Wrecked Air Liner Found New York
The wreckage of the Douglas 'plane which has bean missing with eight passengers for several days was located near Mount Baldy (Arizona)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Riverina · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937
185 stories in Riverina's papers · page 4 of 10
Steamer Sinks Two Men Drowned; 351 Cattle Lost London
The lives of toe captain and one fireman were lost and 351 head of cattle drowned when the steamer Lairdmoor, of the Burns and Laird…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disappearance From Steamer Extensive Police Inquiries Newcastle
Doubt concerning the identity of the passenger who disappeared from the steamer Hunter while on the way from Sydney to Newcastle early…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cordon Around Spain to Operate From Tuesday Non-intervention Decision Blockade of Bilbao Food Steamer to Attempt to Reach Harbor LONDON
The Non-Intervention Committee decided to-day that the plan to establish a naval cordon around Spain to prevent intervention…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Third British Steamer Arrives at Dijon Santander
Beside the cargo steamer Thorpe Hall, two British merchantmen have arrived at the "blockaded" port of Dijon in the past three days…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SPAIN Third British Steamer Arrives at Dijon SANTANDER
Beside the cargo steamer, Thorpe Hall, two British merchantmen have arrived at the "blockaded" port of Dijon in the past three days…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Launch Wrecked Three Lives Believed Lost Sydney
Three men are believed to have lost their lives when a small 16ft launch was smashed to pieces on the rocks at Yena Bay, near Kurnell, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Steamer Damaged in Bilbao Air Raid Naval Battle Indecisive Basque Resistance Breaking LONDON
An engagement between units of the Spanish Government and the Rebel fleets took place off Motril. It was indecisive, however, Meanwhile the Rebel troops, under General Mola, are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Launch Disaster Coroner Opens Inquiry Was Rope From Pilot Steamer Rotten? SYDNEY
Details of the heroic but unsuccessful efforts of the pilot steamer Captain Cook tp rescue passengers on the launch Voyager, which founded…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rebel Cruiser Blown up by Basque Bomber 600 of Crew Drowned Had Just Ordered British Steamer to Stop Celebrations in Bilbao British Navy to Protect Refugee Ships Leaving Port. LONDON
Six hundred of the 800 men in the crew of the Spanish rebel cruiser Espana are believed to have been drowned when the ship was sunk off Cape Mayor, near Santander (Basque Provinces) to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A "Coffin Ship" Why Steamer Sank Marine Court Inquiry Question of Seaworthiness Sydney
After evidence had been given regardihg the condition of the coastal steamer Hail Caine. Judge Curlewls, presiding over the Court of Marine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hindenburg Zeppelin World's Greatest Airship Wrecked Explosion and Fire Sixty Persons Believed Killed New York
Sixty persons are believed to have been killed when the famous German Zeppelin, Hindenburg, the greatest airship ever constructed, exploded and burst into flames while about to land at Lakehurst, New Jersey, last night, after…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Collision in Channel Steamer Badly Damaged London
The steamer Willenden (4563 tons) was badly holed in a collision with the Italian steamer, Gian Franco (8181 tons), in a thick fog in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To Prevent Beer Shortage Steamer Races to Tasmania Launceston
After being bar-bound for five days, the steamer Kauri has cleared Greymouth and is racing to Launceston for a cargo to relieve…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Lure of Colombo Traveller by the Moldavia Hectic Day Ashore
Mrs. V. B. Sutherland, wife of Mr. J. H. Sutherland of Wagga, travelled to England by the R.M.S. Moldavia and here relates her experiences on shore…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shipwrecked! Wagga Doctor's Experience Tahiti's Last Voyage Exciting Moments Re-called
When the Tahiti sailed from Sydney on August 7, 1930, on what was to be her last run, little did anyone think that the run would end disastrously with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ship Wrecked on Botany Heads Loss of Life Reported Sydney
The interstate collier, Minma, bound from Melbourne to Newcastle, went aground on the rocks on the La Perouse side of Botany Heads late last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Wrecked Near Sydney Runs on to Rocks in Heavy Fog Two Deaths; Others Helped Ashore Night of Terror on Hulk Eight Trapped for Several Hours SYDNEY
Two members of the crew Lost their lives, one being frowned and the other collapsing and dying from, heart failure, when the collier…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Body Found in Sea Fireman From Wrecked Collier? Inquiry Opens Sydney
The police have recovered the body of a man believed to be Robert Burnside, aged 45 years, fireman of the collier Minmi, which was wrecked at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →