Freezing Works Wrecked Terrific Explosion at Mt. Gambier
ADELAIDE, Sunday:—An explosion early yesterday completely wrecked a freezing works at Mount Gambier and damaged…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1939
162 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 9
Earth Tremor in New Zealand Homes and Shops Wrecked Wellington (N.z.)
Just over a fortnight after the last tremor, Wellington and Hawkes Bay and other provincial areas yesteraaj were rocked by an earthquake of…
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ADELAIDE, Tuesday:—There was a sensational development in the week-end freezing; works explosion at Mt. Gambier when a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Winch Needed to Haulshark Aboard Steamer Singapore (By Mail)
Fred Westmoreland, champion shark catcher of the P. and O. Lines, has just caught his tenth shark in Singapore harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wreckage from Waratah? Mysterious Disappearance Recalled
Timber and cork, believed to have formed part of the Waratah, which disappeared when bound from Australia for England, in 1909, has been washed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pilot Injured Moth 'Plane Wrecked In Crash MELBOURNE
John Sherwin (27), of Mornmgtont was seriously injured this morning when a Moth 'plane he was piloting crashed at Mornington. The machine…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Giant Devil Fish Washed Ashore Down Bellinger Way
A fish of most unusual proportions and shape, believed to be a member of the devil-fish (or eagle ray) species, was washed up on to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreckers in Soviet Army Schools Purge Ordered London
"The Times" Warsaw correspondent states that it is reported from Moscow that the O.G.P.U. discovered a nest of spies and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Port Hedland Wreckage
PERTH, Saturday:—Although there was no loss of life in Wednesday's cyclone at Port Hedland, the town is full of wreckage…
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SYDNEY, Monday:—The woollen coastal steamer Belbowrie, with 10 persons on board, went ashore at Malabar, near Maroubra Point,…
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SYDNEY. Tuesday:—After inspecting the wreck of the Belbowrie on Maroubra Pt. to-day, Captain D. Gibson, who was appointed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →28 Indians Drowned When Steamer Sinks
BOMBAY, Tuesday:—The Cambay Star, a 637-ton vessel owned by the Cambay State Port Development Committee, foundered…
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After inspecting the wreck of the Belbowrie on Maroubra Point on Tuesday, Captain D. W. Gibson, who was appointed to survey the damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lifeboat Crew Missing London
SEVEN are believed to havs drowned at St. Ives. A lifeboat was lost in a terrific…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →St Ives Lifeboat Lost Seven Men Missing
LONDON, Monday:—It is believed that seven men were drowned when the St. Ives lifeboat was lost in a terrific…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Attempt To Wreck Rail Bridge Report to Police
SYDNEY, Monday:—According to a report made to the police, an attempt was made at 1 o'clock to wreck a concrete railway bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lifeboat Disaster No Trace of Seven Men
LONDON, Monday.—The Penlee life-boat returned from a search for seven occupants of the St. Ives life-boat which was lost in a terrific gale…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ferry Steamer Strikes Launch Man and Boy in Harbor
SYDNEY, Monday:—A man and a boy were thrown into the harbor to-day when the Manly ferry steamer South Steyne crashed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wharf Labourer Injured On Steamer GRAFTON
A radio message from the steamer, Port Tauranga, in the Clarence River, to Brisbane, and a telegram sent from Brisbane to Grafton Hospital is said…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Seaman's Death on Steamer Member of Crew Arrested
CAIRNS, Thursday:—David Harvey (45), seaman, died on the steamer Bungaree last night from injuries which he is alleged to have received…
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