Chinese Pirates Captured Steamer Sunk By Submarines Hong Kong
The China S.N. Co.'s steamship, Irene, 1343 tons, which carries six European officers, of whom three are British, was captured by Chinese…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1927
214 stories in Riverina's papers · page 10 of 11
Hydroplane Wreckage [?]Uebec
The wreckage of the hydroplane in which Count [?] Lesseps and a mechanic started a flight on Tuesday from Gaspe Peninsula to Val Brilliant, has…
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Wreckage found in Watson's Bay during the week-end, has been identified as that of a boat wrecked outside the heads on September 15, when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Egyptian Steamer Seized at Odessa ODESSA
Two Bolsheviks, Daskevitch and Tychkin, were sentenced to eighteen months on a charge of mutiny and killing two officers and a sailor…
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The Italian liner, Principessa Mafalda, from Genoa, en route to Brazil, foundered and sank 130 miles south-east of Bahia (Brazil), presumably…
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News comes that an Italian migrant vessel from Genoa struck a floating hulk. The boiler exploded, and the vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck of Steamer Graphic Stories Tragedy In Black Night BAHIA (Brazil)
The steamer Mosella has arrived here with 24 members of the Princip[?] Mafalda's crew aboard. He commander, Captain Privat…
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Further news of the wreck of the Italian liner gives graphic accounts. The screams of the women made the night the more hideous. A shark…
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Province town (Mass) reports that a fishing schooner the Avalon, was rammed and sunk on Saturday in a dense fog by the stemship President…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disastrous Gale British Isles Swept About 60 Lives Lost Fishing Boats Wrecked LONDON
Messages held up owing to the breaking of telegraph and telephone wires till over the country. are now revealing the fierce nature of the gale which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Schooner Founders Goldfields' Mail Lost MELBOURNE
The Acting-Secretary of the Postal Department, Mr. Haldane, received a radio message yesterday to the effect that the Chinese-owned schooner,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sydney Ferry Disaster Captains Make Statements Divers Explore the Wreck Women's Cabin Breaks Away Dead Now Number 27
The latest information concerning the wreck of the Sydney Harbor ferry, Greycliffe, gives the number of actually known to be dead as 27. There are 16 people reported missing, and it is not yet known how many…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck Towed to Taronga SYDNEY, 1 p.m
The difficult task of raising the wreckage was resumed at 8.30 this morning, and at 9.15 the tug began to tow it to Taronga Park to beach it…
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Efforts made to-day to raise the sunken ferry steamer Greycliffe, were not successful. A larger plant was brought to the scene to-day, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gas Tank Explodes Houses Wrecked 28 Killed; Hundreds Injured New York
A gas tank, with a capacity or 5,000,000 cubic feet, exploded at Pittsburgh the second city of Peunsylvanla, yesterday killing an unknown…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gas Tank Explodes Houses Wrecked Street Floods and Fires Many Poignant Scenes Twenty-eight Killed; Hundreds Injured New York
A gas t[?]k, with a capacity of 5,000,000 cubic feet, exploded at Pittsburgh, the second city of Pennsylvania, to-day, killing an unknown…
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The remaining portion of the wrecked ferry steamer, Greycliffe was lifted this morning and beached near Taronga Park. No bodies were found in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Island Steamer in Distress Sydney
The State Navigation Department has received a report that the small island steamer Kobil[?] is in distress off Port Macquarie, having sprung a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Oil Tanker Wrecked Vessel Breaks in Halves Crew Lashed to Rigging Rescued After 40 Hours LONDON
A high-powered car, equipped with modern life[?]saving appliances, left London for Yarmouth to aid in the rescue of the crew of 15 of the Dutch…
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