Wreckage Found Missing Flying Boat. Calcutta
Wreckage of the Imperial Airways flying boat, Hanibal, has been located from the air two miles east of Raselkuh on the south coast of Iran. There is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1940
73 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 4
Steamer Sunk Strikes Breakwater Fishermen Rescue Crew. Sydney
The coastal steamer, Idant, of 121 tons, sank after crashing into the breakwater at Camden Haven to-day as it was crossing the bar…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Struck a Rock Steamer Kahiki Sinks Officers and Crew Saved. Burnie (Tasmania)
Striking an uncharted rock on the west point of Mallawah last night, the 1700 ton steamer Kahiki, bound from Strahan to Melbourne, foundered and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stranded Tyalgum Still Ashore on Tweed. Murwilumbah
A further attempt to refloat the stranded steamer Tyalgum, which was made to-day, had to be deferred for a fortnignt, during the next big tides…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U-BOAT Interned In Norway Ran Ashore on Coast. London
A message from Oslo reports that Norway has interned a German submarine, the U21, which went aground on the Norwegian coast last Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Service As Usual From Sydney
The North Coast S.N. Coy. advises that there has been no alteration in the steamer service to the Clarence River…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →40,000 Tons Nazi Ships Sunk In Skager Rak Battle Bodies Floating Ashore German Troopships Go Down. London
British and German naval forces are engaged in a great sea battle outside Swedish waters, near Marstand. The engagement was still proceeding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Smart Seamanship Saves Steamer's Crew Wannon on Rocks. Launceston
Only smart seamanship averted loss of life when the Holyman freighter Wannon struck the rocks off the Leven River, Ulverstone, last night, tearing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Failed Launch Adrift At Sea Rescued by Pilot Steamer
Due to a breakdown in the engine, two occupants, of a 25ft. motor launch drifted helplessly about two miles off the coast for 18 hours before it was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Lifeboat Eight Dead Bodies Survivors Horrible Sufferings. London
Horrible sufferings of the crew of the steamer. Stancliffe, were revealed when a battered ship's lifeboat was swept up on the rock-bound Shetland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reported Wrecked Nazi Warships Deutschland and Scharnhorst British Cruisers Bombard Stavanger Aerodrome R.A.F. Attack Along Norwegian Coast. London
Allied operations in Norway are likely to be conducted on a large scale and to be pushed home as speedily as possible, until the Germans are evicted, declared a highly placed London authority. The London "Times" diplomatic correspondent states that all the news…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Fire Extinguished by Fire Float. Sydney
Smart work by the crew of the fire float Pluvius prevented serious damage when an outbreak of fire occurred in the boiler room of an overseas freighter of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →3000 Dead Germans Washed Ashore Strategic Positions Battle of Tactics in Norway Sea, Land and Air Clashes Norwegian Commander's Proclamation French Fleets Success in Skager Rak Battle London
Three thousand dead Germans have been washed up on the eastern shores of Oslo Fjord. The invaders also lost great Quantities of arms and munitions and other supplies. Between April 9 and April 24, twenty-six German troop transports were either sunk by Allied action or scuttled. Ten…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coastal Steamer Aground Near Newcastle. Newcastle
A coastal steamer went aground in the sand near Nobbys Beach. With no steam up and helpless in the face of a northerly wind and the strong current…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.C. Steamer May Be Refloated. Newcastle
Low tide this morning revealed that the North Coast steamer which went aground on Nobby's beach last night had been holed through striking a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stranded Steamer
The deferred third attempt to refloat the stranded steamer Tyalgum at the entrance of the Tweed River will be made on May 21 when there will be an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crossed Bar With "Ball" Against Him Master of Wrecked Steamer. Sydney
Captain Gilbert Georgeson Manson master of the coastal steamer [?] which foundered at Camden Haven [?] March 12, after striking the [?]orthern…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Italian Steamer Sunk. London
The Italian steamer Fos[?]olo was sunk by bombing off the Dutch coast this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Killed R.A.A.F. Plane Crash Fire Destroys Wreck. Brisbane
Pilot Officer A. Goman, of Perth, and Warrant Officer P. J. Pritchard, of Melbourne, were killed, when a R.A.A.F. plane went into a dive at 200 feet from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Greek Steamer Sunk. [?]
The Greek steamer [?]…
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