What Piane Wreckage Revealed
LONDON, Monday: An investigation of wreckage of the Construction which crashed in the hannon on December 27, killing…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1947
101 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 6
Christmas Food Ship Wrecked
The steamer "Northeastern Victory (7000 tons), bound for Antwerp with a cargo of food from the United States, was broken in half when she ran ag round on the notorious Goodwin Sands, off the coast of Kent, England. The Walmer lifeboat rescued all officers and men, and it is hoped to salvage at least part of the cargo before the ship becomes a total loss…
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BAUTIMORE (A.P): Mrs. Marie Mattson is as handy with a ship-wrecking wrench as most great-grandmothers are at…
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MR. LANG in his Saga instalment this week, re-narrates a story written by THOMAS EWING, called "Off the Richmond Bar." Introducing his story, he says "I desire to acknowledge my indebtedness to the publishing house of William Brooks and Coy. Ltd., of 99 Pitt Street, Sydney, for its courtesy…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Battered Ketch Reaches Brisbane
BRISBANE, Sunday.—Battered by 50 feet waves and a 50 m.p.h. wind, which snapped the main Soom like a carrot, the 74 feet…
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BRISBANE, Sunday: Battered by 50 foot waves and a 90 m.p.h. wind, which snapped the main…
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SYDNEY, Sunday—A 24-feet dolphin, driven ashore by sharks South Narrabeen lifesavers, was washed ashore again near the…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Wednesday.— It is feared the Huddart, Parker liner Wanganella may become a total wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sagas of the Early Days the Schooner "Lismore" Is Launched
MR. MATTHIAS LEWIS, father of Mr. Thomas Lewis, who fives at present in Cherry Street, Ballina, bought the barque "Fox," which had become a total wreck on North Spit on January 7, 1871. He stripped her of all her gear and rigging, and burned the hull to enable him to secure the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →12 Killed in Croydon Air Crash People Jump From Burning Wreck
LONDON, Sunday: Twelve people, comprising six women, three men, a boy aged 2J, a baby in arms and the pilot, were killed when a Dakota taking off at C[?]don aerodrome crashed on to another plane on the tarmac and burst into flames…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—A heavy steel fireproof door was blown off its hinges by an explosion in Lord Street, Botany yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sagas of the Early Days Decline of the Steamer-Advent of Railway Steamer Brings First Rail Coach to Coast
As the district progressed so did the steam-boat trade thrive, until it reached its zenith in the years…
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NEW YORK, Tuesday: Shortly before the 2000-ton river steamer, Saigon, was scheduled to leave Hongkong for Canton a fire broke out in the cargo of oil and kerosene…
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LONDON, Sunday (AAP).— Hundreds of Arabs, armed with rifles and daggers, who attacked the British steamer, Star of…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: Heroic rescue efforts failed to save the life of one of three men thrown into a boiling sea when a £1000…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—One man was drowned and another injured yesterday when huge seas smashed their disabled 22ft. launch against the rocks at Middle Head…
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CAPETOWN, Monday: The battleship Vanguard, with the King and Queen and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret arrived at Capetown at 5.59 am today. The King, Queen and the two Princesses stepped ashore at 10 am. Many thousands had assembled on the hillside to watch Vanguard…
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BUENOS AIRES, Tuesday: A bomb explosion wrecked the studios of the pro-Government Radio Liberted last night a few…
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BUENOS AIRES, Tuesday (AAP). —A bomb explosion wrecked the studios of the pro-Government radio last night a few minutes after…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Six Killed in Plane Disaster Off Stradbroke Island; No Trace of Wreckage
BRISBANE, Wednesday: Three Australian and three Dutch airmen lost their lives when a Douglas Dakota twin-engined plane disappeared into the sea in flames a mile north-west of Point Lookout, Stradbroke Island, at 2.40 this afternoon…
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