Italian Steamer Interned
ALEXANDRIA, July 22.—After they hud received complete outfits of clothing at British expense, survivors of the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1940
31 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 2
Conference Hears Of Sinking Of Panama Steamer (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, July 22
While the Pan-American conference is sitting at Havana, news has been received of the sinking last Monday of the Panama steamer…
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LONDON, August 27.—So for this year lifeboats have rescued 1439 persons from shipwrecks round the coasts of England and Ireland. This…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Thursday.—A large quantity of wreckage has been washed ashore on the west coast north of Aucklnnd. Experts declare…
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NEW ZEALAND, Wednesday.—A tin of biscuits has been found on Ninety Mile Beach, New Zealand, with a London manufacturer's ticket…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Children Die In Lifeboat
NEW YORK, November 20.—Within eight hours 24 of 28 persons in his lifeboat died of exposure, said Mr. Arthur E. Dowling, of Melbourne, a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News In Brief Wrecked Goorangai
MELBOURNE. Monday.—It was revealed at the week end that the hull of the Australian minesweeper, H.M.A.S. Goorangai was torn wide…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Guns Play Havoc Germans Fail to Wreck Convoy Screeching Shells Tear Through The Air (Special to "The Miner'') LONDON, November 26
WHEN German long-range guns tried to shell a convoy in the English Channel this afternoon, British guns plastered the German emplacements with a heavy curtain of shells, screening the vessels…
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Seamen all over, the world realise the value, in an emergency of a life saving jacket. Now as a further aid to rescue work nt night a jacket life…
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Seamen all over the world realise the value, in an emergency, of a life saving jacket. Now as a further aid to rescue work at night, a jacket life…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ship Ashore in N Z.
CHRISTCHURCH (N.Z.). December 3— The inter-island express steamer Rangatira (6,500 tons) ran aground at the western head of…
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