WAVES 40 Feet High Steamer's Terrifying Voyage
ADELAIDE, Sunday:--The steamer Nawshera which arrived on Saturday had a terrifying voyage from Capetown. At one time, in the Indian…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1930
264 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 7 of 14
Wall Collapsed. Two Men Buried in Wreckage
SYDNEY, Sunday:--When the wall of a building which they were demolishing at Bankstown yesterday morning collapsed, Charles Moreland (50),…
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SYDNEY, Monday:--According to a wireless message received in Sydney last night, an object which resembled the mast of a vessel, with stays…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreckage Sighted Off Coast Sydney
According to a wireless message. re ceived in Sydney last niglit, an objec resembling a mast of a vessel with slay attached wes sighted off the Victorian…
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The ferry steamer Kiandra drifted helplessly about the Harbour last night when the steering gear broke down. Two collisions were narrowly averted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Anniversary of Wreck Ballina
July 1st is the 29th anniversary of the wreck of the tug Protector at the Richmond River Heads, when Captain Joseph Lewis, Engineer Ben Walton,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Steamer Fob Pig Feed
One of the drawbacks in cooking ground grain for pigs is that one has to stand over it to prevent the feed scorching. Any farmer can easily fix up a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Building Wrecked Explosion at Surry Hills
SYDNEY, Friday:,--An explosion last night wrecked the interior of an untenanted building in Roper's Lane, Surry Hills. The door of the building…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Sunk Collision in Fog SHANGHAI
The Seoul wireless station reports the sinking of the Norwegian steamer Dampto (2500 tons) off Shantung Peninsula in a dense fog at 5 o'clock…
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W. and J. Mitchell (father and son) had a narrow escape from being drowned when a large launch from which they were fishing was over…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Atlantic Crossing Steamer Rescues French Plane
RIO DE JANERIO, Wednesday--Jean Mermoz,who was attempting the first South Atlantic eastward crossing with mail, alighted when 2000 miles…
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A red flag flying on a sailing boat manned by a few Malay fishermen attracted the attention of passengers on the Japanese mail steamer Tango Maru…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.--A red flag flying on a sailing ship manned by a few Malay fishermen attracted the attention of the passengers on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Federal Session £120,000 Steamer by Day Labour Cockatoo Dockyard Canberra
In the Mouse of Representatives to-day the Prime Minister informed Mr. Hawker (Wakefield) that he could not announce the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →VANDALISM Property Ruthlessly Destroyed "Wreckers" Campaign
SYDNEY, Tuesday.--It is reported time during the past week or two vandals have raided a number, of firms at Erskineyille and ruthlessly…
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We sat on the after dock of the Japanese steamship plowing and splashing its way across the lonely Pacific. Around us enveloped the mellow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →50 Tins of Opium Steamer Searched From Stem to Stern
SYDNEY, Friday.--Customs officials raided the steamer Tanda yesterday afternoon and, after searching the vessel practically from stem to stern,…
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The Bangitata, homeward [?] from New Zealand, sighted the German steamer Targis in the west Azores on fire in three holds, the coalbunker,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Premises Wrecked. Disappointed Job-Seekers
MELBOURNE, Tuesday:--Over 200 boys applied for a job at H. and G. Turner's, surgeon dentists, to-day. When one lad was selected, the others,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disappointed Lads. Wreck Dental Chambers
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Two hundred lads, who failed to get a job at F. and G. Turner, surgeon dentists, this morning, practically wrecked the…
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