The Minmi Wreck Sydney
Heavy seas battered the Minnal wreck today. The aft portion of the wreek appears to be breaking up, but [?] men worked on the forward part, and…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937
363 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 19
Wrecked Collier Is Breaking Up Severe Battering Sydney
Heavy seas off Cape Banks to-day caused a further cessation of salvage operations on the wrecked collier Minmi. The salvage crew is now faced…
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A Court of Marine Inquiry into the loss of the collier Miami at Cape Banks last Friday will be held Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Complaints in Error Parts Taken from Wrecked 'Plane ADELAIDE
Detectives were sent to Kadina to redeem parts of the plane which was wreaked last Saturday when conveying Dr. Dunstone, Vice-president of the Port…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Treated by Torchlight Man Caught in Wreckage
In torchlight, on the side of a hill near Charlestown early yesterday morning, a doctor placed in splints the thigh of a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man's Body Found in the Sea Believed to Be Victim of Minmi Wreck Sydney
A body believed to be that of Robert Burnside (45). fireman, who was dro[?]ned when the collier Minmi went aground at Cape Banks on the night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck Ends Pacific Pleasure Cruise in American Yacht Sydney
The American yacht Hurricane, with two Florida business men Messrs. J. Mattered and R. Kaufmann and their Mexican cook Gonjalez, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Disabled
London, May 24.—A Tug has been sent from Penzance to assist the steamer Vinemoor, which, bound from Geelong to Birkenhead, is off Bishop's Rock, with her…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Inquiry Into Wreck of Minmi Charge Against Master Dismissed Sydney
Without calling upon counsel for Captain R. C. Callum, the Marine Court of Inquiry to-day found that the charge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seamen's Funeral for Wreck Victim
Following the recovery of the body of Robert Burnside, who was drowned when the collier Minmi was wrecked on May 13, the Acting-Secretary of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Minmi Wreck Captain Exonerated Factors in Mishap Sydney
Captain R. C. Callum, master of the collier Minmi, which was stranded on Cape Banks on May 13, was to-day exonerated from any blame by the Marine…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Polish Pogrom 22,000 Jews at Mercy of Mob Buildings Wrecked Fascist Agitators Lead Riot (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, May 26
Details of a terrible Polish pogrom at Brest-Litovsk, about 100 miles to the east of Warsaw, lasting 15 hours, during which the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wreck Victim's Funeral
Survivors of the Miami, old shipmates and the representatives of many maritime organisations marched in the funeral cortege this…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mystery Ship Sighted by Ketch in North Moved Fast: No Sign of Life Townsville
A mystery ship, which showed no lights and moved rapidly under rails on three lofty masts, is reported to have nearly run down the 47ft. auxiliary ketch Ben…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wreck of the Minmi "Insufficient Aids to Navigation" Sydney
There can be no doubt in the minds of practical men that the loss of the Minmi on Cape Banks would have been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bridge Wrecked
Wreckage of a bridge at Stroud, after eight jinkers of a timber train had crashed 600 feet into the gully, carrying with them 300 tons of logs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →50 DROWNED Spanish Steamer Sinks Torpedoed by Submarine? London, May 31
It is believed that move than 50 were drowned when the freight steamer Ciudad de Barcelona, 3046 tons, of Palma, sank off the Mediterranean coast. It is alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Writ Issued Against Commonwealth State Action Follows Sinking of Steamer Melbourne
A High Court writ arising out of the wreck of the Kakarikl was issued yesterday afternoon. The State of Victoria and Aubrey…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Small Steamer Safe Sheltering in Bay for Week Gales Off Tasmania Hobart
Mr. F. Hays, of Burnie, the owner of the trading vessel Gundiah, has received word that the steamer is sheltering in Rechorche Bay, on the South Coast of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mystery Schooner Sold at Auction Strange Story of 1917 LONDON
The schooner Zebrina, which was found in 1917 drifting off the French coast near Cherbourg, with all sails set. and the table laid for a meal, but…
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