Clearing Away Picton Wreckage
By the week-end the greater part of the coal and ore spilt from the trucks involved in the recent derailment at a point on the Adelaide line…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1945
30 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 2
Falling Mast Wrecks Cottage
MELBOURNE.—A 75ft. 3-ton derrick mast toppled from, its foundation in the Harbor Trust, shipbuilding yard at Williamstown and crashed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreckage At Pic[?]on Almost Cleared: Manpower Problems
ALL that remains of the tangled heap of wrecked trucks at the scene of the recent derailment near Picton, is three sections of a truck, and this is well clear of the line. Work of clearing the trucks commenced on Monday last. Manpower…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wrecked Ship's Cargo Total Loss
The Greek ship which was wrecked near Albany (W.A.), four days before Christmas is a total wreck. It is practically submerged in the breakers and its…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreckage of Dinghy Found Near Geelong
MELBOURNE.—Wreckage picked up near Geelong by fishermen and an oar washed ashore near Albert Park on Wednesday has been identified as…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gale at Ipswich Wrecks Houses
BRISBANE.—Damage amounting to several thousand pounds was caused by a gale which wrecked or partly wrecked more than two dozen houses,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dutch Underground Wrecks
Dutch underground [?] report that 25 prisoners in an Amsterdam prison have been executed by the Germans, following the destruction of a report centre of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lost Ketch Found On Barrier Reef
Cairns. March 26.—The ketch, Priscilla, which was long overdue and for which two naval boats had searched without result, was found today by a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Marriage Wrecked By Fleas
SYDNEY.—Amazement that two fleas could wreck a marriage, which had lasted for 20 years, was expressed by Mr. Justice Edwards in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreckers Removing Last Links with Old "Big" Mine
THE last links with the Broken Hill Pty. Co. Ltd., as far as Broken Hill is concerned are being removed by wreckers. The substantial offices, consisting of 19 rooms, have most of the floors up, and the roofing iron is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Plane Wreckage Found
Sydney, April 26.—The wreckage of a plane found on Crescent Head Beach five miles from Kempsey is believed to belong to the machine pilo[?]d by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Commodore Collins Ashore
Melbourne, April 29.—The appointment of Commodore J. A. Collins as naval officer-in-charge at Fremantle is only temporary. It was explained…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japanese Oil Plants Wrecked
NEW YORK. May 18—SuperFortresses wrecked four of Japan's biggest oil supply plants on May 10. says a United Press…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Strikes Floating Crane
SYDNEY. — When an Allied steamer struck a floating crane while it was operating alongside a vessel in Darling Harbor eight men on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Superforts Wrecking Jap Targets
Guam, June 22.—Photographs revealed that Superforts destroyed or damaged 60 per cent. of S[?]noka, 52 per cent. of Toyoha[?]. 40 per cent. of H[?]tsu…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Memorial Service to Shipwrecked Doctors
Sydney, June 22.—A memorial service in the hall of the Sydney University was held this morning for the four young doctors and the medical student who were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Resistance Stiffens on Balikpapan Allied Objective Is Big Airfield; Tanks Are Ashore
DALIKPAPAN, July 2.—Australian 7th Division troops on Balikpapan have driven more than a mile inland on a three miles stretch of the beach east of the big Borneo oil port. Australians are now meeting stiffening Japanese resistances,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mystery Boat Washed Ashore at Maroubra
SYDNEY — A 25ft. wooden onen t boat resembling a scow, with Oriental characters painted on either side was washed up on Maroubra Beach…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →R.N. Plane Wrecked at Mascot All Aboard Believed Killed
Sydney, July 19.—An R.N. plane blew up when about to land on the south-west runway at Mascot tonight. it is believed that all the occupants lost their lives. Details of the tragedy will net be released until next of kin of the victims have been notified. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Decomposed Body Washed Ashore
SYDNEY.—Clothed in an AMF uniform bearing four service chevrons on the left sleeve the body of a soldier was washed from the harbor at…
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