Storm Does Damage In Forbes District Aerodrome Hangar Wrecked
A heavy windstorm about 7.30 p.m. last Tuesday did extensive damage throughout the Forbes district. On portions of the North…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1939
24 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 2
Flying Boat Corsar Believed Damaged Stated To Be Total Wreck (By Wire) Sydney
The flying boat, Carsar, is believed to have been badly damaged early last week, while landing on the Congo River, Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kaifeng Raided Chinese Wreck Havoc (By Wire) Sydney
A message from Chungking on Sunday states:—The latest offensive involves an advance of four Chinese columns towards…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wrecked Lugger Four Occupants Suffering Serious Privation (By Wire)
A message was brought into Darwin last night that four men. whose lugger was wreaked 14 days ago, on Horse Shoe Reef, are at Po[?]t Charles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German Steamer Stopped by Japanese Interference Increasing (By Wire) Sydney
A message from Shanghai states:—It is disclosed that a Japanese warship stopped the German steamer, "Mauerland,"…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Struck Reef Two Holds Flooded On Way to Queensland (By Wire) Sydney
A message from Brisbane states:—The steamer, "Fotoni Carras," 446 tons, which was bound from New Caledonia to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trawler Wrecked Struck a Reef One Drowned 8 Rescued (By Wire) Sydney
A message from Brisbane states:—William Robert Lee, aged 38 years, was drowned, and eight other men narrowly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →By Telegraph To-day. EXPLOSION. On Steamer Narkunda. Fire in No. 6 Hold. COLOMBO
Five of the crew were killed and 26 injured when an explosion suddenly shook the steamer Narkunda from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Will Seek Wreckage of "Smithy's" 'Plane
A search for the wreckage of the 'plane in which Sir Charles Kingsford Smith disappeared is to be made by Mr. J. D. Hodder, an Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Torpedoed with 1400 Aboard (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Afternoon
A London message states: The Admiralty announces that the steamer 'Aethenia," with 1400 persons aboard, was torpedoed west of the Hebrides and 200 miles from Scotland…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australia's First Shot Coastal Steamer Held Up
MELBOURNE.—Seamen aboard a small coastal steamer making its way through The Rip at the Heads on Monday received a shock when the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British Steamer Attacked Crew Rescued by Fishing Boat (By Wire) Sydney
A message from London slates: —The Bureau of Information announces that the London steamer, "Goodwood" was attacked, but 21 members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Swedish Steamer Sunk. Oslo
The Swedish steamer Gertrud Bratt, on her way to England with wood pulp, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Swedish Steamer Sunk By German Submarine (By Wire) Sydney
A message from Oslo (Sweden) states that the Swedish steamer "Gertrud Bratt" which was on the way to England with woodpulp was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Naval Escort For American Steamer (By Wire) Sydney
A message from Washington states: It is announced that the steamer, "Iroquois," carrying 574 passengers, and a crew of 275 (which the Germa'ns…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →City of Flint Captured American Steamer SYDNEY
It is reported that the American steamer, "City of Flint" is now being taken by the German prize crew through the fiords between the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All Rescued Crew of Steamer "Bronte" (By Wire) Sydney
A message from London states: —The steamer, Bronte, was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean, by a, submarine, several days ago, but the crew and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crew Rescued Greek Steamer Sunk (By Wire) Sydney
A message from London stales:—All the 26 members of the crew of a Greek steamer, which was sunk in the English Channel, as a result of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War News Greek Steamer Sunk. All the Crew Rescued. LONDON
All 26 members of the crew of the Greek steamer sunk in the English Channel as the result of two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nine Drowned British Steamer Sunk (By Wire) Sydney
A message from London states: Nine men, including the skipper, were drowned, when the steamer, "Woodtown," was blown up…
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