Stranded Schooner Rolled Over by Rough Sea. Gladstone (Queensland)
The schooner, Director II., rolled over last night, after being pounded by a rough sea. It was completely covered at…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1940
73 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 4
Breaking Up Schooner on Reef Brisbane
The American schooner, Director II., which is aground on a reef in Port C[?]tis, is being battered by heavy seas following a strong south-east wind on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Sunk Off Australian Coast Probably Due To A Mine One of Crew Is Missing Sydney
A British vessel has been sunk off the Australian coast as the result of an explosion, due possibly to the presence of a mine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Thousand Dead Havoc in Bucharest Earthquake Wrecks Towns Scenes of Desolation London
The capital of Rumania is almost in ruins, and towns and villages throughout Rumania present a pitiable scene of desolation as a result of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Down on Sea R.A.A.F. Trainee Swam Ashore. Sydney
Leading Aircraftsman Clive William Rice, 26, who was having his last flight before graduating to a service flying training school, made a forced landing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Tin of Biscuits Wreckage Washed Up Fate of the Turakina? Wellington (N. Z.)
A tin of biscuits, which had been found on the Ninety -Mile Beach, may provide a clue to the identity of the vessel whose battered wreckage has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →24 Lives Lost Minesweeper Sunk In Port Phillip Bay Collision with Steamer Canberra
The loss of the Australian, minesweeper, Goorangai, with 24 lives, in a collision with a passenger and cargo vessel in Fort Phillip Bay about…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ashore in Gale Orungal on Rocks Near Port Phillip Heads All Passengers Rescued Melbourne
The passengers and crew of the Australian liner, Orungal. 5826 tons, which ran ashore at Barwon Heads, near the entrance to Port Phillip,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Damage Birmingham Air Raid Centre of City Wrecked. London
It is now revealed that when Birmingham, Southampton and Bristol were recently bombed, many of Birmingham's notable buildings were severely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Freighters Blown Ashore--refloated. Darwin
Two ships, one of them a 5000 tons freighter and the other a naval vessel, were blown ashore when a fierce squall struck Darwin shortly before sunset…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Feared Lost Steamer Orari Safe. Wellington (N.z.)
Feared lost after a reported torpedo attack in the Mid-Atlantic last Friday, the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer, Orari, 10,350 tons, has arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Good Rescue During Surf Carnival Girl Brought Ashore Unconscious
Dragged by a treacherous sweep, which carried her out to sea, Miss Lorna Law, cf Harwood, had a narrow escape from drowning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →EXPLOSION Wrecks Piano Repair Works Woman Taken to Hospital. Sydney
A mysterious explosion which destroyed a factory and severely burned a woman occurred at Marrickville to-night. Windows were…
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