Beached Steamer Almost Totally Submerged
ADELAIDE, Thursday:-- The steamer Portland Mer, which was beached seven miles east of Cape Borda, Kangaroo Island. yesterday, was…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1935
214 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 11
Stranding of Steamer Inquiry Commenced
ADELAIDE, Sunday:--The inquiry into the stranding of the Japanese steamer Portland Maru was opened on Saturday. It revealed that from the…
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The British cargo-ship "Kenkerry" (3390 tons) broke in two after going ashore outside the mouth of Halifax Harbour, Newfoundland. The master, Captain Duncan Milne, of Cardiff, was drowned after staying on board with the mate and seeing the whole of his crew taken safely ashore…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Like Big Ball Strange Lifeboat Southend (Eng.)
An engineer here has invented what he calls a "lifeball." It serves the same purpose as a lifeboat, but instead of being a boat it is a ball…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wreckage Sighted Missing Nine Luggers? PERTH
Wreckage of luggers was sighted today in Lacepede Channel and is thought to be the remains of the nine luggers which are still missing, with…
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DARWIN, Tuesday:--The motor ship Koolinda arrived here to-day bringing the crews of the wrecked luggers. A message received by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lifeboat Found Yacht in Storms Wellington (N.z.)
A wireless message has been received from the master of the liner Aorangi, stating that a lifeboat badly damaged was discovered 500 miles north of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ketch "Dawn" Returns to the Tweed
The Ketch, "Dawn," owned by Mr. J. W. daggers, of Tumbalgum, which recently completed a voyage from the Tweed to Eden and back as far as…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday:--A 45-mile-an-hour southerly gale which began at 8 a.m. yesterday and continued through the night…
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The motor launch, Maple Leaf, was completely wrecked on the rocks at Cook Island near Tweed Heads, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Appalling Earthquake Disaster Ravages Formosa OVER 2000 DEAD Thousands of Houses Wrecked Communication Disrupted
TOKIO, Sunday. — An earthquake ravaged the Taichu district of Formosa at 6 a.m. to–day. It is officially reported that 2,352 have perished and that 5,402 have been injured, while 16,629 house have…
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At Messrs. Smith's Dock Company's, yard on the Tees (England), the Anchor-Brocklebank liner Mathura, of 9775 tons gross register, and built on…
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Percy Warner Gaggin, 53, dent's', hurtled from the fleck the North Coast steamer, "Wollongbar," into the sea off Ballina lighthouse on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nearly Wrecked Sleepers in Way of Express HOBART
The Launceston express narrowly escaped being wrecked when it pulled up just in time to avoid crashing into some sleepers placed across the line…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday:-Following a radio conversation to-day with New Zealand postal officials, Mr. H. P. Brown (Director of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Priest's Voyage 20,000 Miles in Mission Schooner San Francisco
Father J. Rockliff, of the Order of Sea Apostles, of London, believed to be the only ordained priest in the world who possesses a master mariner's…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wrecked Hopes Surround Roosevelt "New Deal" Now at Standstill Confusion at Capital New York
A graphic account of the situation at Washington, as a result of the Supreme Court's decisions, was given to-day by the correspondent of the New York "Sun." President Roosevelt and his advisers,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Liner Wrecked Passengers and Crew Saved CAPETOWN
The liner Ville de Paris was wrecked north of Fort Dauphin, Madagascar, to-day. All the passengers and crew were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →AEROPLANE Wrecked Passengers Escape Saved by Pilot's Cool Skill
ROSEWOOD, Sunday:--Only the skill and coolness of the pilot averted a tragic ending to a joy flight at Rosewood this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Earthquake Disaster Many Thousands Dead in Northern India Quetta City Wrecked CALCUTTA
A disastrous earthquake, involving, it is feared, a death roll of many thousands, occurred in British Baluchistan, Northern India, early on Friday morning. The heavy death-roll includes men of the Royal…
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