Steamer Disabled in Cook Strait Destroyer Stood By
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Saturday:-- Through its engines becoming disabled in Cook Strait, the steamer Holmglen summoned the aid of the Australian…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937
229 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 12
Sloop Wrecked on Beach Occupants Reach Shore BRISBANE
Cast ashore on the outer beach of Straribrcke Island, near Jumpin Pin, during the week-end, while on a voyage up the coast…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rescued by Police Party Survivors of Wrecked Sloop Marooned on Beach Since Friday Last
BRISBANE, Monday:--The survivors of the sloop Pelican, who had been marooned on a desolate section of ocean beach off…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →4 KILLED; 7 INJURED Explosion Wrecks Block of Flats
GENEVA, Monday:--The dramatic suicide of a hairdresser is believed to have been responsible for an explosion in a block of flats…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck Located Missing American Plane
NEW YORK, Tuesday:-- The missing Dougals plane, which crashed with eight persons on board, has been located near Mt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck Located New York
The wreck of the Douglas 'plane which had been missing, with eight passengers, for several days, was located near Mt. Baldy, Arizona. An…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Liner Ashore Refloated In Dense Fog
LONDON, Saturday:-- Just before midnight last night, the Belgian liner Anbersville, 8439 tons, carrying 170 passengers on a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pearling Lugger Wrecked DARWIN
A pearling lugger, the property of Roy Edwards, struck a submerged reef off Point Essington on Friday night and was wrecked. The crew of nine…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Souvenir Hunters. Strip Wrecked Stinson
Souvenir hunters from northern New South Wales and southern Queensland have moved part of the wreck of the Stinson air liner in Lamington National…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shipping Warned Steamer Strikes Obstruction BRISBANE
A radio message was received from the master of the steamer Noora stating that the vessel struck an obstruction yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£5,200 Awarded to Motorist "Reduced to Nervous Wreck"
Robert Meadows, 36, garage proprietor, of Prescot, Lanes, and formerly a well-known dirt track rider, was awarded £5,200 damages at Liverpool…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Lost Rudder Coraki
When near Coraki wharf at midday to-day the river steamer Australasia of the Richmond River Shipping Company lost its rudder. The vess[?] had…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Six Buildings Wrecked by Bombs Chicago
Six bombs have exploded in various parts of the city in the past 24 hours. Three homes, a creamery, a golf club house and a garage were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bomb Outrages in Chicago Six Buildings Wrecked
CHICAGO, Thursday:--Six bombs, some the work of professional dynamiters, exploded in various spots in the city in 24 hours. Three homes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Launch Wrecked Three Fishermen Missing. Sydney
A 16ft. launch was caught on a dangerous tide rip off Yena Point, on the Kurrnell side of Botany Bay, on Saturday, and was smashed to pieces…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Naval Engagement Jaime Primero Not Driven Ashore
LONDON, Monday:-- A Gibraltar message states that General De Llano's announcement that the rebel cruiser Canarias forced the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →12,000 Miles Tow Damaged Steamer Leaves Adelaide
ADELAIDE, Tuesday:-- The steamer Kingswood, which was badly damaged by an explosion at Port Pirie anchorage on January 3, left…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer's Dash for Port Futile Endeavor to Save Life
ADELAIDE, Tuesday:-- A steamer's futile dash for port in an endeavor to save the life of a sick member of the crew had a fatal climax in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Call for Medical Aid Orama's Dash to Greek Steamer
LONDON, Wednesday:--The Orama arrived at Southampton and reported having dashed 90 miles from her course in the Indian Ocean in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Foreign Agents on Battleship "Politely Put Ashore"
LONDON, Sunday:--Secret service men on duty on the battleship Nelson, lying off Southend, and which is open to visitors as…
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