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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1933

165 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 9

DISARMAMENT Germany May Wreck Conference

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 3

PARIS, Sunday:--The chief obstacle to the success of Mr. MacDonald's and Sir John Simon's delicate task at Geneva is Germany underlying…

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Disabled Steamer Foundered With All Hands?

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 15 March 1933 · page 3

TOWNSVILLE, Tuesday:-- Gravest fears are held for the safety of the Japanese steamer Kinsen Maru. Late to-night…

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No Sign Yet the Disabled Steamer Brisbane

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 March 1933 · page 7

Grave fears are felt for the Japanese steamer Kinsen Maru. The Talleyrand reached the spot from which the disabled steamer sent out…

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Missing Steamer Hope Practically Abandoned

Tweed Daily · Thursday 16 March 1933 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wednesday:--Hope has been practically abandoned of finding the Kinsen Maru. The Talleyrand is continuing the search, and the…

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Make Clean Sweep Plot to Wreck Soviet Edifice?

Tweed Daily · Friday 17 March 1933 · page 3

RIGA, Wednesday:--Arrests of engineers are continuing, the Ogpu intending to make a clean sweep as part of the new policy of political economy. The…

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70 Hours in a Lifeboat Kinsen Maru Crew Brisbane

Northern Star · Saturday 18 March 1933 · page 7

No further details have been received in Brisbane regarding the rescue of the 13 survivors of the Kinsen Maru by the Hide Maru. At…

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Tug Undaunted Arrives Tweed Bar Crossed Successor to the Wrecked Terranora

Tweed Daily · Monday 20 March 1933 · page 2

The tug boat Undaunted, in charge of Capt. W. R. Black, arrived off Tweed Heads on Saturday morning and was met by the…

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Kinsen Maru Disaster Wreckage Found Search for Survivors Continues

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 21 March 1933 · page 3

BRISBANE, Monday.--Wreckage was seen in the sea by the Japanese steamer Kairyu Maru, and the search for the 25 missing…

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Plans Wrecked by Depression Prisoner's Story Long List of Robberies

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 22 March 1933 · page 3

GRAFTON, Tuesday.--Pleading guilty to numerous charges of robbery at the Grafton Sessions to-day, Jean Le Fray La Motte…

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Relief Afforded Survivors of Wrecked Ship Melbourne

Northern Star · Monday 27 March 1933 · page 5

The 13 survivors of the sunken Japanese steamer, Kinsen Maru, went shopping in. Geelong to-day. Since their…

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Kidnapped by Chinese Pirates Four British Officers Steamer Boarded Under Fire

Tweed Daily · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 3

SHANGHAI, Thursday.-- Four British officers of the steamship Nanchang were captured by pirates off Newchang…

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Air Liner Disaster His Majesty Sends Message of Sympathy Removal of Wreckage

Tweed Daily · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.--The examination and removal of the wreckage of the air liner City of Liverpool, which met with disaster near Dixmude, was begun this afternoon in the presence of a British Air Ministry inspector and Belgian air…

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Whole Row of Houses Wrecked Distillery Explosion London

Northern Star · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 7

Scenes reminiscent of a wartime bombardment were witnessed at Mitcham following an explosion at 7 o 'clock this morning in the Bush…

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King's Sympathy Air Crash Victims Wreckage Horror London

Northern Star · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 7

The examination and removal of the wreckage of the air liner City of Liverpool, which met disaster near Dixmude…

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Gigantic Seas at Byron Bay Jetty Damaged Two Fishing Boats Wrecked

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 4

Big seas have been experienced at Byron Bay during the last few days, and in the early hours of yesterday morning the waves were…

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Violent Explosion in Surrey Twenty-four Houses Wrecked

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday:-- A violent explosion occurred at Mitcham, Surrey, to-day, when a tank containing hundreds of gallons of…

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Nazis Escape Bomb Wrecks Taproom

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 3

BERLIN, Monday:--Ten minutes after a party, of Nazis had left a taproom a bomb wrecked the chamber and made, a crater in the floor. A…

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Dirigible That Was Wrecked

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 April 1933 · page 7

The U.S. Navy dirigible Akron crashed into the sea and was wrecked off the coast of New Jersey. The actual death roll is not yet known, but it is feared it will be heavy. The airship was one of the largest in the world…

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Did Passenger on Wrecked 'Plane Commit Suicide? London

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 April 1933 · page 7

The full statement of the Salford coroner relating to Albert Voss, one of the victims of the air liner City of…

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Steamer Sinks Struck Reef: Crew Safe Capetown

Northern Star · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 5

The steamer Haleric, bound from Tyne to Australia to load wheat, sank off Paternoster Point, 20 miles north of Saldanlia. She struck a reef…

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