Row on Steamer Men Before Court NEWCASTLE
Resulting from a disturbance on the British registered steamer, Janeta at Newcastle yesterday, three members of that vessel's crew appeared in the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1939
115 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 6
Plane Wrecked Two Air Force Men Killed MELBOURNE
When an Australian-made Wirraway 'plane cras' at Ross Smith airport Darwin, two members of the Royal Australian Air Force were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Submarine Warfare More Vessels Sunk Life-boat Fired On. Lisbon
The British freighter, Manaar, was sunk by an explosion in the Atlantic. At least two were killed and four wounded. The crew took to the boats…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Captain Injured British Steamer Torpedoed LONDON. Sent. 10
The British Ministry of Information communique states that the British steamer Goodwood was attacked by a submarine, but the crew of 21 was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Given Bread Crew of Torpedoed Steamer New York, Sept. 14
Thomas Georgeson, Master of the steamer Winkleigh, which was torpedoed on September 8, with 36 members of the crew, has arrived at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Swedish Steamer Torpedoed. Oslo
The Swedish steamer Gertoud Bratt, on the way to England with wood pulp, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Warship Stops Steamer Copenhagen, October 1
A German warship stopped a Latvian steamer, the Imanta, off Falsterbo, and escorted her into harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pocket Battleship? German Raider in South Atlantic. British Steamer Sunk. New York
ADVICES from Bahia in Brazil states that a German pocket battleship was responsible for the sinking of the British liner, Clement. It is stated that eleven members of the crew of 48 have arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Threat To Sink An American Steamer Message From Germany "Repetition of Athenian" Forecast New York, October 5
It was officially announced from White House that the head of the German Navy, Admiral Raeder, has informed the United States Government that the American…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Iroquois Picked Up. Washington, Sunday
It is announced that the steamer Iroquois, carrying 574 passengers and a crew of 275, which the Germans reported the British would torpedo in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dutch Steamer Sunk
A Dutch steamer of 6873 tons, bound from New York to Amsterdam, was sunk in the English Channel on Sunday. The crow of 41 was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Steamer Races to Neutral Port British Warship in Pursuit
After warning bombs had been dropped by a Royal Air Force patrol in front of the German steamer Franken in eastern waters…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ship Wreck Recalled
The death at Graf ton of Mrs. Annie Keith recalls the wreck of tho North Coast Shipping Company's steamer Macleny, near Brougliton Island, off…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fliers Saved : Wrecked Bombers at Sea London, October 25
A British ship has rescued and landed three more German airmen from a wrecked bomber, which it is understood was shot down by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Loss of German Planes. Submarine Wreck Found. London
The Air Ministry announces that at least seven of the twelve German planes failed to return to their base after the convoy raid…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Enemy Battles Wrecked in Raid Gneisnau Was Victim LONDON, Oct. 26
The German battleship Gneisenau (26,000 tons) was wrecked during the Royal Air Force raid on the German naval base at Wilhelmshaven on September 5, according to the Norwegian newspaper "Arbeiderbladet."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day's News Germany Loses Seven Planes In Recent Convoy Raid Wreck of Enemy Submarine U.S.A. Demands Return of City of Flint London
The Air Ministry announces that at least seven of twelve German planes failed to return to their base after the convoy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German Airmen and Wrecked Bomber
A British ship has rescued and landed three-more German airmen from a wrecked bomber, which, it is understood, was shot down by a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gneisenau Reported Wrecked
The German battleship, Gneisenau (26,000 tons), was wrecked during the Royal Air Force raid on the German naval base at Wilhelmshaven…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Warning Given British Steamer Sunk London, October 31
Another British Steamer, the Cairnmona (4666 tons), has been sunk without warning. Forty-one members of the crew were landed…
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