Cable and Telegraphic News British Steamer Torpedoed by Insurgent Submarine Eleven Lives Lost, Including Captain and Wife. Non-intervention Observers on Board. LONDON
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 2
The British steamer Endymion was torpedoed, and sums by an insurgent submarine near Cartagina. Eleven lives were lost, including the captain and his wife. A Swedish non-intervention observer and four others were saved…
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The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 9
Bernard Charish Briant, 42, of Collaroy, who was in charge of the fishing boat Joyron when it was wrecked off Nobby's, Newcastle on…
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Singleton Argus · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 2
The body of a woman believed to be Mrs S. Thompson, of Newtown, was found in the harbour at Jones' Bay to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mystery Flour Remains in Sydney Japanese Steamer
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 1
SYDNEY, Tuesday. Mystery surrounds the shipment of flour to have been loaded into the Japanese motorship Brisbane…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 2
A large quantity of flour which was placed on the Japanese motor ship, Maru Yestern, yesterday at Brisbane, was to-day unloaded again, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Steamer Followed by War Planes (Australian Press Assn. Message.) LONDON
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 2
The British steamer Peckham, bound from Odessa to Barcelona, sent out an S.O.S., stating she was followed by war planes on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Safe London, Feb. 9
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 1
The owners have received information from Barcelona that the steamer Peckham is safe. The master of the vessel had sent out a wireless S.O.S…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Torpedo Fired British Steamer Escapes LONDON, February 9
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 1
Replying to questions relating to Spain in the House of Commons, the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Duff Cooper, revealed for the first time…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ships Pounded Wreckage in California Toll of Storm San Francisco, Feb. 11
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 1
The storm which swept through California, causing damage estimated at £250,000, extended over three-quarters of the California…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SEIZED! British-Owned Steamer Japanese Act London. Feb 15
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 1
According to the "News-Chronicle" correspondent in Hongkong, the seizure of the British steamer, the Asian, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seizure of British Steamer Serious Japanese Interference. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Hong Kong
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 1
The seizure of the British steamer Asian en route to Indo-China is the most serious Japanese interference with British shipping since the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Total Wreck Big Italian Airliner ROME, February 15
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 1
It is now revealed that the Italian airliner, flying from Cadiz to the Ostia airport in Rome with 14 passengers on board, was totally wrecked…
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Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 1
It is now revealed that an Italian airliner, flying from Cadiz to Ostia airport in Rome, with 14 aboard, was wrecked an hour after leaving…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire on Steamer Hunter. Timely Discovery While at Sea. Sydney
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 February 1938 · page 2
A fire was discovered in No. 1 hatch of the steamer Hunter about five o'clock this morning when the vessel was carrying passengers and cargo…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1938 · page 1
A 'plane machine-gunned the French steamer Prado, 15 miles from Valencia, to-day. One member of the crew was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →French Steamer Machine-gunned Destroyer Proceeding to Assistance. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) MARSEILLES
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 February 1938 · page 1
A 'plane machine-gunned the French steamer Prado 15 miles from Valencia. One person was wounded. A destroyer is proceeding to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sea Thrill Steamer Strikes Launch Lucky Escape Sydney
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 1
A narrow escape from being drowned was experienced by Mr. Tom Glazebrook, of Double Bay, and Jack Roberts, of Coogee,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Loss of Life in U.S.A. Flood Disaster Homes Wrecked Bodies Swept Out to Sea Worst for Fifty Years Los Angeles, March 3
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 March 1938 · page 1
The flood, which is the worst for half a century, and will rank as one of California's major disasters, has begun to subside. It is estimated that the death roll will exceed 50,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plane Crash. Wrecked in Paddock. Lucky Escapes Melbourne
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 4
A moth plane, the property of Australian National Airways Pty. Ltd., was wrecked when it crashed near Campbell Field, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Held Up. Passengers Still on Board FREMANTLE
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 March 1938 · page 7
The owners of the Italian steamship, Romola, to-day, received advice from the Owners to pay the fares of her passengers to the eastern States by…
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