Collision in Irish Sea Passenger-steamer's Captain Drowned London
The passenger steamer Lairdsmoor, while on her way from Dublin to Glasgow, collided with the steamer [?]aranaki in the Irish Sea. The…
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Wrecked in Riot
A car winch was wrecked during the riot between Fascists and Communists in the Paris district of Clichy. A number of perrons were killed and injured…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Steamer Puts Back. Leak Discovered at Sea
The British cargo steamer, City of Glasgow (5321 tons), of the Ellerman Line, which cleared the Heads at 11.28 p.m. on Wednesday for Montreal, via ports, returned to port at…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Lloyd's Register Wreck Returns Third Quarter of 1936
Lloyd's Register wreck returns for the third quarter of 1936 show that, from all causes, the gross reduction in the Mercantile…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coat May Give Police Clue Man Missing From Steamer NEWCASTLE
Doubt concerning the identity of the passenger who disappeared from the steamer Hunter while on the way from Sydney to Newcastle early…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thrice-wrecked Sea Cook Tells His Tale
ADVENTURE and good cooking go together with James Rae, cook of the tramp Janeta. Polishing his pots and pans in the steamer's galley, he told the story of…
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LONDON, Sunday.--After a night ashore in a fog on Dungeness Bank, in the Strait of Dover, with 170 tourist passengers aboard, the Belgian liner…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Smart Schooner. Interesting Visitor to Sydney
An interesting vessel which will visit Sydney Harbour to-day is the smart little auxiliary schooner Huia, which is due to arrive from Melbourne with a cargo of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Belgian Liner Refloated Lifeboat Stood by During Night London
JUST before midnight the 8433-ton Belgian liner Anversville, carrying 170 passengers for a pleasure cruise, went ashore on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lugger Wrecked. Japanese Crews Ordeal. Darwin
Six Japanese members of the crew of the Darwin lugger Ena had a terrifying experience last Friday night when the lugger was wrecked on a reef off Port Essington, about…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Shipping Menaced by Giant Wreckage
COASTAL shipping is menaced by a massive piece of wreckage, which to-day was drifting into the shipping laneway, off the southern point at Maroubra. Navigation authorities are taking steps to plot its…
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Although lacking definite confirmation, it is reported that an order lias been placed with Messrs. Swan, Hunter & Wigwam…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floating Wreckage Seen Off Maroubra
A large wooden object, partially submerged by the surf, lias been seen off the southern point at Maroubra Beach. Efforts to tow it to the shore have been unsuccessful, as it…
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A Maritime Services Board tug will be sent from Sydney at daylight to-morrow to search for the obstruction to navigation reported…
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A piece of wreckage dangerous to shipping has been seen floating in the water between. Maroubra find Malabar. It is etimated that the object…
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LONDON, Tuesday.--Forty-four passengers and crew were rescued by lifeboats when the Norwegian steamer Rain and the Danish steamer Island…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Veteran Schooner Enters Heads at Dawn
With sails furled the auxiliary schooner Huia entered the Head s at dawn yesterday and dropped anchor in Rose Bay. Bringing a cargo of explosives from Melbourne, she made a good passage around the coast. One of the veteran interstate sailers the Huia ventures across the Tasman to New Zealand and through the Bight to West Australia, sometimes weathering storms that reduce the speed of modern liners…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →English Mails Delayed. Mishap to Steamer
The Postal Department advised last night that the steamer Largs Bay, carrying English mails for Australia, was prevented by engine trouble from arriving at Fremantle in…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Some Queensland Notes Catching Fish in a Steamer
THE Maheno, which stranded two years ago on the ocean beach on Fraser Island, has become firmly fixed in the sand, and heavy seas crash over its decks…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Franco's Challenge to Britain Steamer Seized Off Bilbao In Territorial Waters LONDON
IN a dramatic challenge to the might of H.M.S. Hood and Great Britain, the Spanish rebel cruiser Almirante Cervera…
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