Steamer Sinks Most of Passengers Saved Berne
A steamer with 700 pilgrims aboard sank on approaching the landing stage on Lake Como. The majority of the passengers were saved, but many were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1927
350 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 18
A shipwreck of the 50's. Survivors Landed at Port Macquarie
Port Macquarie "News" prints this narrative of a shipwreck which occurred 76 years ago, the account of the wreck being written some 30…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy Drowned. Steamer Strikes Dinghy
PERTH, Wednesday.— The steamer Zepayr ran into a dingy at Fremantle and the occupanis, Henry Thompson and his fifteen year old son, were thrown…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Was It a Bomb ? 13 Shops Wrecked Terrific Redfern Explosion. Arrests Expected
SYDNEY, Wednesday.-- About two o'clock this morning, a violent explosion occurred in a block of shops in Elizabeth Street, Redfern. When a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Launch Lost. Wrecked by Heavy Seas. Man Drowned
AUCKLAND, Thursday The launch Mercia, while attempting to cruise round North Cape, crashed ashore in heavy seas. A huge wave washed the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrific Explosion Wrecks Thirteen Shops
About two o'clock on Wednesday morning, a violent explosion occurred in a block of shops in Elizabeth Street, Redfern. When a police patrol…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy Sea Wrecks Launch Auckland
The launch Mercia while attempting to cruise round North Cape crashed ashore in the heavy seas. A huge wave washed the deckhouse overboard with two men, Olliver…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Steamer Sinks. All But One Drowned
LONDON, Sunday.—The Greek steamer Stenies struck a rock at Landsend in stormy weather, and sank in ten minutes. The third engineer, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Quetta
To-day exactly it will be 27 years since the sensational wreck of the Quetta, on Adolphus Reef, near the Torres Straits. Out of 184 people…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One Survivor. Greek Steamer Wrecked off Land's End
LONDON, Sunday. —The Greek steamer Stenies struck a rock off Land's End in stormy weather and sank in ten minutes. The third…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ketch Capsized. One man Drowned. Two Others have Narrow Escapes
SYDNEY, Monday. —George McKay, master of the Auxiliary ketch, Dauntless, was drowned, and two other men. Frederick Johnson and Davey Maynard,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ship Strikes Rock Goes Down in Ten Minutes Single Survivor Lifeboat with Crew Capsizes London
The Greek steamer Stenis struck a rock near Land's End in stormy weather and sank in 10 minutes. The third engineer was picked up…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Out of Quarantine
SYDNEY, Monday. — The steamer Changto, which was quarantined on arrival from Hong Kong owing to a suspicious case of small pox on board,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stranded Airmen. Held by Unfriendly Tribesmen. Borges' Aeroplane Wrecked
PARIS, Sunday.—Major Borges, the Argentinian, left Casablanca for Las Palmas, a distance of 600 miles across the Atlantic, on Wednesday. His…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Major Borges Safe. Plane a Complete Wreck
LONDON, Sunday.—The Uruguayan airman, Major Borges, is safe. He is being accompanied to Cape Jury by friendly natives, from whom he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →'Plane Wrecked Trans -Atlantic Flight. Airmen Missing Expedition Preparing
PARIS, Sunday. —The wrecked aeroplane of Major Borges, the Argentiular trans- Atlantic fier, who left Casablance for Las Palmas, 600 miles, on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Captured by Tribesmen Stranded Argentine Airmen Aeroplane Wrecked Attempt to Cross Atlantic Paris
The wrecked areoplane of Major Borges, the Argentinian, who left Casablanca for Las Palmas, a distance of 600 miles across the Atlantic, on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Strikes Reef Sydney
The coastal steamer Christina Fraser bound from Sydney to Bulli struck a re[?]f off Port Hacking last night and returned to Sydney to-day badly damaged. The hull…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Airman Safe Machine Wrecked London
The Uruguayan airman, Major Borges, is safe, he being accompanied to Cape Juby by friendly natives from whom be obtained food. Strict inquiry is likely to follow reports that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Captain's Luck. Sweep Ticket Saved From Wreck
Fortune treated Captain J. C. Pearson kindly when the collier Galava was lost on the coast, and he had to swim three miles through a shark in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →