Glaucus a Ring Wrecker
WHEN Cecil Battye pops VENICE out at one of the mid-week or provincial meetings the rest of the field will have as much chance of downing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938
730 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 37
Hotel Is Wrecked by Gang Refused Drink, So Made Attack Four Arrests Melbourne
EVERY window in the Kinglake Hotel was broken and damage amounting to £100 was caused to-day by a gang of youths, who attacked…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Awful Death Roll in Munitions Blast Citizens Flee As Explosions Wreck Factory Fascist Censorship on Details Rome
AN appalling number of deaths was caused by three tremendous explosions in a munitions factory at Segni, 40 miles from Rome. An early estimate of the casualties placed the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck on Cornish Coast. Lifeboat Also in Trouble. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Feb. 1
After rescuing 24 members of the crew of the steamer Alba (2310 tons), registered in Panama, which went on the rocks off the Cornish coast, the St. Ives lifeboat was struck…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →4 DROWN 100 Yds. Offshore Lifeboat Oyer in Wild Seas London
FOUR of the crew of the Italian steamer Alba were drowned when the St. Ives" (Cornwall) lifeboat capsized 100…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →For Women H.m.a.s. Canberra Dance Held Ashore
COLONEL J. J. LLEWELLIN (Civil Lord of the Admiralty), and LADY EVELYN DRUMMOND, MISS MOLLY BREARLEY and REAR-ADMIRAL R. H. O. LANE-POOLE, at the dance given by the Rear-Admiral and the officers of the Royal Australian Navy, in honour of the officers of the visiting warships, at David Jones, George Street, last night. FLYING-OFFICER H. B. JOHNSON and MISS ROBIN EAK1N, consulting…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Refused to Load Jap. Steamer London
Stevedores refused to load the Japanese steamer Haruma Maru with pig-iron and steel sheets. This is the third or fourth case of a similar…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australia's "Treasure Islands" Jewels and Gold Hidden in the Far North Scattered over the beds of almost every sea in the world lie the wrecks of ships, many of them ancient galleons of the Spanish Main or prizes of cut-throat pirate bands, in the holds of which are gold and gems of immense value, which would yield a fine fortune if they were recovered
ONE of the richest known collections of these wrecks is on the floor of Vigo Bay (Spain), where Franco-Spanish treasure ships,…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Nyon Powers to Meet Sinking of Brit. Steamer More Warships To Patrol Eden's Move London
THE foreign Secretary, Mr. Eden, has summoned representatives of the Nyon Pact Powers to meet in London this afternoon to consider…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fishermen's Perils Victim Of Wreck Loses Claim
After hearing a witness describe how he set off on a first voyage in the three-tons fishing boat Joyron, at the Workers' Compensation Court…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Claims Shock From Shipwreck
A claim for shock and nervous exhaustion due to a shipwreck--the first of its type to be heard in this State--will come before the Workers'…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shock Claim After Wreck
Alleged shock from nervous exhaustion after the wreck of a fishing boat is the ground for a claim which will come before the Workers' Compensation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ketch's Eventful Cruise. Stormy Voyage From Lord Howe Island. Coff's Harbour
The 35ft ketch Bissy Girl arrived at Co[?] Harbour yesterday, after an eventiul voya[?] from Lord Howe Island. The [?]etch left Lor Howe Island on January 26, and struck ca[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Homes Wrecked During Monday's Severe Storm. Residents Isolated in West Kogarah. Biggest Traffic Hold-up Ever Experienced in St. George
A severe storm sweeping over the St. George District last Monday, created the biggest traffic difficulties ever experienced, motor ears being unable to cross main thoroughfares caused by extensive floods. Almost ten inches of rain fell during the morning, and accompanied…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Need for Fake Collision Realism In Film Sequence On Harbor Boat Wrecked
A SPEEDBOAT crashed through tho bow of a University racing eight at Double Bay yesterday, hurling the crew into the water. The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Air Force Machine Crashes 2 Hurt, Plane Wrecked Melbourne
A ROYAL Australian Air Force Dragon-Rapide machine crashed op landing at Laverton Air Force Station…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another British Steamer Sunk! London
THE British tramp steamer Alcira was sunk by two insurgent seaplanes from Palma to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Adrift in Open Boat. Two Boys and a Dog. Washed Ashore at 3 A.M. MELBOURNE
All last night, two boys, with a dog, drifted across Hobson's Bay, in an open rowing boat, without food, while waves threatened to swamp the craft. At 3 a.m. to-day the boat was…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Wreckage of Ship Found Berlin
DEBRIS believed to be the wreckage of the German steamer Richard Borchardt, 1555 tons, which has been missing since January 25…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecked Saros Breaks in Half
MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- With heavy seas crashing right over her, the steamer Saros, wrecked off Cape Everard on December 25, broke in half today…
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