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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea
35 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 2
London, August 21—Reuter's correspondent in France says he watched on Sunday Allied guns blasting and searing 20,000 of Von Kluge's 7th Army trapped in the "Valley of Death." Hundreds of Germans came scrambling from a wall of smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FROM Our Correspondent.—Widespread air activity, ranging from New Guinea to the Philippines, where Allied night patrols set fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE.—A portion of the Kakariki, which hus defted efforts to raise her from the channel in Hobson's Bay, near Williamstown, for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →PROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.—An oil cracking plant at Balik Papan, in Borneo, was wrecked by Allied bombers in a 135-ton raid on Wednesday. The cracking plant and paraffin refinery were the principal targets, and the bombing was extremely accurate. Heavy explosions occurred, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Melbourne, October 31.—It is known that 92 Australian prisoners of war have been saved after the Japanese transport conveying them from Singapore to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WASHINGTON, November 6.—U.S. carrier-borne aircraft in a surprise raid on Manila on Saturday bombed five warships and destroyed 191 planes. They also sunk one submarine chaser and damaged several cargo vessels. This latest success against the Japanese in the Philippines was announced today in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →PERTH.—A Presbyterian mission ketch, with Rev. G. H. Holmes, Mrs. Holmes and two children and a crew of five natives aboard, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Perth, November 10.—The Presbyterian Missing ketch. Watt Leggatt, has been wrecked a few miles south of the Kunmunya Mission. The Rev. G. W…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →HOBART.—Charges of discourtesy by officers in the Bass Strait passenger steamer, and of passengers being ordered about like sheep, were made…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →London, November 15.—Mobile searchlights aided rescue work when flying bombs crashed among flats in Southern England last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Melbourne, November 24.—Three members of an Anson which was forced down by engine trouble in bass Strait on Sunday were 31 hours in a dinghy before…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY.—Heavy damage was caused by vandels who broke into the Intermediate High School at Drummoyne over the week-end. After…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All his life Alfred Hitchcock has dreamed of making a film with the location limited to one unvarying set. He achieved his ambition brilliantly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tallulah Bankhead stages a come-back in "Lifeboat." now showing at the Ozone Theatre, and puts over one of the best performances of her long and varied…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →PRELIMINARY clearance work is still being carried out at the scene of the train derailment near Picton, on the Adelaide line. The…
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