Fire on Steamer
MARSEILLES, Sunday: A fire which broke out on the Pan-American steamer, Gloria, which arrived here on a voyage from…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1947
101 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 6
Vandals at Ballina Wreck, Steal Property
BALLINA, Monday.-- A wave of vandalism swept through Ballina in the early hours of Sunday morning causing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Dunbar
Sir,--In the "Northern Star" this morning (Thursday) I noticed, a mistake. It was made in Sydney and reproduced here. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck Oe the 80's Is Still Remembered North Coast History Was Changed With The Loss Of The Dunbar
NO WRECK on the Australian coast excited the same degree of interest as that of the "Dunbar," a crack ship of her day. She was lost with all her 121 hands, save one, at the foot of the cliffs half a mile south of the Gap near Sydney Heads on the night of August 20-21, 1857. There is probably no…
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Sir.--Your readers are grateful to Dr. Stewart McKay for new and very readable data about the wreck of the wooden emigrant ship…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Claims Be Found Wreckage of Southern Cloud
MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Police are seeking to interview a man who yesterday surprised Civil…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Wreck of the Dunbar
Sir, -- With many others, I was very interested in the account of the wreck of the ship Dunbar ("Star," Aug 23). I was born on…
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Sir,--Mr. Hewitt is quite right. There was more than one "Dunbar," the others, of course, having a Christian name attached. He…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Arab Home Wrecked
Members of Haganah, the Palestine Zionist underground resistance movement, blew up an Arab house and invaded an…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Syndicate to Sail Ketch Around World
SYDNEY Sunday: Mr. E. W. Player, a Melbourne commercial artist, has flown to Sydney to find six men each willing to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wrecked Launch Found Afloat
KEMPSEY, Monday: A fishing launch from which two brothers were drowned and a woman had a remarkable escape in a storm…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Crisis Could Wreck British Gov't
LONDON, Tuesday: "If there is another coal crisis like last winter it can bring down the Government,"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Over 20 Killed; Explosions on River Excursion Steamer
PITTSBURGH, Wednesday: Between 20 and 30 were killed when the five-decked excursion steamer Island Queen burned and sank at the quayside in Monongahela River two hours after she had been rocked by two violent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The 'Tomki' Was Wrecked On A "Pay-Day"
The wreck of the "Tomki" is reviewed here from a new angle by MR. PERCY JOLLY, a bookkeeper at Ballina Co-op. Co. Tomorrow, September 14, marks…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hurricane Wrecks Radar Station
The hurricane which hit Florida, United States, recently, caused widespread damage. Top: The U.S. Army Radar station at the Bocca Raton…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Bid to Wreck European Recovery
WASHINGTON, Thursday: The Acting Secretary of State (Mr Robert Lovett) in a statement on the Warsaw Communist conference condemned its proclamation as malicious and unscrupulous…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Inquiry on Wrecked Monoplane
SYDNEY, Thursday. -- The monoplane which was wrecked when it crashed in desolate country 12 miles from Seal Rocks, just north of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sacred City Wrecked by Sikhs
AMRITSAR, Monday: Sikhs have reduced to shambles Quadian, the sacred East Punjab city of the Ahmadiyyah, a Moslem sect. The Quadians are wealthy,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Home Wrecker Shot
SYDNEY, Monday. -- A woman was charged in the Parramatta Court today with having maliciously wounded a man who was alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attempt to Wreck Red H.q
LONDON, Monday (AAP).-- An attack with explosives on Communist Party headquarters at Bristol early yesterday wrecked a window front…
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