102 Drowned When Steamer Sank
LONDON, February 26.—It is feared 102 were drowned yesterday day when a river steamer from Hamburg bound for Cuxhaven,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1946
72 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 4
River Steamer Sinks in Germany 95 Passengers Drowned
Ninety – five passengers were drowned yesterday when a river steamer from Hamburg bound for Cuxhaven sank in the Elbe Estuary,…
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KODIAK (Alaska), Feb. 24.—A Navy tug mode radar contact with the drifting forepart or the wrecked Russian tanker Donbass…
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Despite blinding rains and cold wind, police aided by civilians, are continuing to search Seven Mile Beach near Hobart for wreckage and bodies…
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LONDON, March 18.—Nine women and 45 men, after huddling in the teeth of a gale while the ship Byron Damton, 7000-tons broke up, were safely landed in Campbelltown, in Argyleshire, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Explosion Wrecks Berlin Police Quarters
LONDON, March 18.—A German policeman caused the explosion which wrecked the Berlin police headquarters in the Russian zone, killing three and injuring hundreds, says Reuter’s Berlin correspondent, quoting the British news…
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LONDON March 17. — Swies Radio states that four Swiss military aircraft of a squadron of sight Morane fighters on a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wrecked Bombers Damage Fishing Nets (Australian Associated Press)
LONDON, March 29.—Channel fishermen are daily reporting damage to nets by wreckage of shot-down German bombers and flying bombs. A Folkestone fishing boat brought up in its trawl an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dump Explosion Wrecks Countryside Presumed to Be Work of " Outside Agent"
British experts declared that the explosion of the Perthshire dump, which shook an area of 60 square miles on Saturday night, must have been the work of an "outside agent." 'They explained that explosives in…
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CHUNGKING, April 13. — According to American Associated Press, Communist headquarters has announced the discovery, in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lure of Gold in Sunken Wrecks Australia May Have Own Treasure Trove
Sunken treasure has always been a challenge to the adventurous spirit of man, since Spanish galleons reputedly took to the bottom millions of pounds worth of doubloons and pieces of eight, and chests bulging with jewels usually…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lure of Gold in Sunken Wrecks Attempts at Salvage in Darwin Harbour
The Second World War, with its comparatively heavy loss of ships round the Australian coast, has provided fruitful fields for the treasure Meeker, especially at Darwin, where the wrecks of some fine ships, their holds still packed with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ketch Stolen From Fremantle Pursued by Sea and Air
Pursued by plane and launch, a 48ft. ketch, stolen from Fremantle, has been located, but not yet regained by the owners…
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LONDON May 11.— Twenty-five film actors, headed by G. Y. Edwin Cross, an Australian, plan to leave Belfast next week in a…
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The Empire Star was on her way to Capetown with a load of war materials when attacked and sunk. Three lifeboats got away, but that…
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The 86ft. auxiliary schooner, Volant, which was to leave Britain shortly for Australia, via America, is now tied up at Appledore, Devon,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To-day’s Leader: V Day and After Schooner With Jewish Refugees Intercepted (Australian Associated Press)
LONDON, June 8.—Renter’s Jerusalem correspondent says that a small schooner was intercepted flying the Zionist colours 60 miles south of Palestine by a British destroyers which is now escorting the vessel to Haifa…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Great Hoax Of The War Revealed Neatly Wrecked The Dutch Underground (A.A.P. Service)
LONDON, June 24.—After 13 months, Allied intelligence officers had almost completely pieced together the story of one of the greatest hoaxes of the war, says the “Daily Express” correspondent at The Hague. It was played by the Germans against the British and Dutch Government,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Judge Warns of Foreign Influences “Attempting To Wreck Country”
BRISBANE,. Friday,—In the course of a reply to the Prime Minster (Mr. Chifley) last night, Mr. Justice Brernan said a small percentage of foreigners living in Australia was not only, attempting to wreck the country, but was guilty…
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In the course of a reply to the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) last night, Mr. Justice Brennan said a small percentage of foreigners living in Australia was not only attempting to wreck the country, but was guilty of sedition…
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