Nineteen Killed Devastating Tornadoes in U.S.A. Villages Wrecked New York
Nineteen are dead and 200 injured' by tornadoes which swept through 'Missouri. Oklohama, Arkansas and Kansas, and which struck Illolnis to-night…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938
167 stories in Riverina's papers · page 4 of 9
Steamer Ashore Nieuw Holland Makes Rescue SYDNEY
News of the rescue of passengers aboard the steamer. Baud, which went ashore in Kei Islands, in the Dutch East Indies, was brought to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£1900 for Widow Husband Drowned in Steamer Collision Sydney
In the Supreme Court to-day. Mrs. Katherine Lynge claimed damages from James Patrick and Co. Ltd., owners of the steamer Caradale, on behalf…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Weather Gale in Melbourne Seaside Towns Suffer Piers and Baths Wrecked MELBOURNE
The tempestous weather, which Melbourne has experienced for the last few days culminated last night in a gale of great violence, which caused damage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Iron Ore for Japan Trouble on British Steamer Port Kembla
Tom memen of the British steamer Generton walked off the vessel to-day because it was carrying iron ore to Japan. They were immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Battered by Cyclones Steamer Beaches Sydney Sydney
During a long battle with cyclones, the engines of the British freighter Stonepool were disabled, and the engine-room staff suffered such an ordeal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Britain's Air Rearmament "Muddles, Delays and Wrecking" London
A storm will rage in Parliament next week, says the "Daily Herald," over the situation in the aircraft industry. There will be it says, an attack on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stranded Steamer Evidence at Marine Court Inquiry Sydney
Giving evidence at the Marine Court inquiry to-day into the stranding of the island steamer Morinda, off Malo Island. New Hebrides, on March 20,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Killed on Steamer London
Two were killed and two injured in an explosion in the engine-room of the steamer Taranaki, which is undergoing trials on the Tyne after extensive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coastal Ship Ashore Ten Passengers Landed Safely Sydney
A message from Brisbane states that the coastal motor ship Bingera is badly holed on Spitfire Reef 540 miles from Brisbane in the Whitesunday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Steamer Bombed by Three Unknown 'Planes! French Destroyers Gone to Her Rescue Paris
The British, steamer, Sunnybrook, on arrival at Port Vendes, reported that three-unknown aeroplanes attacked her east of Barcelona, effectually dropping six bombs. The Sunnybrook's s.o.s. brought French destroyers to the rescue…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another Steamer Aground Off Queensland Coast Brisbane
Another coastal steamer has gone ashore off the coast of Queensland. The stranded vessel this time is the freighter Canonbar (708 tones), which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plane Wrecked in Jungle Pilot Not Injured Bulolo (New Guinea)
Captain Gerald Pentland, a veteran war pilot, crashed about midday on Friday in the Bitoi Valley, hear Black Cat, while flying a De Havilland plane…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →World Trip in a Modern Cargo Steamer First Hand Information For South Wagga Pupils
An Interesting aid to the geography history and commercial lessons at the South Wagga School has been introduced by the writing of a letter by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Clue to Ship Mystery Wreckage Found Floating London
Two hatch Covers with the name "Anglo-Australian" on them may possibly provide a clue to the fate of the missing freighter of that name. They…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Airliner Found Wrecked Nine Killed in U.S.A. Los Angeles
The Lockheed airliner which disappeared in a flight between Los Angeles and St. Paul was to-day found wrecked on the side of a mountain at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Diver Fights Shark in Dining Saloon of Sunken Steamer Melbourne
When the diver, Roy Jackson, entered the dining saloon of the sunken freighter Kakariki' in Port Port Bay to-day he encountered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Smithy's" 'Plane Wreckage Positively Identified Portion of Machine Found on Island CANBERRA
A quantity of aircraft wreckage found on the southern shore of Aye Island, near Burma, in May, 1937, has been positively Identified as portion…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →'Smithy's" 'Plane Wreckage Positively Identified Portion Op Machine Found on Island Canberra
A quantity of aircraft wreckage found on the southern shore of Aye Island, near Barna, in May, 1937, has been positively identified as portion of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sinking of the British Steamer Valencia
It is now revealed that there was no loss of life when the British steamer, Thorpehall, was bombed and sunk near Valencia. The captain,…
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