Fight For Life In Sea Dramatic Rescue at Corf's Harbour Fishing Launch Wrecked
"Just before we were wrecked we realised that we had run on a bombora, but envelope in fog, and with the night as dark as…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1936
256 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 7 of 13
Serial Story Wrecker's Woe (Continued.)
"Of course not, silly," Laurian returned, and her eyes danced. "He's awfully grateful for all I did. I think I'm to have a medal, or a framed…
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It was utterly outrageous. Those three men standing in the doorway were more conscious of that than of anything else. Sir Bromley, instead…
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"Ivor Shapley had made England too hot for him long ago, he announced. "That is why he lived abroad. My offer tempted him to…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Japanese Sampan Wrecked Perilous Adventure Destitute Crew Arrive at Thursday Island
THURSDAY ISLAND, Tuesday. Thirty-one Japanese arrived here this morning in four small boats. They were the crew of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecking of Sampan Captain Tells Story Crew's Privations
THURSDAY ISLAND, Wednesday:--The story of the wrecking of the sampan Sukujyu Maru, 31 survivors of which reached…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Remain on Island Wrecked Sampan's Crew CANBERRA
The 31 Japanese sailors who were shipwrecked in a sampan about 150 miles from the Queensland coast will be allowed to remain on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →One Dead: Three Missing Steamer Struck by Huge Wave Several Others Injured Melbourne
DISASTER overtook the steamer Nairana while travelling between Burnie, Tasmania, and Melbourne when, with 88 passengers in both classes and 91 of a crew, she was struck on the starboard by a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Huge Wave Crashes on to Steamer Man Killed; Three Lost Overboard Tragic Holiday Cruise
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Carrying a complete passenger list of 88 in both classes, the steamer Narina, which left Burnie, Tasmania, on Saturday night on a holiday trip to Melbourne, encountered tragedy early…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Trace Of Bodies Missing Family Holiday Steamer Disaster
MELBOURNE, Monday:--An intensive search in the vicinity of the Heads and along the nearby beaches to-day failed to discover…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Narina Disaster Queensland Golfing Champion Among Injured
BRISBANE, Tuesday:--N. von Nida, open and close golfing champion of Queensland, who was returning from the Tasmanian golf championships;…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Grounded Liner Has Cargo of Priceless Art Treasures Not Believed To Be In Danger Passengers Taken Ashore Gibraltar
CARRYING £10,000,000 sterling worth of Chinese art treasures which were recently exhibited in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Aground Chinese Art Treasures Worth £10,000,0 00 Aboard Dragged Anchors in Gale
GIBRALTAR, Tuesday:--The P. and O. steamer Ranpura, which is carrying to china the Chinese Art Exhibition treasures estimated to be worth £10,000,000, was caught in a violent gale in the outer harbour and grounded on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →'Plane Wrecked in 2000 Ft. CRASH Pilot Jumps to Safety MELBOURNE
Pilot L. R. Clisby, training member of the R.A.A.F., did some quick thinking this afternoon when his moth 'plane, while flying at a…
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LONDON, Sunday:- The Salcombe lifeboat again attempted to reach the Herzogin Cecilie in the afternoon but the seas were too rough. The captain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Graphic Story Told At Inquest Tragic Toll of Huge Wave Steamer Nirana Disaster
MELBOURNE, Monday:-- A graphic story of the tragedy in The Rip on April 12, when a gigantic wave almost engulfed the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Way to Australia New Steamer for Interstate Trade
LONDON, Monday:-- McIlwraith, McEacharn's new steamer, Kanimbla, left Belfast to-day for Sydney to join the Australian inter-State service. She…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Addis Ababa a Wrecked and Looted City Many Killed in Street Battles British Party Puts Rioters To Flight International Crisis? London
AIDDIS ABABA, now a wrecked and looted city, is about to fall into Italian hand[?]. An Askari force of 15,000 men has reached the outskirts of the city and is awaiting the occupational…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →£10,000 DAMAGE Fire On Steamer MELBOURNE
Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused to-day when a fire, believed to have been caused by a short circuit, broke out; on the steamer, Taroona,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Washed on to Rocks Seaplane Wrecked Battered to Pieces by Waves
MELBOURNE, Wednesday:-- A forced landing, by a seaplane on the sea close to King Island resulted in the machine being…
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