U. S. Cargo Ship Ashore. Brisbane
A United States cargo ship of 3900 tons from San Francisco ran ashore on an island in the Pacific early to-day.' Vessels are going to her assistance,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1940
73 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 4
Far East British Steamer Released Japs Consider "Final Measures." London
In Tokio to-day the British Ambassador, Sir Robert Craigie, visited the Vice Foreign Minister. Mr. Tani, and heard further explanations of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accidents Still Wrecking Homes
In three days last week seven children were rendered fatherless because of road accident. Here we have painful corroboration of the fact that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Road Accidents Still Wrecking Homes
In three days last week seven children were rendered fatherless because of road accidents. Here we have painful corroboration of the fact…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Struck a Rock 60 Lives Lost in Chilean Steamer. Valparaiso
The Chilean steamer Moraleda, sunk after, in the Straits of Magelian, Sixty-six were drowned, and only 33…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →39 DEAD Explosion In Italy Powder Factory Wrecked. London
Thirty nine persons were killed and hundreds of workers were injured as a result of an explosion in the shell [?] department of a powder factory…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blazing Ruins Left by R.A.F. BOMBERS Oill Refineries Wrecked Devastates Successes London
R.A.F. bomber pilots, participating in last night's raids on oil refineries on the band of the Gironde Estuary, near Bordeaux, witnessed an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Raider In The Indian Ocean British Steamer Shelled. London
It seems reasonable to assume that the raider which, according to reports from the American Mackay radio, shelled the steamer, British…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pacific Raider Another Steamer Overdue. Melbourne
The Minister for the Navy, Mr. Cameron, announced to-day that it had been reported from Noumea that the French steamer, Notau, which sailed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Drowned Launch Washed Ashore Fishing Party's Ordeal. Jervis Bay
Harry Measham, head cellarman and assistant manager of Aaron's Hotel Sydney, was drowned when a fishing launch was washed ashore in a gale of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Widespread Disorders in Rumania Crowd Wrecks Italian Consulate Russian Troops Are Moving on Frontier Germans Expected To Act If Soviet Marches LONDON
The disorders in Rumania yesterday are now revealed to have been more widespread and more serious than was supposed. Despite the outward calm there is an undertone of anxiety The Iron Guard is expected to exploit the popular anger throughout the country…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Violent Explosion French Factory Wrecked. London
The German radio announced that a violent explosion destroyed a factory near Lyons, employing 12,000 persons. The announcer added that foul play…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecked Homes Poor of London Huns' Foul Attacks Cabinet Minister's Broadcast London
After inspecting the bomb-wrecked homes of London's poor in the East End, the Minister for Shipping, Mr. Ronald Cross, said in a broadcast that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Missing Launch Found Off Byron Bay Three Men Well Picked Up by Steamer
The fishing launch which was driven out to sea by a gale from the fishing grounds near Coff's Harbor last Sunday, was picked up last night by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Five Days Drift Coff's Harbor Launch Story of Privation Rescued by Coastal Steamer. Lismore
A story of privation during five days in a gate at sea, with rations for only two days, the steering gear of the launch carried away and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sturdy Old Maianbar Wreck Withstands Gale
Exposed for hours to a 40 to 50 mile an hour gale and waves that often broke over the deck, the wreck of the North Coast steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plane Wrecked Landing At Mascot Instructor and Pupil Hurt. Sydney
Two men were injured when a New South Wales Aero Club plane crashed at Mascot aerodrome to-day when landing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Badly Holed American Schooner Valuable Equipment Lost Brisbane
A powerful tug left Rockhampton yesterday to attempt to salvage the American schooner, Director II., but the seas were too rough for the attempt to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stranded Schooner Refloating Efforts Fail. Gladstone (Q.)
The crew of the American luxury schooner, Director the Second, which went aground off Gladstone on Friday, are living in an unoccupied shop in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woolgoolga Launch Nearly Wrecked
Mr. R. T. Allen's fishing launch was badly damaged last Monday afternoon when the rising seas caused a mooring line to break. The launch…
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