His "Nervous Wreck" "Oh, Gosh;" 20-year-old Did 40 Miles an Hour
"O. Gosh!" was painted on the back; "Nervous Wreck" was inscribed on the radiator; and the Ford was 20 years old…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Shipwrecks & the sea, 1930
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Federal Steamer
S.S. Australia. In continuance of her voyage from Liverpool to Ca[?], the Federal S.N. steamer Australia will [?]eave No. 21 Pyrmont at 8…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Steamer Bombo. for the Kiama Metal Trade
Exhaustive and, in every respect, satisfactory speed trials were recently carried out in the Firth of Forth by the new steamer Bombo, which has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Nervous Wreck" The Fast Old Ford 'Swaying About the Road'
The Ford that rattled along Guildford-road, Merrylands, about 4.30 p.m. on February 15 had seen better days. The driver had to hold the door to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sterling Ships. Great Yankee Schooners. Story of a Wreck
The American schooner Helen B. Sterling arrived yesterday, after a voyage of 78 days from the United States. I rubbed my eyes and read again. The…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Where Spicy Breezes Blow The Novelty and Charm of a Day Ashore at Colombo
HOW welcome was the first sign of land in the north-west after our three thousand mile run from Fremantle? That dark rim which was swiftly…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Steelwork for Bridge Wrecks Crane
YASS.--So far 200 tons of steel have arrived for the Talmas Bridge over the Murrumbidgee The town station crane collapsed…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Born After a Wreck
WHERE is the boy who was born on an island of Northern Australia, when a ship from Sydney was wrecked?…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Has Harry Newman, Dope King, Been Murdered?: Marked for Death Mysterious Disappearance of Wrecker of Human Souls Was Told His Throat Would Be Cut Arch-Dope Peddler Cursed by Underworld
WHERE is Harry Newman, erstwhile king of Sydney's dope traffickers, London Jew, and informer and shelfer of the underworld? Since a month or so after Newman was discharged from Goulburn Gaol last December, at the end of his sentence for carrying and dealing in cocaine nothing has been seen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seasick Stowaway Pleads to Go Ashore Newcastle
A VERY scared and seasick youth of 16 summers was landed at Newcastle by the pilot -steamer yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Gone Steamer's Plight Newcastle
With her last ounce of bunker coal consumed, and tossed at the mercy of big seas, the steamer Inkuia, from Ocean Island, drifted helplessly at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →They Are Elections Wreckers the Militant "Strikers" (To the Editor.)
Sir,-- I have with great misgiving the report of a meeting of the Trades and Labor Council. Mr. Garden was responsible for the adoption of a motion…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Short of Fuel. Steamer Inkula. Newcastle
Running short of coal as she approached Newcastle, after a voyrage against head winds and tremendous seas from Ocean Island, the steamer Inkula had to be towed into Port…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Steamer at Mercy of Seas Newcastle
WITH bunkers depleted, and unable to raise sufficient steam to maintain headway, the steamer Inkula,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Small Steamer Aground. Wellington (N.z.)
The Anchor Company's small steamer Alexander ran aground at the French Pass at 2.30 this morning in thick weather. She is believed to be undamaged. Assistance has…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Utopia Afloat Roving Author Cruise in Ketch Capetown
K[?]D ANDERSEN Danish author [?] home is the Atlantic O[?] here last night in his 60-feet [?] the Mons[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer in Voyage of Mishaps
While the phosphates steamer inkula was being shifted from NO. 3 Pyrmont yesterday afternoon, she colUlimaron…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Danish Author. Long Voyage in Ketch. Capetown, April 9
Mr. Knud Andersen, the Danish author, has arrived at Capetown in a 60ft ketch, with his wife and three children, a crew of five, and two islanders from Tristan du Cunba,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Customs Men Drew Blank in Ram for Contraband German Steamer Searched, but She Was Above Suspicion
It is evident that China is not the only place from which, the authorities suspect, cocaine is smuggled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision. Yacht and Paddle Steamer. Man Killed. Melbourne
A collision between the yacht Royal and the paddle steamer Weerona occurred at the Station Pier, Port Melbourne. William Piper, 37, was struck by the falling…
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