Saboteurs Wreck Express LONDON, January 20
Sabotage wrecked the Toulouse-Pau express near Tarbes, where part of the track had been removed. Three carriages were telescoped, according to a Vichy…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1944
35 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 2
0Success of New Lifeboat London, January 31
The Lowe ship's lifeboat, used to capacity for the first time since its approval as standard equipment, recently saved 84 lives when a merchant ship…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Six Miles Inside Estonia Russians Reach Narva River Path Of Retreating Germans Strewn With Wreckage LONDON. February 3
Driving westword to Estonia, General Govorov's forces have cached the Narva River, according to a Berlin report qouted by Reuter. This means that the Russions are at least six miles inside Estonia…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tasmania Steamer Service Suspended
CANBERRA.—The steamer service between Tasmania and Melbourne would be suspended for about five weeks from today while the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Air Armada Over Nazi Targets Wrecking German Plane Plants And Industries LONDON. Friday 24
A great armada of bombers and fighters flew [?] British bases for the fourth day of the record breaking air offensive against German aeroplane plants and related industries. Heavy bombers hit the forgets at Gotha and Schweinfurt. Medium…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Refrigerator Explosion Wrecks Shop SYDNEY, March 6
Damage estimated at several thousand pounds was caused when a refrigerator exploded with a terrific detonation at a King's Cross fish shop…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier Deserter on Four Wrecked Ships in Merchant Navy Sydney. March 13
When Corporal Douglas McGrugor came before a District Court Martial to-day charged with twice deserting from the AIF It ws revealed that during…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War Cassino (Italy) Wrecked
The fact that the Allies are set for a big move in Italy was explained on Wednesday when Cassino, the mountain city and Nazi stronghold in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Too Drunk to Row, So Swam Ashore
ADELAIDE.—Two empty rowin boats, one containing a pair of jung[?] military trousers and an Army boo[?], were found drifting about three miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thousand Tons of Bombs on Frankfurt Explosive Factory Wrecked When Hit By 12,000 Pounder LONDON, March 20
Over a thousand tons of bombs were dropped on Frankfurt on Saturday night at the rate of over 50 tons a minute…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jap Convoy Wrecked Attempting to Take Troops and Supplies to Wewak Hundreds of Japanese Left Struggling in the Water March 20
In a three-day attack on a Japanese convoy attempting to take troops and supplies to Wewak on the New Guinea coast, Allied aircraft hove sunk three transports ranging from 3,000 tons to 6,000 tons, three corvettes, and have seriously damaged three…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pilot Steamer to Rescue of [?]Men
SYDNEY.—The pilot steamer Captain Cook last night rescued four men from a launch which was drifting towards rocks at Newport. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russians Now 20 Miles From Odessa Smoke Rises From Port As Germans Wreck Destruction
LONDON, April 2.—The Russians thrusting along the Black Sea coast from the east are now 20 miles from Odessa, from which huge flames and billows of smoke are rising as the Germans destroy the port…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Burma Front Jap Communications Wrecked New Delhi. April 17
Reuter's Correspondent with the Chindits in the heart of Japanese Burma reports tat Wingate's Chindit raiders wrecked and blocked a 130 mile stretch…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russians' New Offensive Wrecks Sebastopol's Main Defences
London. May 8.—The eagerly awaited news of the great new offensive against Sebastopol was contained in the Russian communique tonight. It said the Russians had stormed heavily fortified positions defending the city and after two days of bitter…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →38 Men Adrift for 38 Days in Open Lifeboat
PERTH.—Their ship torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, 38 men drifted for 38 days in a bullet-riddled open lifeboat before being picked up…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Schooner On Rocks
Perth, May 34.—Driven on to rocks near Fremantle today. the schooner Stella, one of the largest of the Geraldton fishing vessels, appears likely to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Souvenir Hunters Wreck Plane
CANBERRA.—Australians' record of ruthless souvenir hunting may make it difficult for the public to see Truscott's Spitfire and other aircraft which it is reported will be sent here. Today it was disclosed that a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inquiry Into Strafing of Wreck
MELBOURNE.—RAAF authorities are carrying out a thorough investigation on the strafing of the Orungal wreck. Three salvage workers were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Witnesses Of Masterpiece Of Destruction Jap Facilities for Manufacture of Iron and Steel Wrecked
New York, July 30—We were witnesses of a masterpiece of destruction in which a great part of the Jap facilities for the manufacture of iron and steel crumbled in a holocaust of smoke," reports Clyde Farnsworth, American Associated correspondent, who flew…
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