Leave to Marry Ban 'Wrecking Lives'
LONDON: The marriage ban imposed in certain professions was wrecking lives, speakers declared at the Imperial Social Hygiene Congress…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1939
32 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 2
War Upsets Cruise Steamer's Race Against Time To Reach Port
How the outbreak of war affected passengers on a recent cuise ot Port Moresby (Papua) is graphically…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Frightful Scenes of Death in Poland Polish Villages Wrecked American Charge Germans Mercilessly Bomb Open Towns
LONDON, Wednesday: A neutral eye witness who reached Brussels after a tour of the conquered Polish territory paints a frightful picture of death and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck That Killed 20
SABOTAGE WAS BLAMED FOR THIS. Wreck of 17-car stream-lined U.S. flier, City of San Francisco, plunged by derailment into the Humboldt River (Nevada) on August 14. Twenty were killed,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Swedish Steamer Sunk
OSLO, Sunday: The Swedish steamer Gertrud Bratt, of 1510 tons, bound for England with a cargo of wood pulp, was torpedoed and sunk…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Albatross As Messenger Shipwrecked Mariners
You have heard many stories of that largest of all sea birds, the Albatross. Here is a true story, recalled by Captain R. J…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Three Lost When Cargo Steamer Sinks
LONDON, Tuesday: Three members of the British cargo steamer Cairnmona are missing following an explosion on the vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Steamer Sunk
LONON, Thursday: The British steamer Carmarthen Coast, has been sunk in the North Sea, Ninteen of the crew were rescued by means of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreckage of Monospar
Wreckage of the Monospar which crashed into Cook’s River after collision in mid air with a Royal Aero Club Moth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Scuttled Germans Make Admission
LONDON, Sunday: The German official newsagency admits the loss of the steamer Adolf Woermann, which was scuttled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bluey & Co the Wrecker
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LONDON, Sunday: The Newcastle steamer Amble, 1162 tons, was mined in the North Sea. All seventeen members of the crew were picked up…
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