Marine Board Report on Atlantic Wreck
The Marine Board of Queensland last week found that the wreck of the motor vessel Atlantic on Flinders Reef on June 11th was caused…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1939
39 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 2 of 2
North Coast Steamer Bar-bound
Since Thursday last the North Coast S.N. Company's vessel Comara, trading to the Macleay, has been anchored in Trial Bay as a result of its…
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We were just going around Cape Horn when the barometer started to fall rapidly. Everything was raging with fury, and every few minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wreck of the Dunbar
On the night of August 20, 1857, the ship "Dunbar" was wrecked outside Sydney Heads, and only one or two lives were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Echo of Atlantic Wreck. Legal Proceedings Over Insurance
In the Supreme Court, Sydney, this week before Mr. Justice Halse Rogers, application was made by the defendant company. Merchants'…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tyalgum Ashore. Sydney
The coastal steamer Tyalgum went ashore near the Tweed River entrance this morning, and its position is understood to be serious. The crew are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Passenger Steamer Torpedoed. Battle in Air Over Netherlands. "Dutch Neutrality Violated." LONDON
With 1400 passengers on board, the s.s. Athena (13,465 tons) has been torpedoed and sunk 200 miles west of the Hebrides, Scotland. The Athenia is a British ship, built in 1923, owned by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest. 70 Poles at Danzig P.O. Sprayed with Petrol. Berlin Denis Association with Sinking of British Steamer. Red Cross Ambulance Bombed by Germans. New York
The first despatch from Danzig since the [?]cation states that, unable to dislodge the 70 Poles holding the Post Office, the Germans blew the front of the building away and hosed petrol on to the defenders…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Steamer Sunk. New York, Sept. 6
The North German-Lloyd steadier Inn (2867 tons) is reported to have been sunk in mid-Atlantic. Apparently this is the third ship to which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Later. Heavy Rains in Poland. Another Steamer Torpedoed. LONDON
The Polish official newsagency states that Polish troops, after a fierce attack, recaptured Lodz, from which the Germans retreated hastily…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrific Power. New Discovery. Could Wreck World. Scientific Experiments in Britain
A discovery of such terrific potentialities that it may transform the world beyond man's wildest dreams is being Investigated in the laboratories…
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London: The Swedish freighter Nylad was torpedoed off the south-west const of Norway. The crew were rescued…
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New York advices from Bahia, in Brazil, state that a German pocket battleship was responsible for the sinking of the British liner, "Clement." It is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death of Mrs. Annie Keith. Fearful Tragedy Recalled. Wreck Of the Macleay. All Hands Lost But Two
News has been received in Grafton which will be heard with regret by a very large circle of friends on the Clarence and Manning Rivers, that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Macleay Wreck All Hands Lost But Two. Fearful Tragedy Recalled by Death of Mrs. Annie Keith
News has been received in Grafton which will be heard with regret by a very large circle of friends on the North Coast, particularly the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Holland and Belgium Believe Neutrality Will Be Respected. British Warships Sink Two German Raiders Gayda Does Not Appreciate Chcrchill's Compliment to Italy. British Steamer Sunk by Explosion in Singapore Harbor. Singapore, 131139
Eleven deck passengers, chiefly infants and children, were lost, and nine other Asiatic passengers were not traced when the British…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Germany Determined to Destroy British Supremacy." Warship Captures German Steamer Carrying Guns German Raider Sinks English Ship Off African Coast. Russia Following German Technique in Latvia
"Germany is going to carry on the war until the British supremacy has been destroyed," stated the authorised spokesman of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pilot Boat Ashore. 22 Drowned. Heroic Rescue Attempts. London, Nov. 26
The Liverpool No. 1 pilot boat was driven aground to-day in the Mersey, near Southport, with the loss of the master. Captain McLeod, and 21 of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer From Aust. and N.Z. Sunk. London
The British Admiralty has announced that the s.s. Doric Star was attacked, by a German raider and, as no further information, has been…
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