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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea
58 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 3
Sydney, September 5.—Searchers today found the charred bodies of the crew and passengers of the wrecked airliner "Lutana." When they reached the burnt out aircraft near the top…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brisbane.—A Rockhampton flsherman rescued an American, Richard Hayward, and his Aastralian wife from lonely…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miami (Florida). September 20.—The steamer Lockmonar, has been grounded by heavy seas on the little Cayman Island in the hurricane area…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Darwin, September 25.—The Queensland police have been approaches by Northern Territory police following reports that a boat with two men and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →London, October 21.—Thirty-seven people were killed when a K.L.M. airline crashed near Prestwick last night. There were six survivors—including four men—but one of the men died…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tamworth.—The village of Black Mountain, eight miles from Guyra, was almost wrecked by a tornado late yesterday. The storm lasted 10 minutes and caused widespread damage to homes, buildings,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wellington, October 29. — Search and police parties are being rushed to Mount Ruapehu, North Island, where planes today sighted the airliner Kaka, 700 feet below the summit. It hod been missing since Saturday with 13 occupants…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney.—One of the two migrants' detained aboard the Charlton Sovereign since it arrived from Bremerhaven on Friday has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney.—An elderly man, who was hurrying along Parramatta Road, Croydon, to see a wrecked shop window through which a bolting horse had crashed, was knocked down by a vehicle and seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nambucca—An attempt to wreck the Brisbane express with sleepers failed last night; but passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Canberra—The wreckage of a two-seater plane lost nearly 12 months ago on a flight from Sydney to Geelong, has been found in rugged country a few miles west of Canberra…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Canberra, Cadets from Duntroon Military College yesterday discovered the wreckage of a plane and two bodies in mountainous country between Canberra and Burrinjuck. The discovery solves the mystery of a plane that disappeared 14 months…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney, November 14. — The well known jockey Darby Munro and his family were injured tonight when their car was involved in a head on collision…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney, November 15.—Wallace Stillard, passenger in the Percival plane, which, crashed 40 miles from Canberra 15 months ago, but was only found last Thursday, was carrying at least £2,000 when he died, according to his father and his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Melbourne.— When a woman answered a knock at the front door of her home in Hope St., Richmond, a man forced his way past…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The first British lifeboat to be fitted with a deck cabin recently completed her trials at Cowes, Isle of Wight, prior to going into service at St. Heller, Jersey. The St. Heller lifeboat is the first to use aluminium alloy. Instead of wood or mild steel, for the whole superstructure. The deck cabin…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Washington, December 12.—Hitler called off his plans for the invasion of Great Britain because the British Navy and Royal Air Force had proved to be invincible, according to the war diary of Colonel General Franz Halder, Chief of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Athens, December 28.—A message reaching Athens, says the Dutch steamer Uruguay has taken in tow the rudderless Panamanian steamer. Tampa, which…
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