Belgian Steamer Detained by Rebels
GIBRALTAR, Wednesday. The Belgian steamer Navex, bound for the East, was stopped in the Strait and taken to…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937
229 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 12
Giant Waterspout Vessel Foundered; Two Divers Drowned
DARWIN, Sunday: While the pearling fleet of the Celebes Trading Co. was fishing off the south-east coast of Aru Island, four waterspouts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Protest by Britain Second Steamer Stopped Navy Will Protect Shipping
LONDON, Monday:--The British Government despatched a destroyer last night to protest to the insurgent authorities regarding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecked Steamer Crew Surrounded By Sharks LONDON
A terrifying experience aboard the wrecked steamer surrounded by sharks was described by the crew of the Buryhill, which struck a reef…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wreck Surrounded by Sharks British Crew's Terrifying Ordeal
LONDON, Wednesday:--A terrifying experience aboard a wrecked steamer, surrounded by sharks, is described by the crew of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Money and Beer End Mutiny Trouble on a Schooner at Capetown
Five shillings and a bottle of beet apiece for the mutineers ended a dispute at the Capetown docks on the Diolinda, a 200-ton. schooner which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →32 Lives Lost Finnish Motor Ship Wrecked Maiden Voyage Disaster off Coast of Scotland
LONDON, Tuesday:--Over 30 lives have been lost at sea off the north-east coast of Scotland. During at terrific gale in Pentland Firth in the early hours of this morning, the new Finnish motor ship, Joanna Thorden, returning from her…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Ketch As Ketch Can." Queer Windsor Incident Recalled
A cable from Shanghai recently announced the fact that during the execution of a Sikh murderer in the foreign gaol on December 29, the rope broke,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Scow Wrecked Body Washed Ashore; Three Others Missing
WELLINGTON, Thursday: -- The scow Rangi struck a heavy easterly gale off Rakino Island, in Hauraki Gulf, and was wrecked yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →19 Men on Sinking Steamer OSLO
Amid mountainous seas the Norwegian liner, Venus, made many attempts throughout the day to rescue 19 men from the sinking Norwegian steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →All of Crew Saved Russian Steamer in Desperate Plight
OSLO, Wednesday:--All of the Trym's crew have been saved. During the rescue operations the Venus received an S.O.S. from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ambassador to Make Protest Spanish Rebels Firing on British Steamer
LONDON, Tuesday:--The British Ambassador to Spain, who is at Hendaye, has been instructed to enter a protest with the Spanish…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Valiant Effort to Save Crew Steamer Slowly Sinking North Sea Drama
OSLO, Tuesday:--Amid mountainous seas, the Norwegian liner Venus tried all day to rescue 19 men from the sinking Norwegian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Just Tangled Mass" Wrecked Plane Disaster Off Double Island
CAIRNS, Wednesday:--Salvage operations on the North Queensland Airways Pty. Ltd. single engincd monoplane which crashed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Finnish Steamer Wrecked Crew of 20 Feared to be Drowned
OSLO, Wednesday:--It is feared that the crew, numbering 20, of the Finnish steamer Savonia which grounded near Kristiansand, have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Air and Steamer Communications Improvements Planned Australia, New Guinea and Pacific Islands
CANBERRA, Thursday:--New aerial and steamer communications between Australia, Papua and New Guinea and the Pacific…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Adrift in Tempest Others Stand By BERGEN (Norway)
"Keep smiling, we are coming immediately," was the radio message sent by the Norwegian steamer, Venus, in response to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wreck Located Torpedoed Steamer GENOA
The salvade ship Artiglio has located the wreck of the British Steam Navigation Company's Mongara which was torpedoed by a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disabled Steamer Taken in Tow by British Ship
OSLO, Monday:--The Norwegian steamer Veni, which broke its rudder in a storm in the North Sea while on the way to England with a cargo…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wreck of Torpedoed Ship Located Salvage Would be Most Difficult
GENOA, Monday:--The salvage ship Artiglio has located the wreck of the British Steam Navigation Company's vessel, Mongara, which was torpedoed…
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