Total Wreck Gale Breaks Iron Chief's Back Brave Rescuer Crew All Safely Landed Sydney
The steamer Iron Chief, which ran on Mermaid Beef on the night of Sunday, April 1, and was beached next morning a mile and…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1928
404 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 21
Lady Bailey Crashes. Unhurt, But Machine Wrecked
CAPETOWN, Tuesday.—Lady Bailey, who is flying in a Moth plane from. England to South Africa, has cabled her husband that she crashed at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Wreck Episode. Mr. Majerszky's Daring Swim. to Get Newspaper Copy
Those who sit at home and read newspaper reports of sensational events in comfort, have no idea of the risks and effort sometimes required on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Getting the News. Epic of the Iron Chief Wreck
A "S.M." Herald" representative went to the Manning last week to get the story of the wreck of the Iron Chief as she lay on the Mermaid Reef. He and…
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SYDNEY, Friday.--The wreckage found near York Peninsula has been definitely identified as part of the missing ketch Ariel…
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TOWNSVILLE, Friday :--The township of Pentland, 148 miles from Townsville, was startled at an early hour this morning by a loud explosion. The…
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The Australian steamer Mareeba, which was to have left Sydney for Melbourne yesterday afternoon, was delayed through the failure of nine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Roit in Gaol Prisoners Strike . Disturbance at Bathurst Boot Factory Wrecked
SYDNEY, Sunday:—News of a serious disturbance in Bathurst gaol at the beginning of last week was made public to-day. Twenty…
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The Norwegian whaling steamer Ca Larsen, which was beached at Paterson's inlet after having struck a rock while returning laden with on from…
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A message was received in Sydney stating that the steamer Yarra, which caught fire and was sunk in the harbour at Gizo (Solomon Islands)will…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.-- Christmas Brown (22), a lunatic, and an English immigrant, who was reported to have escaped from the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer and Ketch Collide
HOBART, Wednesday.—A collision occurred near Barnes Bay (Tas.), between the steamer Gundiah and the ketch Shannon. The latter sank, but the…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--At the Central Summons Court to-day, Captain Robert Darroch, master of the steamer Goulburn, was fined £10. in default two…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—At the Central Summons Court to-day, Captain Robert Darroch, master of the steamer Goulburn, was fined £10 in default two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Iron Chief. Wreck Bold for £160
SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The coaster, Iron Chief, which was wrecked on the North Coast recently, was sold at auction to-day for £160. The cargo of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Wrecking Attempt Broken Hill
It is believed that a deliberate attempt was made to wreck a train 17 miles from the city yesterday. Two concrete blocks two feet square were…
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Sydney, Friday.--The steamer Manuka has been held up at Lyttleton owing to the firemen objecting to three men on the grounds that they…
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The way in which a large steamer, sunk in a collision, has Been raised, patched with reinforced concrete, and brought back some 6300 nautical…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Steamer Held Up Lyttelton (N.z.)
The Manuka has been held up owing to the firemen objecting to three men on the ground that they were unfinancial, unionists. The company offered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Guinea Crash. Fifth Machine Wrecked
BULOLO, New Guinea, Friday:-- A Bristol fighter 'plane, in charge of Pilot Daish, crashed at Wau on Tuesday, and was wrecked. Daish was…
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