90 Drowned in Steamer
Belgrade. Tues. — Ninety people were drowned today when a storm overturned a River Danube steamer…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1952
41 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 3
U.s. Robot Lifeboat
New York, Wednesday.— The United States Air Forse had developed a 30it. robot lifeboat to make…
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Ottawa, Thurs.—In a heavy fog on the Detroit River today one steamer knocked down…
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Belgrade, Sept. 10.—Ninety parsons were drowned yesterday when a River Danube…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ketch Party Missing
Los Angeles, Friday. — Fears that John Caldwell, his wife, and their two small sons may have met…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vessel Ashore After Sydney Harbor Crash
Sydney—Fire floats and tugs are standing by a freighter aground at Double Bay, Sydney Harbor, with a £4,000,000 cargo…
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Sydney, September 14.—R.A.A.F. aircraft in the second day of their search failed to and any trace of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Vandals Wreck Graves in Vic. Cemetery
Melbourne.— Vandals using sledge hammers have wrecked 12. Jewish graves at Fawkner Cemetery. Police believe an anti-Semitic band is responsible…
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Brisbane.—The 34ft. roundthe-world ketch Thuruna has not been sighted for five days, and is three days…
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Brisbane.—The "round the world" 34ft ketch Thuruna now lies on the bottom of the Mary River, 19 miles…
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SYDNEY. — Vandals have wrecked a family vault at Rookwood Cemetery…
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Melbourne. — A 32ft. ketch carrying one man is a week overdue on a voyage from Dunally…
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London. Monday.—Nineteen British seamen are believed to have died in the wreck of the British trawler…
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Sydney. — Mr. Rome, owner of the 30ft. ketch, Peer Gynt, now a wireless operator. will leave Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ships Ashore in Gale in Channel
London, Friday.—Four ships were blown ashore today in a 90-m.p.h. gale, which lashed the English…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Supersonic Speed Wrecks a Home
London, Monday— A housewife in an isolated Sussex farmhouse heard the loud double bang of a high-speed fighter plane passing the speed of sound—and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£105 Damages Awarded to Motorist Vehicle Wrecked In Collision
His Honor, Judgce Brennan, awarded £105 in damages to Robert Ian Aesche in the District Court yesterday. Aesche claimed negligence on the part…
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Auckland, (N.Z.). — A Dutchman who arrived here after sailing 16,000 miles from Holland, said…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Office Wrecked By Boys
Melbourne, December 9.—Three boys, aged 7, 6 and 9, admitted to police yesterday that they had broken into J…
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Port Moresby.—The 39-ton motor vessel Frances struck a reef off Madang and sank immediately…
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