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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea
28 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 2
THE formidable task of clearing of wreckage in London has begun in earnest. Some 1500 officers and men of the Royal Engineers have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, January 6.—Nine British soldiers who were prisoners on an 100-ton Italian schooner off the Libyan coast seized the vessel on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mrs. George Cooper (70), and her son George, aged 35 were drowned and considerable damage was done over a wide area when the swollen Sandy Creek burst its banks near Yeoval this morning and spread over miles of country. Mr. Cooper,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THERE were dramatic scenes as rescuers worked all night on the ruins of a men's hostel in London which was wrecked by a heavy bomb. It is believed that the hostel was full, and that a number of men were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE wreckage of a R.A.A.F. AvroAnson Bomber which disappeared while flying from Point Cook to Camden, N.S.W., in May last year,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The wreckage of a large plane, and the bodies of four men in R.A.A.P. kit, were found on Mt. Tobree, near Eildon weir, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE, Monday. — Four members of the crew of the wrecked fishing boat Tasman'have been found on Cat Island, Bass Strait. The fifth…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FOSTER, Thursday.—How a mishap to a winch aboard the £2000 fishing ketch Tasman indirectly caused the death of one of the crew, and also the loss of the boat in Bass Strait five days later, was told when the four survivors were landed from a rescuing fishing boat at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An urgent appeal to members of the public not to interfere with the wreckage of aircraft involved in accidents was made today by the Department of Air…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The discovery of wreckage has led to the belief that the R.A.A.F. plane which disappeared in Malaya on Friday crashed into the sea some miles oft the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, March 12.—High-explosive bombs dropped on a south-east town last night demolished six houses, in one of which a husband,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEW YORK, March 19.—The Netherlands East Indies steamer Rantau Pandjang (2,542 tons) has been sunk by a German raider using…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charged in the Ballon Police Court with having set fire to a garage to wilfully defraud or injure. Alwyn Henry Linsdell, garage proprietor and John…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CAIRO, May 19.—The U.S. Vice Consul in Alexandria said today that the Egyptian steamer Zanzan (8299 tons) has been reported safe…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE "Daily Express" says that it is officially estimated that 18,000 Germans were killed in Crete and 600 planes destroyed The R.A.F. is continuing its heavy blows against…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A HALF-TON mine lassooed at a range of four feet by a fisherman and towed ashore by a small fishing boat lies in 18 in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GERMAN dive bombers sank the Irish ferry steamer St. Patrick (1922 tons) in St. Georges Channel on Friday. At least 23 people were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, June 27.—A dosen women engaged as carpenters and joiners have started repairs on bombed Croydon houses. They include a widowed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BATAVIA. August 4.—The French steamer Dupleix (7135 tons) outward bound from Indo-China, was stopped by an Netherlands East Indies patrol…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The bodies of the three victims of yesterday's plane crash near Coen. on Cape York Peninsula. were recovered from curnt wreckage today and taken to…
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