Shipwrecks No Novelty For Six Men
The loss of their ship was no new experience to six of the 11 members of the crew of the Boambee, which…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1947
161 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 9
This Lifeboat Made 15 Rescue Trips
THE Victoria, an old Newcastle lifeboat, was the main character in many a gallant sea rescue in her time. She…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Under Coal In Steamer
A fire which smouldered all yesterday beneath the coal in one of the holds of the S.S. Aroona, lying at Carrington, was said to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Unloads Coal As Fire Precaution
Approximately 40 tons of coal have been taken out of the "booby" hatch of the interstate steamer Aroona as a safety…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boy Saved, Three Swim Ashore Launch Sinks In Heavy Seas
A youth, aged 15, who had dived overboard from a 26ft launch foundering on the bar at Swansea Heads yesterday afternoon was rescued almost exhausted from heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Launch Wreckage Washed Up
Portion of the woodwork from the launch, Douglas, which was swamped on Swansea Bar on Sunday, has been picked up at Catherine Hill Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brought Cargo From Wrecked Plane
BRISBANE, Thursday.—Three Australians and three Dutch Air Force men, led by a drover, have returned to Katherine, Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Salvage From Wrecked Plane
BRISBANE.—After a hazardous two weeks' trek across precipitous country, seven men have returned to Katherine. Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Station Near Tel Aviv Wrecked
JERUSALEM, May 27, A.A.P.—Terrorists blew up and demolished the railway station at Ramleh, 12 miles south-east of Tel Aviv,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ten Charred Bodies in Plane Wreck
MANILA, Tuesday.—A search party today found ten charred bodies near the wreck of Presidential Skymaster, "Lily Marlene," on the slope of Mt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer's Crew Has Three Decorations
Three members of the crew of the steamer Laurentide Park, which arrived in Newcastle on Monday were decorated during the last war…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ketch Survivor For Reef Fishing
GRAFTON, Monday—James Cush, sole survivor of the ketch Nova, which was wrecked near New Caledonia last October, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Removing Wrecked Hulks
The Public Works Department yesterday began to remove the wrecks of a number of steel hulks which have littered the waterfront near Cowper-street, Wickham, for some years. Oxy-acetylene plant is being used to cut the wrecks into small pieces so they can be drawn from the water at low tide by a mobile crane…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plane Wrecked In Crash, Crew Escapes Injury
SYDNEY: A Douglas civil transport plane was completely wrecked when it crashed three miles south-west of the R.A.A.F. aerodrome at Schofields early this afternoon. Two men who were in the plane…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newsprint Comes Ashore
At the Stevedore's signal of "Lower away," a roll of newsprint came ashore from the City of Delhi at Lee Wharf yesterday. The cargo is the first postwar shipment direct from Canada to Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Round World Ketch At Broken Bay
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The 44ft. ketch Kathleen, which left Sydney yesterday afternoon on the first stage of a 25,000-mile round-the-world…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Hit Bridge in Gust of Wind
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A gust of wind caused the steamer Carlisle (4900 tons) to collide with Pyrmont bridge this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →170 Landed From Wreck on Reef
PAPEETE, June 11. A.A.P.—One hundred and seventy passengers and crew of the disabled French ship Oiseau des Isles, which is aground…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Inferior Coal Delays British Steamer
MELBOURNE.—Coal being used by the British freighter Empire Celia, carrying 9000 tons of coal from Newcastle to Adelaide, is so inferior that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Out of Control in Gale
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Forced to heave-to for 24 hours off Gabo Island because huge seas kept throwing its propeller and rudder clear…
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