Youth Drowned Search by 'Plane, Steamer and Surf Boat Grafton
Walter Stevens, aged 17. years, of Warialda, was drowned while surfing at Yamba Beach to-day. His employer, Roderick Donaldson, with whom the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1939
131 stories in Riverina's papers · page 2 of 7
Master of Steamer Stangrove London
Owners have been advised that the master of the British steamer, Stangrove, which was taken into Palma last week by the Nationalists, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →National Insurance Conference of Friendly Societies Urged "Save Something From the Wreck" Melbourne
If the national insurance scheme is to be abandoned the Government should call a conference of friendly societies, the B.M.A. and insurance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Sinking Few of Crew Removed New York
After standing by all day and far into the night the S.S. Newfoundland was able to take off only a few members of the crew of the wooden steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Bad-tempered Woman Can Wreck A Home
It is said that a bad-tempered woman can cause more unpleasantness for the rest of humanity than all the other…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boilermakers' Decision No Work on New Steamer To Be Built in Hong Kong Yards NEWCASTLE
Members of the Boilermakers' Union haw decided that they will not carry out repairs on the 1800 ton steamer which has been ordered by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hopes That Delude Can Wreck A Girl's Life
There is nothing in the world so fair as a young girl's hopes and dreams. We feel that no blame is too…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Aground Lifeboat Rescues Passengers London
The Holyhead lifeboat has taken off 84 passengers from the steamer Hillary, which went aground in a fog near Carmel Head, six miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Refloated London
The steamer Hilary, which went aground near Holyhead, has been refloated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Venturesome Voyage Ketch Returns to Australia Sydney
The auxiliary ketch, Hispaniola, which left Sydney 16 days ago for America, via Lord Howe Island, unexpectedly returned to Broken Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →English Lifeboat "Australians Might Contribute" London
The Duke of Kent presided at the annual meeting of the National Lifeboat Association. The chairman of the association…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soviet 'Plane Wrecked After Crossing Atlantic Fog and Petrol Shortage New York
After flying from Moscow, via Greenland, the Russian 'plane which was flying non-stop to New York, crashed on Miscou Island, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Long Voyage Ketch Again Leaves for San Francisco Sydney
The auxiliary ketch Hispanola with George O'Brien, his wife and two children aboard, set out from Palm Beach to-day for San Francisco…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Sinks on Way From Fremantle to Shanghai U.S. Ship Rescues Passengers and Crew. MANILA
The U.S. destroyer Pope wirelessed that it had rescued 66 passengers and the crew of the British steamer Linderbank, bound to Shanghai from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Missing Airman Body Found Near Wrecked 'Plane Kuala Lumpur
A native discovered the body of the airman, Littleton Hay, alongside a wrecked plane in dense jungle on a mountainside. Hay was reported…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Missing Airman Body Pound Near 'Wrecked Plane Koala Lumpur
a native aiscoverea the body 01 the airman, Littleton Hay, alongside a wrecked plane in dense jungle on a mountainside. Hay was reported…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Japanese Interference With Foreign Shipping Continues German and British Steamer Stopped Shanghai
It is disclosed that a Japanese warship stopped the German steamer Sauerland, bound for Shanghai, on Wednesday, and examined her papers. The German Consul protested; but the Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German Steamer Stopped by Japanese Warship Interference Increasing London
It is disclosed that a Japanese warship stopped the German steamer Sauerland, bound for Shanghai, on Wednesday, says the "Times"…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mystery Report Steamer on Uncharted Reef Brisbane
It has been reported that a steamer had been wrecked on an uncharted reef 20 miles south-west of Willis Island, 300 miles from Cairns, and…
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