Ship-talk Ashore
How many of us say, "Oh, he's above board," without realising that this phrase was once used to describe the position of anything oh the deck. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1944
10 stories in Mid North Coast's papers
The Monkerai Blow. Devastates Countryside. Houses Wrecked
In our last issue we reported that great damage was done by a cyclone at Monkerai during the holidays. We ("Dungog Chronicle") had a look at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lifeboat In Fire
London news says that construction of a wooden lifeboat which does not catch fire even when passing through 40-foot flames fed by burning oil was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seventy-five Years Ago. Wreck of the Barque, "Rosetta Joseph."
The following story, written about thirty years ago, was narrated by an eye-witness when a little girl at port Macquarie over 70 years ago. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All Beaches Secure. Invaders Deep Inland. Reinforcements Pour Ashore. London
All beaches are held and Allied troops are deep inland as the invasion of Europe goes well. Berlin reports…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck at Nobbys Moved Few Feet
A powerful tractor and stout steel ropes moved portion of the wreck of the steamer Maianbar a few feet from the water on to the sand at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Launch Wrecked Off Crescent Head Two Men Washed Ashore
On Sunday afternoon last a 25 foot motor launch owned by Mr. Scott, of Casino, put out of Woy Woy for the run up the coast to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecked German Fighting Equipment
A French soldier of the Allied Fifth Army examines the wreckage of German mechanised weapons ripped apart and overturned by shellfire from his unit as it advanced on the German-held town of Esperia, in Italy. French troops dro[?]e the enemy from Esperia during…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Six-minute Noon Super-blitz Brought Twilight to Luftwaffe. Greatest Air Blow. 18 Dromes Wrecked
Victor Lewis, "Daily Sketch" Air Correspondent, took part in the greatest air raid ever made. He fiew in an R.A.F. Lancaster, one of 3,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aeroplane Wreckage Washed Up at Stockton. Landing Attempt on Aerodrome Failed
Wreckage of an aeroplane washed up on Stockton Beach has been identified as part of one of two Beautighters reported missing from…
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