost In Shipwreck— Mayor Inspects Council Works
A AERIAL view of the Finnish motor vessel, [?] [?]horden, smashed in two in the Pentland, Firth, Scotland, after running into a fierce gale on her maiden voyage from New York. Thirty people, including women and children, were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wrecked in Full View Tragedy of the Yarra Yarra
Similar to the wreck of the Cawarra was the tragic loss of the paddle-wheel steamer, Yarra Yarra, which foundered…
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