Last Sydney- Hobart Race Schooner Safe
HOBART, Sunday: The Launceston schooner, Wanderer, which had at first been feared missing, reached Launceston late this afternoon…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1948
47 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 3
Russian Steamer Dvina Reaches Port Safely
TOKYO, Wednesday, (A.A.P.-Reuter): The Russian steamer Dvina arrived in Kushiro Harbor, in Hokkaido yesterday with a 27…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Yawl Found Sinking Steamer to the Rescue
CAPETOWN, Tuesday: The steamer Fort Carillon found the British yawl, southern Star, sinking 300 miles from Capetown, in a gale, and rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ship Wrecked in Southern Chile 100 Drowned
SANTIAGO (Chile), Wednesday: About 100 people were drowned on Monday night when the steamship Cautin capsized and sank in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Romance of Steam-boat Transport on the Upper Murrumbidgee— Ship - Wreck At Gundagai Vessel Founders With All Hands (COPYRIGHT)
PRIOR to the days of the railway in the Riverina several attempts were made by intrepid skippers to inaugurate a Murrumbidgee river service to carry the district’s produce cheaply to markets at Wagga, Hay, Echuca and Adelaide All were failures…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian Ketch Leads in Yacht Race
SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Victorian ketch Kurrewa 111 had increased her lead over Seaward to 60 mile tonight in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →American to Sail Family Here in Ketch
WASHINGTON, Tuesday: At lest one American desiring to settle in Australia is not concerned by either the steamship…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plane Wreckage Sighted Near Kiandra May be Missing Monoplane
SYDNEY, Friday: Police and civilian search parties left Kiandra today to search for the wreckage of a plane which Mains Road…
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SYDNEY. Friday: A report that the wreckage of a plane had been found in wild country about five miles from Kiandra, north of…
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A report that the wreckage of a plane had been found in wild country about five miles from Kiandra, north of Kosciusko, was found to be false. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wrecked Soldiers Deserve More Than a Shabby Sofa Mungo MacCallum Visits No. 1 Lee St
Every day, from Monday to Friday, after the morning crowds are out of the way, scores of men walk slowly, or on crutches, into the dingy building…
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LONDON, Thursday: After reporting the overdue steamer, Samkey's arrival at Santiago (Cuba) the New Zealand Shipping…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cables in Brief Ketch Starts for Australia
LOS ANGELES, Thurs: John. M. Townsend, his wife, four-year-old son, and a spaniel, have started from Newport…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Explosion Wrecks Haifa Street
JERUSALEM, Wed. (A.A.P.): A terrific explosion wrecked an entire street in Haifa today, killing a large number of people…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Launch Wreckage Found Near Newcastle
NEWCASTLE, Wednesday: Newcastle police were sent to the sea front near chinaman's Beach, Anna Bay, today to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Fishing Boats Wrecked in S.A. Gale
ADELAIDE, Sunday: Three shark fishing boats, the Ebor, Jennifer and La Paloma, were wreaked in an 80-m,p.h. gale…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wall of Water Wrecks U.s. City; Any Drowned Floods Devastate Big Areas in North-western America
NEW YORK, Monday (A.A.P.): Hundreds are believed, to have lost their lives amid wrecked buildings and swirling floodwaters when a huge wall of water struck the city of vanport (Oregon)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wrecked Plane, Bodies Found in Queensland
BRISBANE, Tuesday: Two stockmen today found the charred wreckage of an aeroplane with the remains of three or…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sermon on "The Wreck of the South West Mail"
The minister of the Wagga Church of Christ (Mr. Wilkie Thomson) preached last evening on "The Wreck of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Paddle Steamer and Launch Collide Two Women Drowned
LONDON, Wednesday — Two women were drowned and eight women and one man were injured when a 389-ton paddle…
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