Third Attempt to Sail to Lord Howe Is in Ketch Sydney
Baffled twice in recent attempts to reach Lord Howe Island in his 30ft ketch. Hispaniola, the former taxi-driver. Mr. George O'Brien, set out…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1939
272 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 14
Blue Star Steamer Launched at Belfast LONDON
Harland and Wolff, of Belfast, launched to-day the Blue Star passenger and refrigerated vessel Auckland Star…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Three-day Ordeal on Wreck Greek Seamen at Brisbane BRISBANE
Seamen from the wrecked Greek steamer Fotini Carras reached Brisbane today by the steamer Tanda, and told of their ordeal before being rescued. The Fotini…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crew's Gruelling Row After Wreck Guided by Flares Oe Rescue Ship Brisbane
Battling against heavy odds for six hours, 28 men—14 in each of two of the ship's boats—engaged in a gruelling row for 25 miles to reach a rescuing vessel after they had been marooned three days on their own steamer, wrecked on a reef…
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En route to Bremen, the Greek steamer Leontios Teryazos left Newcastle this morning after being in port since Tuesday…
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STRANDED SEAFARING men usually regard the Sailors' Home in George-street North as a haven of refuge, but 20 sailors from the wrecked Greek…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Ketch Back in Sydney Again Fails Three Times to Reach Lord Howe SYDNEY
The ketch Hispaniola is back in Sydney again. Its third attempt to reach Lord Howe Island was unsuccessful. The ketch left Sydney last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Collided in Fog Cargo Steamer and Liner One Vessel Badly Damaged London, June 24
With two gaping holes in her side, the 11,300-ton liner Abosso, of Liverpool, reached Plymouth at the week-end, having been in collision in a dense fog…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Salvage Steamer on Way Reach China Maru This Morning No Immediate Danger Sydney
W. R. Carpenter and Company's island steamer Mako sailed from Rabaul at 6.15 p.m. to-day for the China Maru, which is ashore on Balum Island…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sudden Squall Nearly Wrecks Salvage Steamer Sydney
A fierce north-westerly squall prevented attempts to refloat the Japanese steamer China Maru at midnight from the rocks at Balum Island…
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Australian National Airways DH86 airliner Lepena, bound from Launceston to Melbourne, via Wynyard and King Island, skidded off the runway after landing at…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Faulty 'Drome Blamed for Wreck of Plane Launceston
Regular calls at the Wynyard aerodrome, where the Australian National Airways 'plane D.H. 86 was wrecked in landing yesterday, will be…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Salvage Steamer Endangered China Maru Still Fast Further Attempt To-day Sydney
An attempt to refloat the Japanese freightner China Maru this morning was unsuccesful. A further effort will be made to-morrow morning. The vessel is…
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The Japanese freighter Yamasimo Maru failed to move the steamer China Maru from the reef at Balum bland, nearly 130 miles from Rabaul…
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Half an hour before they were due to be repatriated on the Italian liner Esquiline, to-day, five officers of the wrecked Greek steamer Fotini…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wrecked Ship's Officers Sydney Sit-down Strike Refused to Travel Home Third-class Sydney
Five officer, of the wrecked Greek steamer Fotini Carras engaged in a sit-down strike to-day as a protest against having to travel home third class…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lifeboat Crew Is Still on Strike Melbourne
Queenscliff's volunteer lifeboat crew — eight local fishermen, who man the large power-driven lifeboat at the command of the lighthouse-keeper at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →30,000 Miles in Ketch Vanora at New York New York, July 7
The ketch Vanora completed her 30,000-mile voyage to-day, when she arrived at New York, via Cape Horn. On board were the New Zealanders, Duncan…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Anniversary of Cawarra Wreck Harbor Tragedy of 73 Years Ago
To-day is the 73rd anniversary of the loss of the steamer Cawafra at the entrance to Newcastle harbor. One able seaman alone was saved. the rest…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tasmanian Ketch Aground Hobart
Ashore on an isolated section of the north-east coast, the auxiliary ketch Defender may be refloated at high tide to-morrow afternoon by a Launceston…
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