Armed Fascist Steamer Joins Government
BILBAO. Dec. 9.—Yesterday the steamer Virgen del Carmen arrived in Bilbao harbur, flying a white flag at its mast. It turned out that the crew had…
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Discuss Steamer Mail Service Melbourne
Tile Minister for Territories, Sir George Pearce, said to-day that General McNicoll and Mr. Townsend would consult, with a sub-committee…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →German Cruiser Seizes Spanish Steamer News of The World Cabled By Our Correspondents Guns Boom Before Vessel Stops Crew Taken Off As Prisoners Reprisal Claimed London
THE German cruiser Koenigsberg to-day seized the Spanish ore-carrying steamer Soton (1376 tons) and made prisoners of the crew. The Soton was in Spanish territorial waters when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Campers in Storm. Tents Wrecked. Building Collapses. Crops Damaged
Holiday makers' camps along the Hawkesbury River were wrecked and washed out yesterday afternoon by a sudden violent storm. The downpour…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Australian Attack Wrecks England's Team U.S.A. Verging on Labor War Ships Dispute Aggravated by Fresh Strikes on Two Fronts Loss in 64 Days Estimated at £100,000,000 VANCOUVER
General opinion is that returning prosperity in the New Year will bring with it the worst labor war in the industrial history of the United…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boiler Bursts. Steamer Damaged. Hole in Hull. Adelaide
A donkey engine boiler exploded on the steamer Kingswood at the Port Pirie anchorage to-day, causing heavy damage to the ship. All on board were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fingers Severed with Axe Memories Of Atlantic Shipwreck
Memories of the loss of the Italian liner, Principessa Mafalda, off the Brazilian coast in 1927 were revived to-day when the Dutch freighter…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →British Protest to Rebels. Stoppage of Fruit Steamer. Destroyer Sent to Cadiz. Russian Tanker Taken by Insurgents LONDON, Jan. 4
A British destroyer is proceeding to the Spanish rebel po[?]t of Cadiz to protest against the stopping of the British steamer Etrib (1943 tons) off Europa Point, by an armed trawler, and to demand that there be no repetition of such action. The Etrib,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Robinson Nearly Pulled Match Out Of The Fire Fast Hundred v. Q'land Fourth Wicket Stand Shield Hopes Wrecked LUSHBRIGHT
QUEENSLAND gained their first points in the season's Sheffield Shield series by beating New South Wales at the Cricket Ground…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tug Explosion. Diver Examines Wreckage. Mystery of Missing Funnel
A diver who yesterday examined the wreckage of the tug undine, which was blown up on December 28, and sank in about 45 feet of water near No. 4 wharf, Walsh Bay,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Exploded Tug Total Wreck
The tug Undine, blown up at No. 4, Walsh Bay, on December 28, is a complete wreck, according to the report of a diver's examination made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Patrol of Sharks. Wreck of Bury Hill. LONDON, Jan. 7
A terrifying experience on board a wrecked steamer which was surrounded by sharks was described by the crew of the Bury Hill (4542 tons), which struck a reef off Dakar (French…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Death in Fog Twice Cheated Escaped in Smash, Then Wrecked Auckland
FROM two near-disasters in the fog which has enveloped Auckland, one on land and one on sea. Mr. H. R…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stop Press Rebels Stop Steamer
GIBRALTAR, Friday.--A Spanish rebel gunboat stopped the Norwegian steamer, Ibis, in the Strait of Gibraltar, and took it to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →One Kiss Can't Wreck a Home
AN "Isolated" kiss is not sufficient ground Tor divorce, according to the Supreme Court of Austria--but a whole series may be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Only Punters Could Celebrate Riddle's Racer Wrecked Ring Autoland Awful
JUST what a good horse can do to moderate opposition was well and truly illustrated in yesterday's Moorefield…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Wrecker's Plot, or Just a Joke? Melbourne
A barricade of picket fencing 5ft. high and 25ft. long, torn down from a nearby railway line and placed across Moore-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreckage Seen Off Coast Shipping Warned Of Danger
Wreckage was sighted yesterday on the South Coast, off Bermagul, by the interstate cargo steamer, Coolana. It is a danger to navigation, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Floating Wreckage. Shipping Warned
Ships have been warned that floating wreckage was seen off the South Coast of New South Wales, near Bermagui, on Sunday morning. The Deputy-Director of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Belgian Trawler Wrecked Twelve Lives Lost in Two Days London
Three lives were lost when the Belgian trawler Vierge Marie was wrecked in terrific seas near Lands-end…
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