"Saw Life Work Wrecked"
"Tears were coursing silently down the furrowed face of General Cerio. He wore, not a single Fascist decoration, and was shivering from a bout…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1940
128 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 7
Ordeal for Hospital Patient Buried Under Wreckage (From a Special Correspondent) (By Air Mall) LONDON, November
A Londoner, aged 70, was rescued alive after he had bean buried for 17 hours under the wreckage of three hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Nazi Attack Eire Steamer Bombed (A.A.P. Service)LONDON, Dec. 20
A German plane bombed the [?] Chanel mall steamer Cam[?]while she was 20 mile from the Irich coast on Wednesday. All the bombs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Bombed But All Missed(A.A.P. Service)LONDON. December 20
A German plane bombed the Irish Channel mail steamer Cambria. 20 miles from the Irish Coast, on Wednesday. All the bombs missed owing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lifeboat Found (A.a.p. Service) New York, Dec. 26
The master of a Portuguese freighter reports that he sighted as empty lifeboat marked “Hamburg” 800 miles off the coast of Portugal,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wrecked Orangal On Fire
The [?] passenger freighter Orungal (5826 tons) which track a reef at Barwon Heads recently and when about to be [?] was burst out. The fire which is believed to have been caused by spontaneous combustion started in the engine [?] and rapidly set the ship [?] from [?] to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pilot Located Seen Near Plane Wrecked R.A.A.F. Search Darwin
An R.A.A.F. search plane yesterday located Neville Bell, the 21-year-old Darwin pilot, who had been missing. He was seen standing beside his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To-day’s Leaders: A National Food Plan Full Speed Ahead Under Wreckage Bombed Pets Rescued (From a Special Correspondent) (By Air Mail) LONDON, December
Trapped for 12 days beneath the wreckage of a London elementary school, a parrot a cat, and Dalmatian dog were rescued alive one…
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