The Mernoo. Coastal Steamer to be Cable Ship. MELBOURNE
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 11
The interstate cargo steamer Mernoo is now being fitted out at Williamstown as a cable repair ship. She will be the first vessel of her kind owned in Australia. She has been…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →More Than 500 Pupils Die; School Wreck Building Collapses After Explosion Fire Adds To Horror Of The Catastrophe Frenzied Parents New York
The Sun · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 1
WITH the wreckage of their school falling in on them, between 500 and 600 pupils were killed in Overton (Texas) to-day. It is estimated that between 30 and 40 teachers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEWCASTLE & Metrop. Foundries at Work Lockout Has Misfired Owners Survey Wreckage Unions Move
The Labor Daily · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 7
COMPLETELY failing in its attempt to conscript the Newcastle Metal Trades Association and large metropolitan foundries behind its lockout declaration, the Metal Trades…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cliff Wreck
The Sun · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 2
The trawler Lord Ernle, fast on the rocks at the foot of Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire, England. Eighteen of the crew were rescued by lifeline. Amateur wireless stations received dramatic radio messages from an operator locked in his cabin who described how his ship was breaking up on the rocks.--Air Mail…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Survivor of Old Wreck Death at Newcastle Newcastle
The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 12
A pro[?]ment member of the Seamen's Union, who had been a resident of Carrington and Newcastle district for over 30 [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Row on Steamer at Sea Vessel Puts Back with Injured Seaman
The Sun · Sunday 21 March 1937 · page 12
In a row between factions among the crew of the cargo steamer Kini last night, Ivan Terry, 32, a fireman, suffered a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Haiping Wreckage. Found Near Ballina. Ship Believed to Have BrokenUp. LISMORE
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 11
The finding of a considerable quantity of wreckage on the beach at Broadwater, six miles south of Ballina, is believed to have allayed fears that the steamer Haiping which…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Blast Killed Shopkeeper Building Wrecked By Explosion BRISBANE
The Sun · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 13
Injuries from which Mr. A. Aston, afterwards died in hospital were inflicted early to-day, when his small- goods shop in Innisfail was wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Heroine of Lost Haiping Story Of Shipwreck In "Woman"
The Sun · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 6
It takes more than a shipwreck to destroy the courage of Mrs. Laloe, wife of the captain of the foundered Haiping. The story of her…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Haiping Wreckage
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 2
LISMORE, Sunday.--Fears that the Chinese steamer Haiping, which was abandoned about 100 miles north of Brisbane recently, would drift and be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Afire
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 1
LONDON, Monday.--Captain Leith, of the steamer Mary Moller, off Holyhead (Wales), sent a radio message that the bunkers and cargo were on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stop Press Steamer Afire
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 1
LONDON, Monday. -- Steamer Mary Moller (2700 tons) afire off Holyhead (Wales). Two explosions Lifeboats standing by. Fire float…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Last Steamer for the Coronation Scout Troop Off by Orama
The Sun · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 1
TO a chorus of song and coo- ees, the liner Orama left her berth to- day. She is the last big liner to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wrecked Wife Not Daunted
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 9
THE crew of the Haiping, abandoned at sea last week, reached Sydney yesterday by the Katoomba from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Racing To Aid Of Steamer BOSTON
The Labor Daily · Wednesday 24 March 1937 · page 7
COASTGUARD cutters and other craft are proceeding to the assistance of the Norweglan liner Bjerklf, which has sent, out an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →World Cruise in Fishing Schooner. Fashions in Fishnet, Memories of Cape Cod
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 March 1937 · page 36
FROM the picturesque community of Cape Cod, U.S.A., which grew from a fishing village of the Pilgrim Fathers to an artists' colony, has come one of those…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →Steamer's Race to Sea Rough Weather At Island
The Sun · Wednesday 24 March 1937 · page 19
"Nothing ever happens to us," said Captain H. Dempster, commander of the British freighter I[?]vington Court, which arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Fire in Steamer. Crew of 72 Rescued. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, March 23
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 March 1937 · page 17
The crew of 72 were rescued by lifeboat from the British steamer Mary Moller, in which a fire broke out when the vessel was off Holyhead on a voyage from India to…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →'Plane Wreckage Near N.Z. AUCKLAND
The Sun · Wednesday 24 March 1937 · page 21
More wreckage, believed to be that of the aeroplane lost in Cook Strait, was found by fishermen to-day. They saw a machine flying low…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →'Plane Wreck Search Pilot's Crash Into Deep Water MELBOURNE
The Sun · Wednesday 24 March 1937 · page 28
After working all night, the Harbor Trust barge and diver and Air Force launches to-day resumed the search for the single-seater Bulldog fighting…
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