SHIPWRECKED Crew's Thrilling Adventure Lucky to Be Alive Fortnight on an Island Newcastle
The officers and crew of the steamer Ocean Transport, which was wrecked on Ocean Island on January 30, told a thrilling…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1928
404 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 21
Taken Ashore Foe Operation. Sydney
When the missionary steamer John Williams was passing Urunga, Bellinger River, the vessel signalled that a doctor was wanted aboard, as the chief officer…
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An Indran fireman on the steamer City of Palermo, bound for Australian ports from Singapore and Java, is suffering from smallpox and the vessel…
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It is believed that a deliberate attempt was made to wreck the Brisbane-Sydney express between Tamworth and Kootingal early yesterday…
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Captain Frank Neall and Major Murray left Melbourne for Bundaberg by 'plane to offer Hinkler a theatrical contract. When flying over timbered…
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SYDNEY, Friday.--The steamer Ulimaroa, which was to have left at noon to-day for New Zealand, was held up, and the crew given 24 hours' notice…
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It has been decided to tie up the steamer Ulimaroa as the result of failure to settle the trouble with the men. The crew has been paid off and…
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Sydney, Friday. -- The ferry steamer Lady Scott broke her propeller shaft in Lane Cove River last night and finally grounded on a sandbank…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—Successful television between London and the steamer Berengaria in the mid-Atlantic was achieved this morning, when Mr…
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SYDNEY, Friday.--The steamer Manuka, with 270 passengers, bound for Australia, is held up at Dunedin, New Zealand, owing to trouble with the…
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SYDNEY, Friday.--The ferry steamer, Lady Scott, broke her propellor shaft in the Lane Cove river last night, and finally grounded on a sandbank…
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SYDNEY, Friday.--The New Guinea airways pilot, Alan Cross, who has been mising from Bulolo since Tuesday, was found yesterday. It transpires that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big French Plane. Crashes in English Channel Bodies Floating Amidst Wreckage
LONDON, Sunday.—The big French 'plane, Goliath, belonging to the French Air Union, carrying baggage, but no passengers, fell into the Channel three…
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Brisbane, Tuesday. -- The lighthouse steamer Cape York was successfully manned yesterday and the ship was loaded under police protection. The…
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A successful coup was carried out this morning by the Commonwealth Navigation and Lighthouse Department by manning the lighthouse…
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ADELAIDE, Monday.— Flight Lieutenant McIntyre, who was seriously hurt when his 'plane crashed, yesterday, died in hospital this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dam Bursts. Waters Sweep Through Canyon. Hundreds of Lives Lost.homes Wrecked, Settlements Wiped Out
VANCOUVER, Tuesday.—A Los Angeles messages states that it is estimated that between 200 and 500 lives have been lost in a break of…
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An interesting development in connection with the lighthouse steamer Cape York dispute to-day was the refusal of carpenters at Cape Moreton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecked Riverina. Salvage Operations Cease
SYDNEY, Monday.—M. P. King, dt-reeter of the Riverina Savage Co., on arrival in Sydney stated that the men engaged on salvage operations had…
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The Kalingo, the new steamer belonging to Messrs R. S. Lamb and Co., arrived at Coff's Harbor on Thursday to load a big cargo of piles and logs…
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