Wreckage Washed Up. Johannesburg, Jan. 1
Pieces of cork and timber, which had been long immersed in the sea, were washed ashore at Keimouth, near East London, and it is being suggested that they may be from the…
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Sold to Greek Buyers Another Standard Steamer
Another of the old standard cargo steamers built for the British Government during the latter part of the war has disappeared…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blast Wrecks Eire Customs Station
BELFAST (Northern Ireland), Monday.--A Customs hut near Dundalk (Eire) was shattered by an explosion last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Husband And Wife Swept From Rocks, Drown In Wild Sea Woman Brought Ashore on Fishing Line
HUSBAND and wife were swept from the rocks and drowned at Evan's Head, near Lismore, yesterday. They were Aubrey Kenneth Biddies, 25, and his wife, Phyllis, 22…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Too Hot To Walk On Wrecked Flying-Boat DARWIN
Much of the work of dismantling the wrecked Qantas Empire Airways flying-boat Coorong is being done by night. During the day, the metal plane is heated by the blazing sun…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Atlantic To Pacific In Ketch, Solo
BOSTON, December 22.--A hardy seafarer, Captain William A. Crowell, completed a solo cruise in a 23-foot ketch, under sail alone, from Halifax. N.S., to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Greek Steamer Themoni for Australia
The Greek steamer Themoni, recently completed at Sunderland for the Kassos Steam Navigation Company, of Syra, has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bather Gashed On Old Wreck
Coming in on a shoot at Maroubra beach yesterday, a man had his stomach badly gashed on an old wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Windward II Better Cutter Than Schooner
Windward II (J. M. Hardie) scored her second win of the season when she won the Norn Cup for No. 1 Division yachts on…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →North Steyne Surf Men First Ashore
NORTH STEYNE "A" winning the third heat of the senior surf boat race from Cronulla "A" and Dee Why (in background) at North Cronulla surf carnival on Saturday. North Steyne "A" was second in the final to Freshwater…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Knife Drawn on Steamer Melee Among Crew; One Hurt
A knife was allegedly produced during a fierce melee among the crew in the forecastle of the steamer City of Delhi last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ugly Gashes From Maroubra Wreck
Nearly 500 surfers have been badly injured on jagged pieces of a wreck embedded in the sand at Maroubra. Abdominal, head, and leg wounds have had to be stitched…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreckage Menace
FIVE HUNDRED bathers, have in past years, been injured on the submerged remains of the barque…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Afire. 300 Passengers Aboard. in South Pacific. London, Jan. 9
The steamer Rimutaka (16,600 tons), bound from London to Auckland, via Panama, with 300 passengers and a full cargo, has sent a wireless message from…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →New Australian Steamer Cycle Launched
The single-screw cargo steamer Cycle, 5450 tons d.w., built by R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co., Ltd., Hebburn, for Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pilot Injured in Plane Crash. Carried From Wreckage. MELBOURNE
John Sherwin, 27, single, was seriously injured to-day when a Royal Victorian Aero Club Tiger Moth which he was piloting crashed on to a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Boat Washed Ashore. Wagstaff Point
A boat, practically new, about 12 feet long, was washed ashore on Tallow Beach, near Big Box Head, Broken Bay. It contained one scull, and was badly battered. There was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Educational "Wreckers." Soviet Army Schools. (Published in "The Times.") WARSAW, Jan. 12
It is reported from Moscow that the Ogpu (Soviet secret police) have discovered a nest of spies and "wreckers' among the lecturers in Moscow's…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fishing Boats Wrecked. Gosford
Three Gosford men, Mr. A. Hickey, solicitor, Mr. G. Nalder, of the Commonwealth Bank, and Mr. Deldrago, of the Union Bank, had narrow escapes from drowning on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Vain Quest for Wreck Remover
"I can't find an experienced wreck remover," the town clerk of Randwick (Mr. Hall) told the council at its last meeting…
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