Steamer Sails Captain to Dispose of Perishable Goods
DARWIN, Later:-- Having discharged all general cargo for Darwin with the exception of meat, fruit and butter, the Merkur left Darwin…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937
229 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 12
River Steamer Fouled Ferry Rope CORAKI
Traffic was held up at Coraki ferry to-day for 10 hours. At approximately 4.30 a.m. the cream boat "Messenger" fouled the ferry rope and so severe…
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Two passengers and a sailor were injured on the Taiping, which arrived here to-day, after having fought a 90 miles…
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The steamer Llandovery Castle, en route to Marseilles from Gibraltar with 300 passengers, struck a mine off…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Pilot's Lucky Escape Plane Wrecked He Escaped with Few Bruises
SYDNEY, Sunday:--When an aeroplane crashed in the back yard of a house at Haberfield this afternoon the 20-year-old pilot…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stinson Disaster Relief Parties Set Out For Wreck Clearing Track For Rescue Of Survivors
BRISBANE, Monday:--Between midnight and 5 a.m. to-day three relief parties had set out for the wrecked Stinson plane. The first, led by Messrs. A. E. and R. Stephens, took Dr. E. Lawlor, of Beaudesert, across from Darlington…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Binstead Tells Dramatic Story of Crash Stinson Disaster Survivors Now in Beaudesert Hospital Escaped From Wreck in Nick of Time
BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Messrs. Proud and Binstead, the survivors of the Stinson aeroplane disaster on Lamington Plateau, McPherson Range, on February 19, in which four other persons perished and another subsequently received fatal injuries in the bush, reached Beaudesert Hospital at 7 o'clock to-night…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday:--Mr. R. Robinson, Brisbane Manager of Airlines of Australia Ltd., said to-day an inspection of the wreckage of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rescue Party's Trials Dangerous Trip to Wrecked Plane "Fearful Experience" (From Oar Special Representative.) BRISBANE
H.B. MEISSNER, who was with the first rescue party and who fought his way back to the nearest telephone in the same day to tell the story of the smashed Stinson, arrived at…
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Mr. R. Robinson, Brisbane manager of Airlines of Australia Ltd., said to-day that an inspection of the wreck-age of the Stinson would be made…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Plans for Inquiry Starting For Wreckage BRISBANE
Members of the Air Accidents Investigation Committee, accompanied by officials of Airlines of Australia, left Brisbane this morning for Beaudesert…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Proud and Binstead Are Recovering Four Victims Buried Near Wreckage
THE bone specialist who set the broken leg of Proud said to-night that, barring something unforseen, Proud would have a serviceable leg. It was a bad compound fracture, but considering the hardships the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →None of Wreck to Be Salvaged Difficulty of Transport
BRISBANE, Tuesday:-- It was stated to-day on behalf of Airlines of Austral a Ltd. that there was no intention of salvaging…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Air Accidents Committee Returning to Sydney Wreck Will Not Be Salvaged BRISBANE
THE members of the air accidants investigation committes expected to-night to lease Brisbane by air for Sydney to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Scenes Where Wrecked Stinson Lies
The starboard wing of the crashed 'plane (.top right) which was torn off when the machine struck a tree. Top left: Mr. A. Munro (ground engineer) and Mr. Smythe, of Airlines of Australia, remove the propeller of the centre engine from the wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Many Visitors to Scene of Wrecked 'Plane CASINO
Several hundred persons, among them a number front Casino and distriet, made the trip at the week-end to the border region, where the…
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BARCELONA, Tuesday:--The Catalan authorities have ordered the sinking of the French steamer Marie Theresa Leborgne, which recently was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cargo Steamer in Difficulties Sydney
THE cargo steamer Craigend* * which was recently purchased by a Chinese firm, was reported on Saturday to be making water…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Collision in Sydney Harbor Ferry Steamer and Launch
SYDNEY, Sunday;--When the ferry steamer Crane II. and a 19ft. fishing launch, the Kiaora, collided in Sydney Harbor to-day, the launch was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crippled Chinese Steamer Limps Down Coast Being Escorted by Freighter
BRISBANE, Sunday:-- Escorted by the freighter Mildura, the Chinese steamer Hai Ping, better known to Australians by her old…
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