Mishap on Coastal Steamer Paterson's Mast Snaps
Roy Blanch, a cinesound technician, was killed instantly yesterday when the foremast of the Paterson snapped while the vessel was anchored at…
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Two Dead; Feud on Schooner Ten Days of Horror on Board Drifting Vessel San Pedro (U.s.a.)
AN amazing shipboard feud was revealed tonight when the storm-battered schooner Aafje was towed into port. It was alleged that the man who chartered the vessel shot the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Night Search for Launch. Man And Boy Helpless Aboard Disabled Craft "No Sign" Reports Pilot Steamer
A DISABLED 25-foot launch with a man and a boy on board was adrift all yesterday afternoon and last night off the coast near Narrabeen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yacht Wrecked. Swept on to Breakwater. NEWCASTLE
While entering Lake Macquarie at half flood tide on Friday afternoon, the 35ft yacht Sea Sovereign, owned by Mr. R. Rogers, of Newcastle, hit the middle bank at the lake entrance…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Kakariki Wreck. Salvage to be Attempted. Portion of Cargo Recovered. Melbourne
The first step in the disposal of the wreck of the Kakariki, which sank after a collision with the coastal freighter Caradale on January 29, was made on Friday when the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Crocodile As Cause Of Plane Wreck? Port Moresby
A CROCODILE is believed to have caused the wreck of the Papuan Oil Development, Company's Sikorsky…
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NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--The 35ft. auxiliary yacht Sea Sovereign, which went ashore at Swansea while entering Lake Macquarle on Friday, Is a total…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bomb Wrecks Fire Alarm
A basket bomb exploded in a fire alarm telephone box in Kent Street, city, on Saturday night. Pieces of cast-iron were blown…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Launch in Peril. Drift Towards Rocks. Rescue by Pilot Steamer
The pilot steamer Captain Cook marie a dash from her moorings in Watson's Bay early last night to rescue a disabled motor launch, with two men…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A Mystery Shipwreck
IN a recent "Mail" mention was made of the Blue Bell Rock, which has risen from the sea in Keppel Bay (Q.) at the spot where the steamer Blue Bell…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Launch Wrecked. Adelaide
The motor launch, Mervyn, owned by Mr. J. G. Day, of Glenelg, and valued at between £400 and £500, was battered to pieces in rough seas outside the entrance to the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Nurse Drowned Rescuers Collapse When Brought Ashore
WHILE attempting to resous a com-panion, Mable Wright( 24), a nurse of the Hillcrest private hospital, Merewether, was carried out to sea and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Will Wattle Gum's Adventures The Strangers Come Ashore
THE strange packing- case, boat approaching the island on which Will Wattle- gum, Clarence [?]purra and little Snoot Snubble-toes…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cape Everard Scene of Saros Wreck Link with Captain Cook
When the interstate steamer Saros ran aground at Cape Everard recently its bow pointed directly at an obelisk erected on the shore by the Commonwealth Government in memory of Captain James Cook, states the "Geelong…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck of Urana at Old Bar—egyptian King and Former Premier — Far West Children at Taronga
A recent aerial photograph of the wreck of the coastal steamer Urana, which ran ashore in a fog al Old Bar, near Taree, on August 31. No attempt has been made lo salvage the vessel, which is still withstanding the battering of the seas. The director of the Art Gallery, Mr. Will Ashton, on the right, supervising the hanging of pictures…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wreckage of R.a.f. Bomber
This twisted mass of wreckage was an R.A.F. bomber. Four Air Force men were killed when it crashed at Stopharn Bridge, Sussex, recently, and burst into flames. Those who rushed to the scene were beaten back by the intense heat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Saros Wreck Court of Marine Inquiry Jan. 18
A Court of Marine Inquiry will be held at Melbourne on January 18 into the loss of the Howard Smith freighter Saros, which went ashore at Cape…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →S.o.s. Message Not Sent by Steamer
An S.O.S, message from some unknown source sent two ships at full speed to the rescue of the coastal steamer Himatangi yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →French Steamer. Eventful Christmas Eve in New Hebrides
Christmas Eve was unusually eventful for the French steamer Pierre Loti, which reached Sydney yesterday from Noumea. A delay of almost two hours was caused when the ship…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Can a Ferry Steamer Be Declared a Common Gaming House?
WILL the ferry boats following sailing events on Sydney Harbor be declared "common gamins houses,"…
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