Food Per Russian Steamer MADRID
Amidst cheers for the Soviets, the Russian steamer Neva arrived at Alicante with nearly 3000 tons of provisions for Madrid…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1936
102 stories in Riverina's papers · page 5 of 6
Steamer Capsized Many Drowned BATAVIA
Seventy-three persons are believed to have been drowned when the Royal Packet Navigation Company's steamer Van Der Wijck capsized and sank, 20…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Russian Steamer Cheered Provisions for Madrid Madrid
Amid cheers for the Soviet, the Russian steamer Neva arrived at Alicante with nearly 3000 tons of provisions for Madrid. The women in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Terrific Storms Lash Western Europe Shipping Disorganised Two Steamers Lost with All Hands; Others Aground England Largely in Darkness Twenty Aeroplanes Wrecked; Hangars Destroyed; Buildings Damaged LONDON
Terrific gales continue to lash Europe and the British Isles. The known dead now total 30. North Sea shipping is seriously disorganised. The German lightship Elbe, with a crew of 15, and the Swedish steamer Rex, the number…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →17 Burned to Death Explosion on Steamer
ROTTERDAM (Holland), Saturday.—Seventeen persons were burned to death and 15 seriously injured in an explosion aboard the Greek steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mussolini's Bombshell Peace Hopes Wrecked Disarmament a Myth
Declaring that collective security, which never existed, never would exist, that the League of Nations might die peacefully as far as Italy was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Planks Washed Ashore Sydney
Several planks, some of them nailed together, were washed up on Garie Beach on the south coast of New South Wales. The planks, which were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →5000 Damaged Letters Washed Ashore From Lost Air Liner London
Five thousand sea-soaked letters arrived at the London postal headquarters to-day. They were washed ashore in twa mail bags on the Kentish…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire on Steamer Steward Committed for Trial Newcastle
Charles Henry Russell, aged 31 years, steward, was committed for trial at the Newcastle-Police Court on a charge of having attempted to set…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wreckage Found on Coast Melbourne
Wreckage found on the coast at Kilcunda to-day appears to solve the fate of the fishing launch which disappeared yesterday in the stormy seas…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Deaths on Steamer Sydney
During the voyage of the British steamer Peshawar, which arrived in Sydney to-day from Liverpool, there were two deaths, Rodney Jennings…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Expedition Party Articles in Wreckage Found SYDNEY
The Federal Government has instructed Sir Hubert Murray. Llcut.-Governor or Papua, to inquire into a report that wreckage, including articles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreckage in Papua Safety of Expedition Questioned Canberra
The Lieut-Governor of Papua (Sir Hubert Murray) has been asked to inquire into the report that wreckage, including, articles believed to have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blockade of Barcelona Announced Warning to All Shipping Madrid Heavily Bombed Norwegian Government Protests Against Searching of Steamer TENDON
Simultaneously with General Franco's announcement of a neutral zone for foreign and neutral ships at Barcelona, the Tetuan (rebel) radio, station, in a broadcast to-day, warned ships calling at Barcelona that they did…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mrs. Freer Believed to Be on Steamer In Sydney To-Morrow? SYDNEY
ALTHOUGH officials of the Union Steamship Co. deny that Mrs. Freer was aboard the Awatea when it left Wellington for Sydney on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mrs. Freer Believed to Be on Steamer in Sydney To-morr0w Court Order Sought to Permit Landing SYDNEY
Although officials of the Union Steamship Co. deny that Mrs. Freer was aboard the Awatea when it left Wellington for Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Almost Dead Walked 60 Miles After Wreck Ordeal Ni Far North
The amazing fortitude of two shipwrecked men, who, after living solely on two tins of condensed milk and a few yams for 10 days, tramped for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russian Steamer Reported Sunk Great Indignation Moscow
The soviet to-day confirmed the report, at which there is great indignation, that a Spanish rebel warship set on fire and sank the Russian Shipping…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Deluge at Tumut 135 Points of Rain in 34 Minutes Devastating Hailstorm Market and Flower Gardens Wrecked and Fruit Trees Stripped Damage to Streets, Roads and Fences
A terrific thunderstorm, accompanied by a torrential downpour of rain and, hail and vivid lightning, broke over Tumut and district on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →26 Killed Explosion on Italian Steamer Rome
It is announced that 26 were killed and 100 injured, 17 critically, in a violent explosion aboard the steamer Cesare Battisti at Massawa (Eritrea)…
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