Italian Oil Steamer Blows Up and Sinks CAIRO
The Italian tramp steamer Marchiglano, loaded, with drums of benzine for the Italian army, while en route from Genoa to Assab. exploded…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Riverina · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1936
102 stories in Riverina's papers · page 2 of 6
Italian Oil Steamer Blows Up and Sinks Ten Seamen Rescued Cairo
The Italian tramp steamer Marchi-giano, loaded with drums with drums of benzine for the Italian army, while en route from Genoa to Assab, exploded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Foundered Tanker Inquiry Brisbane
At the Marine Board inquiry into the grounding of the Norwegian tanker Verdaas, which struck a reef off Point Danger oh February 3, Pilot…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Nine Lives Lost Steamer Sinks LONDON
Nine lives were lost in the sinking of the French steamer, Boree, of 1145 tons, off Caen in a fog near the wash this morning. Thirteen of the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Missing Airmen Found Seen From Aeroplanes Wreckage Among Trees
The search for the missing Air Force machine in Central Australia ended yesterday afternoon with the discovery of the ’plane…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Found Missing Airmen Seen From Aeroplanes Wreckage Among Trees
The search for the missing Air Force machine in Central Australia ended on Wednesday afternoon with the discovery of the 'plane crashed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Missing Airmen Found Seen From Aeroplanes Wreckage Among Trees
The search for the missing Air Force machine in Central Australia ended on Wednesday afternoon with the discovery of the 'plane crashed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →'Plane Wrecked Pilot Parachutes to Safety Melbourne
After a desperate efort to regain control of an Air Force plane which had gone into a nose-dive Pilot L. R. Clisby, a training member of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Overseas News Telegrams Addis Ababa Wrecked London
Addis Ababa is now wrecked and looted and the city is about to fall into Italian hands. An Askari force of 15,000 men has reached the out Gaol authorities stated last night that they had not received any instruction that the condemned youths, Jones and Hickey, had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tug Strikes Steamer Newcastle
A collision occurred in Newcastle Harbor shortly after midnight between the Adelaide Steamship Co's vessel Ulooloo, and the tug St. Aristell. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pirate Trawler Searching for Captain Kidd's Treasure Report From Steamer London
The British steamer Avo[?]ta advised Lloyds to-day that, while passing Salvage Islands, 180 miles south of Madeira yesterday, the watch saw…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tumut Man in Launch Wreck Mate Drowned at Maroubra Frederick Dean Got Ashore Fish Bite on Tiller Line Dragged Rudder Off
At the mercy of huge seas off the Marcubra cliffs on Monday morning, after a booked fish had torn away the rudder of their launch, Robert…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Four Fishermen Fears for Safety Boat May Have Foundered in the High Seas Sydney
Grave fears are entertained for the safety of four men who left Newport on a fishing expedition on Saturday morning. Huge waves pounded the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bombing Attempts Attack on Steamer Jerusalem
Attempts to bomb the Government buildings and the cutting of the broadcasting station wires were among the week-end disorders. As the Jewish…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Our Racing Letter Doomben Cup Winner Verdun Might Be a Possibility for Southern Spring Races Big Cash Investment of Price-wrecker Was a Sore Point with Fireman's Trainer. Young Jockey Overdoes Front Running Tactics
One of the most interesting developments of winter form is Verdun, who on Saturday won the Doomben Cup at mile and aquarter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Launch Wrecked on Botany Bay Sydney
An almost new motor launch. on which three men were sailing on Botany Bay, ran on to the rocks at Yenda and was wrecked. One man…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Masked Pirates Egyptian Steamer Raided BUCHAREST
Brandishing daggers and pistols, masked pirates raided the Egyptian freighter Marbo, in the Rumanian port of Braila. They bore down on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Masked Pirates Egyptian Steamer Raided Bucharest (Rumania)
Brandishing daggers and pistols, masked pirates raided the Egyptian freighter Marbo, in the Rumanian port of Braila. They bore down…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →From Near and Far Brief Items by Telegrafh and Cable Is Girl Pat Wrecked? London
The Lloyd's agent at Inagua (Bahamas) has telegraphed that native fishing vessels report having seen a small British vessel seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Girl Pat Mystery Hurricane Delays Search for Wreck London
The mystery whether the British vessel reported to have been found wrecked on the Bahama Islands is the pirate trawler, Girl Pat, is still unsolved…
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