British Steamer Sunk Bombed by Italian Tlanes Baroelona, August 19
Bombed by five Savola aeroplanes, the British steamer Stanbrook was sunk to-day. There were no casualties, however…
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96 Head of Cattle Drown When Ketch Is Wrecked Launceston
The auxiliary ketch, Lady Flinders, 131 tons, which was driven on the rocks at Three Hummock Island, is a total wreck. The cargo, including 26…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jewish Property Wrecked. Nazi Disturbances in Poland London, August 30
It is reported by the Warsaw correspondent of the “Daily Herald” that 50 intoxicated Nazis, who were in uniform, and armed with axes and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wrecked in Gale Bass Strait Ketch
Having lost her rudder in a fierce north-cast gale in Bass Strait, the auxiliary ketch Lady Flinders, carrying 96 head of Tasmanian cattle for…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Passenger Missing From Steamer London, Sept 2
An Australian, Miss Ethel Mary Idiens, aged 54, who was proceeding to England from Canada, is missing from the Empress of Britain. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Was First to Know of Dunbar Wreck
Mrs. Mary Ann Gogerley, who died at Forster, N.S.W. aged 89, was probably the first person in Sydney to know of the wreck of the Dunbar at…
Continued on Trove, page 46 →Italian Found Hanged on Steamer Geelong
The body of Glovani Meliino, 45, a third-class passenger, who had booked from Sydney to Naples, was found hanging from a upper bunk in a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Office Wrecked Hoaxed Men Angry Zoo Wait for Non-existent Job Melbourne
Responding to an advertisement in a newspaper this morning nearly 200 men waited in a city building over four hours before they realised that…
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Here is a good party game that will be a change from musical chairs. The players sit on chairs arranged in a circle, with a space between each…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Steamer Beached in Sydney Harbor After Collision Sydney
The steamers Sydney Star and M[?] collided in Sydney Harbor late to-night. The former, which was badly holed, w.is benched…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →German Steamer No Replies to Messages SYDNEY
There is still no word of the German freighter Stassfurt, which left Brisbane on Tuesday for Sydney, and which was due in Sydney early yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Collision; £100,000 Writ Issued Sydney
The owners of the motorship Sydney Star, which had to be beached after a collision with the freighter Macumba, off Bradley’s Head, yesterday issued a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thieves Wreck Safe With Explosives in Holbrook Store; Steal £40
With powerful charges of gelignite thieves wrecked a heavy safe at Holbrook Stores, Holbrook, early on Saturday morning and escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plane Wrecked; Pilot Escapes Serious Injury Crookwell
A Gipsy Moth plane piloted by William Henry Tickner crashed in a pad a mile and a halt from Crookwell this morning. Tickner escaped with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Widow Applies for Aid From £91,000 ESTATE “Went Through £30,000 Fortune” Amazing Story of a Wrecked Marriage MELBOURNE
Cut out of her late husband’s £91,000 will, Euphemia, Margaret Anthony, widow of William Anthony, a wealthy storekeeper, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Robbery Aboard Steamer London, Oct. 18
It is stated by the “Daily Mail” That the post office is investigating the theft of nearly 100 registered packets from a mail bag during the-voyage of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Attempt to Wreck Home Explosion at Ipswich SYDNEY--Thursday
All explosion this morning at Ipswich (Q) wrecked the rear of the home of John Nagle, and ex-sergeant of police. Fortunately, no one was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Barcelona Raided Again Children’s Home Wrecked. Barcelona. Oct. 22
Last night’s air raid on Barcelona resulted in 20 being killed and 57 wounded. The victims were mostly women and children. Among the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Engineer Was Worried; Disappeared From Steamer Sydney
Prior to his disappearance from the stealer Mackarra, between Townsville and Cairns, Harry Roy Jackson, the third engineer, wrote letters in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FINED £20 for Batting on Ferry Steamer Sydney
William Watt. 24, laborer, was fined £20 at the. Central Police Court today for betting on the steamer Koompartoo on October 16, when it was…
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