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Riverina · Shipwrecks & the sea
122 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 7
Split practically in two by a tramp-ship, the steamer Lexington, 1249 tons, which is owned by the Colonial Navigation Company, bank in East River…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A terrific storm played havoc at he Jamboree camp early this morning. About 100 tents were blown down…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A two-masted ketch was blown ashore at Frankston last night after a thrilling tattle with the wind by her three occupants. The Frankston…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A 19-year-old youth, Maurice Lee, of Redfern. had a remarkable escape from losing his life when the wind forced his canoe 15 miles out to sea…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A 19-year-old youth, Maurice Lee, of Bedfern, bad a remarkable escape from losing his life when the wind forced his canoe 15 miles out to sea…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Piling up on a rocky shore in a heavy snowstorm and high seas, the British freighter Kenkerry, was completely wrecked. The crew of 29…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Captain Duncan Milne, master of the British cargo steamer Kenkerry (3900 tons), which was wrecked off the Nova Scotia coast during a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Court of Marine Inquiry which inquired into the loss of the steamer Coramba on November 30, 1934, found that the vessel was lost because of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Following S.O.S. signals sent out by the Japanese freighter, Hokuman Maru, travelling from Vancouver to Osaka, an American ship, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The steamship Monawk of 8000 tons, under charter to the Ward Line, collided with the Norwegian motorship, Talisman, off Seagirt, New…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An autogyro crashed at the Mornington air pageant yesterday afternoon and was drecked. The pilot, George Colman, was badly injured, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The icy, stormy weather now prevailing throughout Great Britain is a remarkable sequel to one of the mildest winter in living memory…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An attempt was made shortly before midnight to blow up the bridge leading to the Aberfield Colliery, two miles from Swansea, Lake Macquarie…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sydney branch of the Seamen's Onion, after a long meeting to-day, decided not to man the liner Canberra, and the vessel will be laid up…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A dramatic story of the piracy of the British-owned steamer Tungehow (2000 tons) was told on the arrival of the vessel here, escorted by H.M.S…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →With a spirit of warm thanksgiving, which dispelled the cold morning mists as far as the crowd of rejoicing parents and other relatives were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Australia is reported to be now 200 miles from the four masted schooner, Seth. Parker, reported to be in distress 300 miles north of Tahiti…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"At the moment the Australia is weeding at 20 knots to the assistance of the American four-masted schooner Seth Parker, with a complement of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →As Amazing trail ot havoc was wrought, and damage estimated at £5000 caused fay a huge fireball which clashed on the tannery of J. Bayley…
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