Across Australia By Plane, Train And Steamer Flying in a Dust Storm Travelling in Comfort Through a Desert
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 1
"Fancy getting fresh, boiled snapper in the middle of the desert," writes Mr. c. E. Attwater, describing a trip on the transcontinental train…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plane Wrecked Pilot Injured Moth Out of Control. Melbourne
Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 5
John Sherwin (27), of Mornington was seriously injured this morning when a Moth plane he piloted crashed at Mornington…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreckers Found In Red Army Schools Purge of Teaching Staffs. London
Daily Examiner · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 5
"The Times" Warsaw correspondent states that it is reported from Moscow that the O.G.P.U. discovered a nest of spies and wreckers among the lecturers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Rocks Collier Belbowrie Ashore Off Maroubra Crew Safe-two in Hospital Sydney
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 4
The collier Belbowrie, bound from Sydney to Shell Harbor, ran aground in heavy rain off Maroubra to-night. The crew of 10 were rescued with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Seven Dead Lifeboat Lost in Gale One Survivor Washed Ashore Tragedy Off Cornish Coast London
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 5
Seven are believed to have been drowned when the St. Ives lifeboat was lost in a terrific, north-westerly gale. The remaining member of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Houses Wrecked Barraba Suffers in Terrific Storm
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 4
Houses were wrecked, trees uprooted, telephone and telegraph lines smashed down, and a number of residents injured in a terrific storm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mechanising the Lifeboat
Daily Examiner · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 9
There are now 164 'lifeboats round the British coast, of which 139 are motor lifeboats. Soon the whole fleet will be mechanised…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Launch Wrecked One Man Missing Companion Rescued. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 5
Trapped under a 250ft. cliff and swept by seas for 24 hours, a naked man, believed to be Robert Nashford. 45, of Chatswood, was rescued near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Six Japanese Rescued From Wrecked Submarine. Tokio
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 February 1939 · page 5
Six members of the crew of the Japanese submarine which was sunk after a collision a few days ago, were rescued. The remaining 81, it is feared, are dead…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Interned Smuggling German Jews. Jerusalem
Daily Examiner · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 5
Police seized and interned the Greek steamer Artemisi, in the vicinity of Telaviv, while allegedly smuggling in German Jews. The crew and 17…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Fires Discovered On Steamer Work of I.R.A. Rebels. London
Daily Examiner · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 5
Three fires, believed to be the work of the I.R.A., broke out in the Great Western Railways steamer, St. David, after its arrival at Fishguard, bringing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New North Coast Steamer
Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 February 1939 · page 4
Work on the North Coast Company new steamer to replace the Urana. which was wrecked on the Mid-North Coast about two years ago, is nearing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pig Iron Export Another Steamer At Port Kembla Unions Agree to Load. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 February 1939 · page 5
A large conference of representatives of South Coast and Sydney unions at a meeting at Wollongong to-night recommended to Port Kembla waterside…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ship Torpedoed by Unknown Submarine 200 Miles From The Azores No Sign of Wreckage Found London
Daily Examiner · Friday 24 February 1939 · page 5
An S.O.S. from a ship giving the call sign, P.E.C.C. and stating the position at apparently 200 miles from the Azores, was picked up by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WRECKED German Clubs and Schools Rioting in Poland. Warsaw
Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 5
Students have resumed anti-German rioting and many were injured in encounters with the police. The German clubs and German High…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Sinking Ships Rush to Aid. New York
Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 5
After standing by all day and far into the night, the Newfoundland was able to take off only a few members of the crew of the wooden steamer, Ranger,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cargo Shifted During Heavy Seas. Steamer Anchored in Coff's Harbor. Coff's Harbor
Daily Examiner · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 4
The steamer Malake, of the John Burke line, Brisbane, which left Sydney on Friday and was due to arrive in Brisbane on Monday, is at present…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Plane Wreckage Found in Alps. Nice
Daily Examiner · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 5
A skier near Rubion, in the lower Alps, found ten bodies amid the debris of the German plane, Dalus, which had been lost since a flight across the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Sinks Crew Safe Ashore. Singapore
Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 5
Following an explosion, which killed one Siamese in the engine room, the Siam Steam Navigation vessel, Malini, bound for Bankok, from Singapore,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Storm Camping Ground Wrecked. Newcastle
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 3
Torrential rain, accompanied by wind of cyclonic force, wrecked the camping ground at South Belmont Park this afternoon…
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