Steamer Creates Record
A new record for a passage between Brisbane and Sydney was made by the Orient liner Orama, which entered the Heads soon after 9…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1929
510 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 26
Shop Wrecked Mysterious Bomb Explosion Other Buildings Shaken
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A violent explosion occurred in a boot shop in front at a picture theatre at Eastwood at 3 o'clock this morning. The shop…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Building Wrecked Violent Explosion Due to Leakage of Gas? Earlwood Sensation
SYDNEY, Wednesday.--A violent explosion occurred in a bootshop at Earlwood at three o'clock this morning.The shop was wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Violent Explosion Bootshop Wrecked Sensation at Earlwood Sydney
A violent explosion occurred in a bootshop in front of the picture theatre at Earlwood at three o'clock this morning. The shop…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cafe Wrecked Cook Runs Amok
SYDNEY, Thursday:—A cook employed by J. H. Conomy, proprietor of the London Cafe, Corowa, had an argument with his employer, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck Recalled. Christmas Time Disaster. the Ill-fated New England
Thursday was the 46th anniversary of the wreck of the steamer New England on the Clarence bar December 27, 1882. Though many years…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shop Wrecked by Explosion
A violent explosion occurred in a bootshop in front of the picture theatre at Earlwood at three o'clock on Wednesday morning. The shop was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lone Sea Rover Exploit Ends in Wreck
Another daring exploit by the Lone Sea Rover, whose name is, appropriately, Capt. Drake, has been prevented by the total loss of his little schooner…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Lifeboat Disaster Board of Trade Inquiry London
The Board of Trade inquiry into the Rye lifeboat disaster reported that probably the lifeboat capsized suddenly in the dangerous sea and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lifeboat Disaster Board of Trade's Report Boat Was Suitable
LONDON, Friday.—The Board of Trade, which conducted an inquiry into the Rye lifeboat disaster, has reported that probably the lifeboat…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sleepers on Line Att[?] to Wreck Expresh
MELBOURNE, Monday.—When the Adelaide express was between [?] yesterday afternoon, the driver [?] an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sleepers on Line Attempt to Wreck Express
MELBOURNE, Monday.—When the Adelaide express was between Bacchus Marsh and Ingliston yesterday afternoon, the driver noticed an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Test Matches How They Wreck Homes the Households Upset
I shall be glad when the Test matches are over. Of course, as a true Australian, I am immensely interested in them, and I hope we shall…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wrecked in Byron Bay. Salvaging of the Brig Brilliant
About 52 years ago the brig Brilliant was weathering in Byron Bay (states Mr. Oliver Jones, of Coraki, in an interview with the Balliua "Beacon'')…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck Survivors Maeseilles
Three Survivors from the Malakoff, which sank on January 4, were landed here. When the lifeboat sank three climbed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer on Reef Refloated Undamaged
BRISBANE, Monday A message from Thursday Island states, that the steamer St. Albans, while on a voyage from Japan to southern ports, ground…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire and Explosion Wrecked Bootshop
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Parramatta district coroner commenced an inquiry this morning into the cause of a fire and explosion which destroyed a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire and Explosion Wrecked Bootshop
SYDNEY, Wednesday.— The Parramatta district coroner commenced an inquiry this morning into the cause of a fire and explosion which destroyed a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lifeboat Crew Lost Amsterdam
Going out to ald a steamer stranded on the Hook of Holland, a Dutch steam lifeboat capsized in mountainous seas, and the whole of the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Damages Claimed Pirate Steamer Shelled Verdict for Defendant Shanghai
An unusual action against Lieutenant-Commander Halahan, of a British submarine, for the recovery of half million dollars damages, brought by a…
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