Wreckers in Soviet Schools False Instruction Given LONDON, January 12
THE Warsaw correspondent of the "Times," in a message from Moscow, states that the Ogpu is reported to have discovered a nest of…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1939
43 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 3
Wreck Off Coast Coastal Vessel Driven Ashore SYDNEY
The wooden coastal steamer Belbowrie, with 10 persons on board, went ashore at Melaborne South Maroubra, about 9.40…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stop Press Ship Total Wreck
SYDNEY.—The coastal, steamer Belbowr[?]ie now a total wreck on the rocks at Green Point, South Maroubra. the vessel's back is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Trapped by Fire Aboard Wreck Engineer's Escape MELBOURNE
ATTEMPTS to salvage the steamer Kakariki, which was sunk two years ago in a collision off Gellibrand light, in Hobson's Bay, with the loss of five lives, have again been delayed. The almost submerged wreck caught…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ketch Off Its Course, Goes Aground QUEENSCLIFF
The ketch Defender, trading between Melbourne and Tasmania, grounded near Queenscliff pier at 12.30 a.m. today…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — As the steamer Morinda, which arrived from Lord Howe Island this morning has only a limited…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stop Press Plane Wreckage in Sea?
Sydney.— Aviution authorities were informell today thut tattered strips of silveivcoated fabric, apparent from the wings of an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Freak Wind's Good Turn For Schooner LAUNCESTON
A FREAK wind brought the converted Gloucester (U.S.A.) fishing schooner Henrietta into the Tamar after a night's tossing off Low Head…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Truce at Darwin Men To Unload Steamer DARWIN
FOLLOWING a meeting of the North Australian Workers' Union and other interests the railway bond store and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Balloons Wrecked by Lightning
LONDON, February 27.—A flash of lightning during a thunderstorm struck a winch and ran up a steel cable, bringing down in flames one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ll Bodies Found In Wrecked Plane PARIS, March 5
A MILITARY ski patrol found a wrecked three-motored German Junkers airliner yesterday half buried in snow on the mountains near Nice. There were ll bodies in the wreckage, including one of a woman…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer's Defiance Of Franco Blockade Dramatic Details Revealed (Special to "The Miner") GIBRALTAR, March 14
DRAMATIC details have been revealed of the British steamer. Bellwyn's, successful defiance of the Franco blockade of Spanish territory held by the Republican forces…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Man on the Bridge. by the Skipper of a Pleasure Steamer
The other day a man told me that he reckoned mine was the sort of job that would suit him down to the ground. All I'd got to do was to go…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News In Brief Poor Conditions on German Steamer
SYDNEY, Thursday.â Two deserting firemen from the German steamer Leuna last night bitterly complained of conditions on the ship. They declined…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Four Men Marooned Lugger Wrecked Off N.W. Coast DARWIN
FOURTEEN days after their lugger wag wrecked, a message has reached Darwin that four men are marooned on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fears for Safety of Ketch
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The locteh Hispaniola which left Palm Beach 20 days ago for Lord Howe Island has not since been sighted, and fears are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shipwreck Made Sailor a King
DAVID O'Keefe,was a sailor, and in the year 1871 he said good-bye to his wife and small daughter in Savannah, Georgia, and boarded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Adventurers All In Ketch Cruise SYDNEY
CARRING a crew of adventurers chosen from 5000 applicants in the United States, the 70-ton auxiliary. ketch Ahto sailed unexpectedly into Sydney Harbor, flying the Esthonian flag…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Paul Guglen walked into the Port Kembla Police, Station last night and said he had swum 150 yards to shore from a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer Fouls Light Beacon
PORT PIRIE, Thursday. — The steamer Iron Warrior, in ballast for Whyalla, fouled No. 9 light beacon when going down the river,…
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