Explosion on Steamer Crew of 40 Takes To The Boats HONOLULU
A radio message received to-day from the cargo steamer, Fijian, trading to Panama, stated that the crew of 40 were abandoning the vessel,…
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Missing 'Plane. More Wreckage Found. Wellington (N.z.)
Another strut and small pieces of wing, believed to be from the 'plane which disappeared while flying across the Cook Strait yesterday, were found at Makara…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Letters to the Editor High Steamer Fares
ON TUESDAY, speaking at the Rotary Club, I said that the fares between Australia and New Zealand were among the highest in the world…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tornadoes in U.S.A. Lives Lost; Houses Wrecked. New York, March 25
Tornadoes created havoc at Ozark (Alabama) and Winchester (Kentucky). At Ozark two people were killed, houses were wrecked, and trees were uprooted, and thirty people…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Crew in Boats Picked Up Damaged Steamer Sinks San Francisco
The Chamber of Commerce has been advised that the freighter Fijian, on which an explosion occurred while she was on the way to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wrecking of Cinema. China's Protest to Italy. Nanking, March 26
The Nanking Government is again protesting to Italy regarding the wrecking of a cinema in Shanghai in February. Italy's first reply was deemed to be unsatisfactory…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Wreckage May Be Duchess's Plane
LONDON, Friday.--Wreckage found at sea off Sheringham is declared now to be part of a Moth plane such as that in which the aged Duchess of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Radio Tower Is Wrecked Inquiry Shows Collapse Not Accidental Melbourne
To see race meetings at Williamstown, announcers of a Melbourne B class broadcasting station use a 40-foot tower on private property near…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Overdue Steamer at Darwin Darwin
The coastal steamer Maroubra returned to Darwin early yesterday two days late…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yachtsmen Washed Ashore. Boat Disabled in Heavy Seas. MELBOURNE
Four yachtsmen spent 14 anxious hours in the disabled auxiliary yacht Jean, close to a reef off the beach at Mornington, on Saturday night and early yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Sinking Far Out to Sea Shipped 8 Feet of Water Honolulu
FIVE ships are rushing to aid the American freighter Volunteer, which has radioed that she is sinking 850 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yacht Wrecked at St. Kilda Occupants' Trying Ordeal MELBOURNE
Blown on the rocks at St. Kilda in last night's storm, Messrs. G. Offen and C. Noakes lost their 22ft. cabin yacht Comet and all their holiday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broadcast Tower Wrecked Melbourne
A few hours before the commencement of Williamstown race meeting yesterday, a tower used by racing commentators from a B class radio…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lucky Escape in Wreck Yacht Blown Ashore Melbourne
MESSRS G. Offen and O. Noakes were fortunate to escape alive when their 22ft cabin yacht. Comet, was blown on to a rock slipway and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Helpless Freighter. Steamer Standing By. HONOLULU, March 29
The Honolulu radio station has intercepted a message stating that the Fresno City is standing by the American freighter Volunteer, which yesterday sent out S.O.S. messages…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Spanish Steamer. Shelled by Insurgents. London, March 29
The Spanish steamer, Mar Caspio (3080 tons), from Newcastle-on-Tyne, with coal for a French factory at Bayonne, went ashore after it had been shelled by insurgent…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Soviet. M. Stalin's Outburst. "Spies and Wreckers." Moscow, March 29
The Soviet dictator (M. Stalin), in setting out a new programme against sabotage and Trotskyism, declares that France and England are full of German spies and wreckers, while…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Firm's Heavy Losses Walls Wrecked by Explosions Brisbane
LARGE quantities of oil, kerosene, turpentine, and other highly inflammable stocks were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Yacht-wreck on St. Hilda's Wild Coast
MELBOURNE, Monday.--Blown ashore on to the rocks at St. Kilda in last night's storm, Messrs. G. Offen and C. Noakes, of Albert Park, lost…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lifeboat Believed From Haiping
According to advice received by the Deputy-Director of Navigation and Lighthouses, Capt. Roskruge, a damaged lifeboat, believed to be off…
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