Maitland Gale. Anniversary of Two Wrecks
Forty-one years ago a great storm, now known as the Maitland Gale, raged along the New South Wales coast. The gale continued for several days, but…
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631 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 32
Unhappy Childhood Can Wreck Marriage Watch For Background Traits, Declares Psychologist
A HAPPY childhood, home discipline that was consistent, but not…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Sydney Men Join Crew Of Schooner
A Russian, a city architect, an American traveller, and a young Sydney amateur wireless operator, have joined the crew of the schooner…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Two Hurt on Manly Ferry Steamer. Fall From Deck Indirectly Caused Second Accident
An accident on a Manly ferry steamer yesterday, which resulted in a young man severely injuring his spine, was the indirect cause of a boy of 14 breaking an arm…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Wreck of the Quay. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Times marches on, and the scene at the Quay is very little different from what it has been for years past—wreck which has cost hundreds of thousands of pounds to date…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New Steamer Bundaleer Modern Radio Equipment
The Adelaide S.S. Company's new cargo steamer Bundaleer, now on her way to Australia from the builder's yards at Dundee,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Architect on Schooner Trip
The American schooner, Henrietta, under the command of its owner, Bailey Sawyer, will leave Rose Bay late to-day for a cruise to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Sinks Our Own Cable Service
SHANGHAI, Wednesday.--The British steamer Lindenbank, 500 tons, sank after striking a reef 250 miles south of Manilla today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Steamer Sinks. Strikes Reef in Sulu Sea. U.S. Warship to Rescue. Manila, May 10. (A.A.P.)
The United States destroyer Pope wirelessed to-day that the British tramp steamer Lindenbank (5,057 tons) struck the Arena Reef in the Sulu Sea, and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →S.S. LINDENBANK Wrecked Near Borneo
Advice has been received to the effect that the "Bank" Line steamer Lindenbank was wrecked last Tuesday on Arena Reef in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Schooner to Sail To-day
The visiting American schooner Henrietta, which has been moored at circular Quay for several weeks, was taken to Rose Bay yesterday and prepared for sea. She will sail out…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Naval Men for England. Hammocks in Cargo Steamer. Return by Cruiser
More than 200 naval ratings "will leave Sydney at 11 a.m. to-day in the steamer Autolycus for England, where they will form part of the crew that will bring…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →200 Perish in Wreck. Oslo, May 14. (A.A.P.)
Two hundred men, constituting the whole of the crow, are believed to have perished when the Russian guard ship Turga sank. Sealers report having found the bodies of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wreck Gives Up Gold of 1711
PERTH, Sunday.--Authorities believe that coins said to have been found near the Murchison River by an aboriginal may be relics from the graveyard of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fishermen Row 150 Miles After Wreck
BOSTON, Sunday.--All 47 members of the sunken fishing schooners Edith C. Rose and Isabelle Parker have been rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ordeal Of Wrecked Lugger Crew
A fisherman today brought news of the wreck of a lugger, a fortnight ago, on the barren north-western coast…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Topsail Schooner Boasts A "Chef"
The chef is the most important member of the dozen-strong crew of the topsail schooner Huia. This is the considered opinion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russian Sealer Wrecked. Twenty Believed Drowned. LONDON, May 15. (A.A.P.)
A message from Tromsoe says that twenty members of the crew of a Russian sealer are believed to have been drowned in the White S[?] Five bodies have been washed up. The…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Body Found Beside Wrecked Plane. London, May 15. (A.A.P.)
A message from Kuala Lumpur (Malaya) says that a native has discovered the body of the Englishman Littleton Hay, who was believed to have crashed while flying in a club…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Ketch Five Days Overdue
The 30ft. ketch Tonka, manned by the Stokes brothers, of Bondi, is five days overdue at Lord Howe Island…
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