Soviet Cruiser a Wreck
WASHINGTON, January 5.—The 8000-ton Soviet cruiser Kiroy Jies a shattered and disabled wreck at Libau (Latvia), where she was towed after…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1940
31 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 2
Plot to Wreck U S. DAM Daring Scheme By Foreigners New York, January 8
A DARING, plot by foreigners to wreck the huge Boulder Dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River was discovered today. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bombs Wreck Plane Lucky Escape, Of Crew LONDON, January 15
WHEN a Royal Air Force bomber failed to take off and crashed in Scotland, the bombs with which it was loaded exploded and blew the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Says Husband's Parents Wrecked Marriage LONDON, January 16
THE hearing of a most unusual case-inwhich a young married woman is charging her parents-in-law, with having enticed her husband away from her, was begun in the King's Bench yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flying Doctor Crashes Plane Wrecked
DR. J. G. WOODS, the Flying Doctor, and two companions, narrowly escaped death, yesterday, when the A.N.A. plane…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Greek Steamer Torpedoed London, January 23
A German U-boat torpedoed and sank-the Greek steamer Ekatontarchos Dracbulis (5,329 tons) south of Portugal bia members of the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shipwrecked Men Rescued Given Wedding Feast LONDON, January 26
FOOD prepared for a wedding breakfast on a tiny island off the west coast of Scotland was given to 11 shipwrecked Swedish seamen from the steamer Gothnia (1823 tons). They had been living for a week on biscuits, corned beef, and water…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer on Fire New York, Janunry 28
The master of the American steamer Barbara (4,637 tons) has sent out a wireless message that the crew is fighting a fire between deeks and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ketch's Stormy Voyage
SYDNEY, Saturday.—After taking 16 days to reach Lord Howe Island from. Sydney, the ketch Hispaniola returned last night after a six days'…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lifeboats Busy Three Ships Wrecked LONDON, February 5
British lifeboatmen spent their busiest week end for months searching the wintry seas for victims of Nazi raids and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mines Explode on Beach Theatres Wrecked LONDON, February 7
BUILDINGS in an east coast town were shaken, it is understood, by the explosion of two mines washed up on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Steamer's Escape Drifted for Three Days Men Killed When Hawser Snapped (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, February 11
HOW a British steamer, which had drifted helplessly at sea for three days, escaped from a U-boat, is told by officers and crew of the Oregon (6008 tons). Towed, by a tug boat the Oregon has arrived at Lisbon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreckage Washed Ashore No Trace Of Occupants Of Airliner DELHI, March 4
WRECKAGE from the Imperial Airways airliner Hannibal was found today. Imperial Airways have announced that wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →German Steamer Scuttled (Special to "The Miner")
LONDON, March 15.—The German steumer La Coruna (7359 tons) was set alight and scuttled by her crew in northern waters on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Houses Wrecked; Three Hurt
Three houses were wrecked and windows of many others shattered by a violent gas explosion in Derwent Street, Cobridge, near Stoke-onTrent…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News In Brief Steamer Service to Be Discontinued
SYDNEY, Tuesday.— Because of the coal strike, it is probable that the Hobart-Sydnoy steamer passenger service will be discontinued next week…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hundreds Of German Bodies Washed Ashore (Special to "The Miner.")
LONDON, April 11.—The Stockholm correspondent of the "Daily Mail" says that Swedish fishermen at Gothenburg who witnessed the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Youth Killed in Terrific Explosion Building Almost Wrecked SYDNEY
ALBERT Yik (18), of Haymarket, was killed and William Kee was injured in an explosion in premises occupied by Yok Sui Bros., in the City…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stop Press 3000 German Dead Washed Ashore
LONDON.—Three thousand German dead have been washed up or the coast of Oslo Fiord (Norway) it is officially stated. The Nazi…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Missing with French Leaders
LONDON, July 5— Brussels Radio announces that nothing has been heard of the steamer Massilia. which left Bordeaux on June 16. with…
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