Big Steamer in Trouble--"day After" the Battle
THE ONLY inflation these youngster's know is the…
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822 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 42
Attempt to Wreck Express Vienna
An attempt to wreck the Ostend-to-Vienna express was discovered in the nick of time last night, and the train, [?] hundreds of passengers, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attempt to Wreck the Mudgee Mail
An attempt was made to wreck the Mudgee mail, which had over 100 passengers on board, near Katoomba on Saturday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Earthquake Disaster in N.Z Napier Wrecked and Ablaze Heavy Loss of Life Certain Hospital Horrors Refugees Taken Aboard Ships in Harbor Homes Crash Into Sea Wellington, N.Z.
A TERRIFIC EARTHQUAKE to-day wrecked Napier, a city in a district of 30,000 inhabitants, on the east coast of the North Island. All stone and brick buildings have collapsed, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attempt Fails To Wreck Ostend-Vienna Express. Stopped Just in Time. London, Feb. 1
A message from Vienna reports an attempt to wreck the Ostend-Vienna express. The attempt was discovered in time to save the train, which was carrying hundreds…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wrecked Sinister Silence Few Details Wide Disaster Feared
Extreme anxiety has been caused in all parts of New Zealand by the brief news which followed to-day's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Phosphate Steamer. to Be Named Triad
The name Triad has been selected for the vessel now being built by the British Phosphate Commission…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New German Steamer. Built for the North Pacific Trade
The new North German Lloyd freighter Este, which arrived at New York on December 22 on her maiden trip from Bremen en route to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shipping INTELLIGENCE & WEATHER Looking Back How Freetrader Was Lost Fought Seas, Then Ran Ashore in Port
After weathering severe gales in the Tasman Sea, the intercolonial barque Freetrader was wrecked in Warrnambool Harbor oh July 21,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cliffs Crash Into Sea Vivid Story From Steamer Pall of Death From page 1
HOW the terror of the earthquake revealed itself to those aboard the steamer Taranaki, which was lying in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"City of Sunshine" Now a Blazing Wreck—Napier
A fine picture of the Napier Bluff, the face of which has changed completely. The buildings facing the sea on the mighty section of land crashed to destruction as the 'quake loosened and hurled the earth below. Many relatives of Napier residents are making anxious inquiries at the Sydney offices of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Seaplane Wrecked. Occupants Escape Injury. Accident Off Dobroyd Point
A seaplane in which three young men were riding overturned and became a complete wreck off Dobroyd Point last evening. Throughout the afternoon the seaplane…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →At Sydney Observatory. Instrument Nearly Wrecked
Sydney Observatory seismograph recorded the first waves of the shock shortly before 9 o'clock. The Government Astronomer (Mr. James Nangle) stated later that if the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →In Wreckage Charred Bodies Many Crushed Napier's Ruin
Mutilated and burnt bodies were being found by search- parties among the smouldering ruins of Napier every few…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Skeleton Clue Treasure Hunt For Gold From Old Dutch Wreck PERTH
The discovery, Dear the mouth of the Moore River, of a skeleton and a number of ancient coins, believed to have been relics of the Dutch treasure ship…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Interior of Wrecked Cathedral
The cathedral was an impressive structure constructed largely of brick…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Anglican Cathedral of St. John, Napier Wrecked with Loss of Life During the New Zealand Earthquake
St. John's is the cathedral-church of the diocese of Waiapu, he bishop of which is Dr. Williams. A woman was incinerated. Archdeacon Brocklehurst had his back broken…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Seminary Wrecked. Nine People Killed
The famous Roman Catholic Seminary of the Marist Order at Greenmeadows, four miles from Napier has been wrecked. Two of the fathers were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Jap. Steamer Ashore Shunsei Maru On W.A.Coast S.O.S. Messages Perth?
THE steamer Shunset Maru, 4910 tons, bound for Fremantle to load wheat for the Far East, went ashore in the…
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An idea of what Napier ruins look like. A photo of a previous upheaval…
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