Paintings Washed Ashore Sydney
A message from Christchurch says that twelve of the valuable paintings aboard the wrecked steamer Manuka, owned by Murray. Fuller, have been…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1930
264 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 14
Chinese Pirates Fierce Struggle Attempt to Seize Steamer Ship's Officers Win Day
TOWNSVILLE, Tuesday.--The steamer Changte, which called at Townsville yesterday afternoon, brought news of the latest piracy in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Audacious Theft Mail Bag Robbed Steamer from New Guinea. Gold Packages Involved
SYDNEY, Wednesday:--The entire contents of a mail bag, comprising registered articles from New Guinea, were stolen from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Public Money Mental And Pyhsical Wreck Alleged Misappropriation
Before Mr. Justice Clark in the Supreme Court at Hobart, Stanley Irvin adhered to his plea of guilty to a charge of having between October 15…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Founders
LIMA (Peru), Thursday.--The Chilian steamer Motcho foundered 200 miles north of Calloa. All the passengers were landed safely in the…
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The Chilean steamer Mapocho pounded into a total wreck 200 miles north of Callao. All the passengers were landed safely in the ship's boats…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Butter Damaged. Steamer's Refrigerating Plant Fails
LONDON, Thursday.--Eleven hundred cases of butter were damaged through the stoppage of the refrigerating machinery on the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mail Bags Robbed. on New Guinea Steamer
The entire contents of a mail bag, comprising registered articles from New Guinea, were stolen from the steamer Marsina, which arrived in Sydney on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fierce Fight. Pirates Repulsed. Attack on Steamer Hatching
The steamer Changte, which called at Townsville on Monday afternoon, brought news of the latest piracy in Chinese waters. On Sunday,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →STEAMER'S S.O.S. Heard By Amateur LONDON
How an S.O.S. from a distressed steamer in the Channel was unanswered, owing to confusion of the Morse at the height of a gale, and…
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LONDON, Sunday.--How the SOS of a distressed Russian steamer in the English Channel was not answered owing to confusion in the height of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Wrecked Crew Reaches Shore CAPETOWN
On her maiden voyage from Scotland to Lourenco Marquez, the steamer Limpopo was wrecked at Sylvia Hill ninety miles north of Luderitz. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coast Was Desert Shipwrecked Sailors New Steamer Lost
CAPE TOWN, Wednesday.--On her maiden voyage from Scotland to Laurlce Marquez, the steamer Lintopo was lost at Silvia Hill, 90 miles north…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disabled Steamer Towed to Tweed Heads Trading with Islands Tweed Heads
A small steamer arrived off Point Danger before noon yesterday in a disabled condition and signalled for a pilot tug, and also a pilot. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Storm Havoc Worst in England's Memory Vessels Wrecked Loss of Lite on Land and Sea LONDON
The worst tempest in England in living memory, following a succession of severe gales, wrought havoc at sea and on land. The greatest calamity was the engulfing of a naval tug, while the death roll in England so far is 12, five of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Severe Rebuke German Banker Attempt to Wreck Conference Reparations Question
The attempt of Dr. Schacht (president of the Reichsbank) to torpedo The Hague Conference on Reparations by refusing to allow…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of Manuka Captain Guilty of Negligence
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Tuesday.--Ross Clark, captain of the steamer Manuka, was to-day held responsible for the wreck of the vessel on the coast of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Naval Tug Wreck Story of Disaster LONDON
After the St. Genny's survivors were landed at Plymouth from the Snapdragon they were re-equipped with new kits at the naval barracks…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wreck of the Manuka Auckland
Ross Clark, captain of the steamer Manuka, was to-day held responsible for the wreck of the vessel on the coast of New Zealand. The Court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →How to Avoid a Wreck
A tiny leak in a ship tan easily be stopped if taken in time, but if disregarded it will overcome the mightiestvessel, and drag her beneath the sea;…
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