German Raiser East Indies Steamer Sunk. (A.A.P. Service.)
A broadcast from Toikio heard here to-day gave a Press report that the Netherlands East Indies steamer Ramiandand has been Sunk by a…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1941
71 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 4
Blazing Wreckage At Cologne Brief But Deadly Raid By R.A.F.(British Official Wireless) LONDON, March 20
Last night’s attack on Cologne by aircraft of the Bomber Command was short but very sharp, and in an hour’s time, between 9 and 10 p.m., as much damage was done as in many London raids…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bomb Victim’s Ordeal Trapped Under Wreckage for 180 Hours (A.A.P. Service) LONDON March 21
Typical of the endurance of British civilians is the example of a Cly[?] war reserve con[?] Frederick Clark 32 who…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wings Torn Off But Wrecked Two Nazi Planes (A.A.P. Service) LONDON, March 30
One of the strangest stories of the war—a story of the only fighter pilot in the R.A.F. or any air force to bring down two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nazi Mine Found Near Gosford Washed Ashore
A German contact mine which had been found embedded in the sand on the beach at Budgewoi, 23 miles north of Gosford, was exploded on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nazi Raids Wrecked Belgrade
German pianos killed between 2000 and 3000 persons during the bombing of Belgrade on April 6, according to a special…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shipping Firms Economy Steamer Launched On Banana Grease
The Australian banana Industry will be Interested, save the Dunlop Perdrian Bulletin, in a news item which comes from Texas (U.S.A.),…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Iraki Air Base Wrecked British Bombers Strike Swiftly Germans Talk of Air Landing 22 Enemy Aircraft Out of Action London
British bombers to-day heavily attacked petrol dumps and magazines at Moascar Raschiid, the main Iraki aerodrome outside…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Road Wrecked Department Approves Of Grant Port Stephens Shire
The Department of Main Roads advised a meeting of Port Stephens Shire Council that a grant would be made in respect of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Egyptian Steamer Now Safe (A.a.p. Service) CAIRO May 19
After it had been reported that the Egyptian Steamer zamzam , 8299 tons , had been sunk in the South Atlantic, While on its way from New York to…
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It is learned that the Egyptian steamer Zamzam (8209 tons) has been sunk by enemy action in the South Atlantic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →250 Wrecks, Strewn on Trees, Beaches, and Rocks. London
Over 250 smashed German planes He scattered over Crete as a result of the six-day attempt to capure the island by aerial invasion…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Raid Damage Lambeth Palace Wrecked (A.A.P. Service) LONDON, May [?]7
The Archbishop of Canterbury revealed that five heavy, bombs had fallen on Lambeth Palace, in addition to incendiaries. The palace,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Steamer Torpedoed (A.a.p. Service) WASHINGTON, May 28
The Navy reports that the Coast Guard has rescued 39 survivors from the British steamer Marconi (7402 tons) 270 miles south-east of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Heavy Damage Tornado At Orange Homes Wrecked Orange
Damage estimated at thousands of pounds was done by a tornado, the fiercest ever known in the district on Sunday night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hungarian Steamer Seized In Timor Dutch Destroyer's Action
The Dutch destroyer Kortenaer, while patrolling in the Timor Sea, intercepted and arrested the Hungarian steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sinking of U.S. STEAMER Nazi Submarine Blamed (Australian Associated Press) Washington, June 12
The State Department announced to-day that preliminary reports from the American Consul at Pernambuco stated that the United States ship, the Robin Moor, was undoubtedly sunk by a German submarine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bombers Sink Steamer in Irish Channel (A.a.p. Service) LONDON, June 16
Dive bombers attacked and sank the Irish Channel steamer, the St. Patrick, killing at least 28. Sixty-three survivors from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Swedish Steamer Sunk (A.a.p. Service) LONDON, June 22
Two British shins one which was damaged, arrived at Oporto and disembarked 21 members of the crew of the Swedish steamer Gundo which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Air Force Hammers French in Syria Dromes and Planes Wrecked (Australian Associated Press) London, June 24
Aircraft of the R.A.F. and R.A.A.F. were active in Syria yesterday. A large force of aircraft machine-gunned aerodromes at Baalbek, Talia, and Reyak, destroying eight French planes on the ground…
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