Maitland Gale a Tragic Anniversary Two Wrecks: 38 Lives Lost
The coast of New South Wales was swept by a hurricane 40 years ago. It wrought great havoc. Two Newcastle steamers were wrecked, involving the loss…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938
310 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 16
Maitland Wreck a Surviving Passenger Adventurous Night Recalled
Recalling the tragedy associated with the wreck of the Hunter River Steamship Company's iron paddle steamer Maitland, off Cape Three Points, near Broken Bay,…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Hope Abandoned Missing British Steamer LONDON, May 9
Relatives of the crew of 38 on board the London steamer Anglo-Australian have been informed that hope has been abandoned, and the vessel is presumed to have…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ketch Explosion Master Badly Burned Petrol Ran Into Cabin Hobart
There was a severe explosion in Constitution Dock, Hobart, to-night, when the petrol in a 40-gallon drum caught alight on the ketch Huon Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →British Steamer Escorted to Gibraltar Cargo to Be Examined London, May 13
According to the, Gibraltar correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," as a result of information from the Non-intervention Board, the British destroyer…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Missing Steamer Mystery Clues Reported By Captain LONDON
Possibly the first clue to the disappearance of the British ship Anglo-Australian while on a voyage from Britain to Vancouver…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Not From Lost Steamer London
Further advices from the steamer Dalhanna prove that the hatches she sighted in the sea near Cristobal did not come from the missing steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Held Up Fireman's Dismissal Leads to Trouble Wellington (N.z.)
Following the dismissal of a fireman, the crew of the Union Steamship Company's steamer Kaimiro to-day refused to take the vessel to sea from Auckland…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Voyage to Australia Five Weeks by Steamer Plea for Faster Service London, May 17
Asked if he would consult shipping companies with a view to expediting the voyage to Sydney, which has taken five weeks for the past 30 years, the President…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mishap to Steamer Narooma
The small coastal steamer Kianga went ashore at the entrance to Narooma yesterday, but was refloated several hours later. She was not damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Launch in Peril Pilot Steamer to Rescue Two Hours in Surf Sydney
A launch on which were the owner, Mr. A. Rutter, of Marrickville, and five friends, was endangered for two hours last night, just off the rocks at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Kingsford Smith Part of Lost 'Plane Identified Company Definite Search for Other Wreckage
The aircraft wreckage found on the southern bank of Aye Island, near Burma, in May, 1937, has been positively identified as portion of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ran Ashore Freighter Talune in Trouble Off at High Tide Hobart
In a dense fog early this morning the interstate freighter Talune (3742 tons) ran ashore when attempting to make the entrance into D' Entrecastreaux Channel…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Two Die in Air Crash Citizen Force Men Bomber Wrecked Tragedy Near Liverpool Sydney
Two members of the Citizen Air Force were killed and three seriously injured when an Avro Anson bomber crashed at practice at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Canton Bombed Again More Than 1000 Killed in Three Days of Raids Entire Blocks Devastated Terror-stricken People Huddled in Wrecked Houses and River Boats (Australian Associated Press.) CANTON, May 30
For the third day in succession, Canton was bombed by aeroplanes to-day. The casualties were officially stated to be 200 killed and 300 wounded. In Sunday's raid the casualties were stated to be 250…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wreckers Punished Russia's Silkworm Industry LONDON, May 30
According to the Moscow correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian," a report from Erivan, the capital of Armenia, describes how wreckers, at the instigation…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →First Passenger Steamer In Dock
The 5832-ton passenger steamer Ormiston in dock at Walsh Island to-ay. It is the first passenger steamer over to be handled in the history of the dock. Over 100 men worked full pressure cleaning and painting its hull and replacing its propellor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Beached at Kembla Kapara Holed by Rocks Port Kembla
The interstate cargo steamer Kapara was to-day six and a half hours ashore on Thumb Island near the entrance to Port…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coastal Steamer Beached At Port Kembla
The interstate cargo, steamer, Kapara, beached at Port Kembla yesterday. Follwing her grounding on Tom Thumb Island, The steamer, leaking badly, just managed to run upon the beach before the water rose and put out the fires…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Searched by Police Bicycle Found on Board
When the steamer Age arrived In Newcastle this morning from Melbourne Sergeant E. Williams and Detective A. T. Williams went on board…
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