Aerials Wrecked
The Wireless Station at Darwin, the aerials of which were blown down by Wednesday night's cyclone…
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Pearlers. Patrol Will Search. Skiff Wrecked. Men Reach Safety. Darwin
Pearlers in Darwin are growing, more anxious regarding the safety of the pearling fleet which they believe was in the direct path of the cyclone…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Awards for Bravery. Shipwreck Relief Society
At a meeting of the Royal Shipwreck Relief and Humane Society of New South Wales, it was decided to award a certificate of merit and bar to Inspector Sharples for saving…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Stinson Disaster Cause Downward Air Currents, Says Air Committee "Wreck Soon Found If Wireless Carried"
THE Stinson airliner was wrecked on February 19 in the Macpherson Range, on its flight from Brisbane to Sydney, because a downward air current was in excess of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Long Trip by Ketch Launceston
Word has been received of the arrival of the 38-ton auxiliary ketch. Lady Jean, at Townsville, Queensland, after a 12-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Launch's Peril. Collision with Water Bus. Woman Swims Ashore
When the water bus Crane II. and the 19-foot fishing launch Kia Ora collided in Sydney Harbour yesterday, the launch was badly damaged, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ordeal in Mangrove Swamps Two Of The Victims Of Cyclone Rescued Boats Ashore Darwin
BEVAN COCHRANE and Jimmy Ah Hee were brought back to Darwin to-day by Arthur Tye and Captain Scott, who had been searching…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Leaking Steamer Fights Storm Engines Awash, Pumps Failing, 400 Miles Race Freighter Stands by Stricken Ship Brisbane
LEAKING badly, with the engine-room awash and one boiler out of commission, the steamer Haiping wirelessed this afternoon for assistance…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Capsized Dredger Blown Ashore. London, March 15
The Dutch tin-dredger Kintoeng, which capsized near the Eddystone Lighthouse in last week's storm, while being towed to the East Indies, has become stranded at West Fowey…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Lifeboat Smashed in Sea Rescue Haiping Abandoned: Dramatic Radio Messages 30 Men, One Woman Leave Sinking Ship Brisbane
THE sinking steamer Haiping was abandoned by her crew off the Queensland coast yesterday, and was last seen drifting, low in the water, 32 miles east of Sandy Cape…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Whales Washed Ashore. Kiama
A 20-fcet grey whale was washed up on Kendall's Beach, Kiama, early this morning. It had apparently been the victim of killers for it had been badly wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Burning Steamer in Port Honolulu
The Silver Larch made port last night escorted by an American cutter. The fire was still blazing and port fire-fighters immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mildura Shelters From Gale Had Rescued Crew Of Sinking Steamer
A MESSAGE from the master of the rescue ship Mildura to the Director of Navigation and Lighthouses, Capt. Burch,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Mail 'Plane. Burnt Wreckage Found. Three Persons Killed. London, March 16
The burnt wreckage of the Imperial Airways night 'plane Jupiter was found near Memmingen (Bavaria). The three occupants were dead…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Steamer Sinks: Crew Safe
THE coastal steamer, Hall Caine sank yesterday off Cape Three Points, Broken Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Schooner Sinks. Destroyer Rescues Crew. WASHINGTON, March 17
Eight men aboard the sinking British schooner Avon Queen, were rescued off San Salvador Island, in the Bahamas, by the United States destroyer Fairfax…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Crew of Haiping. To Take Steamer to China. BRISBANE
Captain L. F. Laloe, with his wife, and the officers and Chinese crew of the abandoned steamer Haiping, will leave Brisbane by the Katoomba on Saturday for Sydney, on their…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Enhancing Prestige of Blue Ensign Comorin's Dash to Aid of Greek Steamer
THE story of how the Comorin raced 140 miles to the Greek steamer, Dunavis, following receipt of a strangely worded message from the captain, was told to-day when the Comorin reached Sydney from London. No one on board…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Rescue Steamer in Port How The Haiping's Crew Was Taken On S.S. Mildura Chinese in Sea Brisbane
IT took three hours to transfer the officers and crew of the abandoned. Ha[?]ping to the A.U.S.N. freighter Mildura, it was related by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Varied Luck of Brotriers Lottery Win But Ship Foundered
By a Strange coincidence of luck, Albert Cam. fish and potato agent. of Harris Street. Sydney, received news that he had drawn £500 in a…
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