Three Killed In Bombing Raid On Steamer LONDON, March 16
'THREE deaths have now resulted from the bombing of the British steamer Stanwell (5700 tons) by Spanish Nationalists' 'planes…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938
60 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 3
Unusual Sea Current Steamer Delayed
SYDNEY, Saturday.—An unusual sea current which was encountered in the last 24 hours of her voyage from New Zealand delayed the arrival of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreckage of Bomber Norwegian Coast LONDON, March 23
Wreckage found at Karmo, an island off Norway, has been identified by experts of the Air Ministry as being part of the Vickers-Wellesley…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Burns Philp steamer Morinda, of 2025 tons, went ashore yesterday off Malo Island in the New Hebrides and is bumping…
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Racing 250 miles through heavy seas the Dutch liner, Nieuw Holland, rescued 62 passengers from the steamer Baud, which was ashore on a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Von Lunckner Did Not Vote Lent Schooner Auckland (N.z.), April 7
ALTHOUGH Count von Luckner's auxiliary schooner Seeteufel (Sea Devil)was used as a floating polling booth for the Austro-German…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →29 Saved From Wild Sea Greek Ship Wrecked New York, April ll
TWENTY-NINE members of the crew were saved from the Greek steamer Mount Kyllene (5313 tons),…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.Z. Cruiser It Ashore
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), April 15. —During, a full gale in Wellington harbor, an anchor of the inter-island steamer Rangatira fouled the…
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The United States Dollar liner president Hoover, which ran onto a reef and broke her back in rough seas, and the British Blue Star liner Stuart…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Home Wrecked By Lightning
HOBART, Wednesday.—Lightning wrecked the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. Carter, of Kindred, during a thunderstorm, but none of the occupants was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stop Press Steamer Ashore
HONG KONG.—The British steamer Thurland Castle (6372 tons), from Manila, to Hong Kong with passengers, is ashore…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Health Ruined By Wreck; Captain's Fate San Francisco, June 2
Captain George, Yardley, master of the ill-fated Dollar liner President Hoover, which was wrecked near Formosa in December, died yesterday of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ketch Driven On Rocks Total Wreck MELBOURNE
The Bass Strait fishing ketch Irene, 20 tons, dragged her anchors in a fierce westerly gale; and was driven ashore on the rugged coast of Deal…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—During a performance of Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice" at Australian Hall yesterday afternoon school boys wrecked…
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AUCKLAND, Wednesday.—Arrested on board the liner Mariposa prior to the vessel's leaving port for San Francisco, Karl Jacob Regner (26),…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ketch in Storm
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), July 7.—Then ketch Miena has arrived, from Hobart after a tempestuous voyage which lasted for 10 days. Gales,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ketch Driven Ashore Lucky Escape Of Occupants MURWILLUMBAH
The 15-ton auxiliary ketch, Chorea, grounded on the beach at Fingal headland yesterday after two occupants had fought a long battle with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Historic Tree Wrecked Adelaide
Two centuries old with a 15ft. girth and nearly 100ft. high a mighty stringy bark tree at Vimy Ridge, near Bridgewater, was shattered by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Island Jetty Wrecked Damage By Gale
BRISBANE, Wed. — Huge seas whipped by a westerly gale demolished the 100ft. jetty at Amity, on the northern part of Stradbroke Island…
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SPLINTERS OF THE ILL-FATED R.A.A.F. AVRO ANSON BOMBER strewn among branches torn from trees as the 'plane ploughed through the timber after crashing into a hillside in a dense fog at Dromana (Victoria) on Wednesday. Four of the five members of the bomber's crew were killed…
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