Wrecked Frigate Dredge Recovers Gold Bar AMSTERDAM, July 29
With only a week left, unless her departure for the East Indies is deferred for 12 months, the Karimata, the world's largest tin dredge, at 2.30 a.m. today…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938
310 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 16
Cawarra Wreck Victims Move to Restore Common Grave
Newcastle and Hunter District Historical Society, at its meeting next Thursday night, will conakler proposals to renovate the common grave of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australia's Formidable List of Wrecks Viking Spirit Prevailed Over Privations Plight Of Grafton's Unhappy Crew
When the progress of Australia is being reflected on —one cannot escape from a realisation of the heavy price paid for it all. There is a big contra-account in which we find such entries as these:—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Got Battering on Maiden Voyage New North Coast Steamer Sydney
[?]tier voyage from Copenhagen, the new North Coast motorship Wyangarie battled through gales so severe that the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ketch Sets Out on Cruise Sydney Man's Venture SYDNEY
The world adventure of the Sydney-built luxury ketch Fram is to begin from Rose Bay late this afternoon, when Mr. Bradford Potter, a city…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Greek Steamer at Newcastle Mount Taurus Bunkers
A Greek tramp steamer, the Mount Taurus, arrived at Newcastle from Japan on her first visit to the port this morning to load about 700 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Be Held for Month American Books Seized on Steamer ADELAIDE
American books seized on the steamer Marienne will probably be held for a month at Port Adelaide, Most of the magazines are back numbers bought…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck Off Green Cape Diver Unable to Locate It Sydney
Diver John Childs has been unable to locate the wreck of the steamer Cumberland, off Green Cape, and has returned to Eden…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sympathy Can Wreck Child
Dear Dorothy Dix,—Do you think sympathy can be overdone?…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hawaii Clipper Steamer Abandons Search TOKIO, August 9
The Japanese steamer Canberra Maru has abandoned its search for the Hawaii Clipper, the Pan American Airways flying-boat, which disappeared on July 20…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New Ferry Steamer's Sea Voyage Sydney
The new Manly ferry steamer South South is making a good passage on her voyage from Leith to Sydney. She left Colombo yesterday and should…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gale Holds Up Thistlegarth Steamer Still At Walsh Island
A westerly gale, which at times this afternoon reached 45 miles an hour, prevented the steamer Thistlegarth from leaving Walsh Island dock…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ferry Steamer's Progress
The new Manly ferry steamer South Steyne, which is expected to reach Sydney on september 10, is making good pro gress on her voyage from Leith to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Empty Ship Runs Wild in Tasman Gale Plucky Act By Lifeboat Crew
With her towing charge, the 500-ton steamer Mako running wild, in a howling mid-Tasman westerly gale, the British…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Victims Buried Rescuers Reach 'Plane Wreck Mexico City, August 16
Rescuers reached the burnt-out wreck of the transport 'plane of the Mexican Aviation Company, which crashed near San Andres Tuxtla, with eight passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Yawl Wrecked Australian and Companions Escape LONDON, August 17
An Australian, David Lascelles, and two companions escaped when their seven-ton yawl Helen was wrecked on a beach on the Isle of Wight during a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Australian in Wreck London, August 17
An Australian, David Laseelles, and two companions escaped when the seven-ton yawl Helen was wrecked on a beach on the Isle of Wight in a night storm, after…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Anniversary of Dunbar Wreck
To-day is the anniversary of the wreck of the steamer Dunbar. The vessel was lost at Sydney Heads on August 20, 1857. All on board perished with the exception…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hoodoo on Tramp Steamer Melbourne
A "hoodoo" ship, 60 named because of the misfortunes experienced by her during the war, entered Port Phillip yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Warships' Search Missing Dorisana Dinghy Wreckage to Be Examined Brisbane
The cruiser Canberra and one of its amphibians, and the destroyer Voyages, Will assist, in the search for the launch Dorisana, which has been missing two…
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