Steamer Halted (A.a.p. Service)
TOCOPILLA (Chile). Jan. 1. — A Japanese steamer halted, the Chilean-steamer Copiapo off the Peruvian coast but permitted it…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1942
67 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 4
Strange Adventures of Crew Wrecked Sunderland
An extraordinary story of the adventures of the crew of a Sunderland flying-boat, under a young New Zealand flight lieutenant, after an air…
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BRISBANE Tuesday — Stating that six soldiers who were charged at the police court with having wrecked a cafe, at the…
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SYDNEY Wednesday.—When a fire was found beneath 1300 tons of coal In the hold of a steamer in Sydney, firemen saved…
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LONDON Jan. 20.—Two bombs [?] an enemy raider demolish[?] four houses in an East [?] town after dark last…
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BRISBANE Wednesday — Admitting that they has wreaked a [?] at Central railway station on January 17 seven A.I.F. men were in…
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NEW YORK Jan. 28. — After a harrowing 10 days' ordeal m an open lifeboat, 20 Norwegian [?]eame —[?]…
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Installations razed included nine modern hangers, fuel and munition dumps, a concrete causeway, shore batteries, storehouses, warehouses,…
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LONDON Feb. 16.—Following an unsuccessful attempt by parachute troops on Saturday, large forces of Japanese yesterday landed on southern Sumatra and captured the…
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The Newcastle and H. R. S. S. Co.'s steamer Gwydir was run down, by a freighter off Norah Head, on Friday night and had to be beached…
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The Newcastle and Hunter River S. S. Co. has lost two vessels of the same name, and four in all, on the New South Wales coast. With the exception of the…
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy Department has announced that the tanker E. H. BLUM (19,000 tons) was damaged…
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The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co. has lost two vessels of the same name, and four in all, on the New South Wales coast. With the…
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—In one of the worst sea disasters the United States naval history, the United States destroyer…
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LONDON March 9.—The “Dally Express” correspond in Bombay states that when the British troops evacuated Rangoon they…
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LONDON March 16. — The B. B. C. recounts stories of the courage of the crews of wrecked ships which come from Havana…
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Eskimos and trappers of the frozen north who ate-their dried strips of caribou meat or pemmican have passed on the idea of…
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NEW YORK March 29—Several heavy, explosions at the Remington arms plant at Bridgeport (Connectiont) wereked a…
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LONDON April 6.—A Netherlands submarine has reached an Allied part after an exciting voyage from the Java Sea. The…
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The skins of South African sheep are to-day helping to save the lives of ship wrecked British sailors…
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