Two German and an Italian Steamer Vanish Sydney
Two German steamers, the Lahn and the Stassfurt, and the Italian motor liner Romolo, which vanished off the coast of Australia during the…
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Culcairn Resident to Blake Long Cruise On Ketch
Miss Alison Graham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Graham, “Claverton,” Culcairn, went to Sydney on Thursday to join the 43ft. ketch Connella for a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trail of Wreckage As Aircraft Carrier Launches Itself
Broken cradles and crushed timber followed in the wake of aircraft-carrier H.M.S. Formidable as she plunged into the water after breaking away before the launching ceremony and launched herself. One workman was killed and many others had miraculous escapes, about 15 being injured. The launching was to have been by Lady Wood, wife Sir Kingsley Wood, the British Minister for Air…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British Steamer Torpedoed 1400 Passengers on Board London
The National Broadcasting Company has issued in London a report that the steamer Athenia, with 1400 passengers, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Submarine Sinks Liner Off Scotland 1400 Persons on Board; 100 Believed Dead German Under-water Craft Active French Steamer Chased in the West Indies LONDON, September 4
The Donaldson Atlantic Line liner Athenia, with 1400 passengers aboard, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine 200 miles west of the Hebrides, north-west of Scotland…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Germans Near Warsaw Gunfire Heard in the Capital Evacuation of Children Begun Government Leaves for Unknown Destination No Real Fighting on the Western Front German Submarine Sinks British Steamer in Pacific Poles’ Claim That Berlin Bombed Denied; German Raiders Over Britain LONDON, September 6
Salient features in the war news covering the last 24 hours were:— The Polish radio announced that Polish aeroplanes bombed Berlin and returned TO Warsaw without loss. This has been dnied by the Berlin official radio. French sources state that there had been no real fighting on the Western Front up…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Steamer Used Guns on German Submarines London. September 7
At least two men were killed and four wounded in three life boats after the British steamer 'Mannar had been sunk by a submarine in the Atlantic…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Pig Iron Not to Be Loaded on to Dutch Steamer Sydney
Officials of the Holland-Australian Line in Sydney stated to-day acting under instructions from head office in Rotterdam they yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Steamer Hiding at Java Sydney
The German freighter Stassfurt, which disappeared from Australian waters on August 26, is at Tjilatjap (Java), according to information…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →American Steamer Released by Britain London, Sept. 14
The Ministry for Information states that the American steamer Black Osprey has been, released after being detained for a week under the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →British Steamer Torpedoed London, September 15
The Vancouver City was torpedoed and three of the crew were killed. The remaining 20 took to the boats and were afloat for three hours before…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Danish Steamer Seized Hong Kong, Sept 17
Alleging that she was carrying contraband iron and steel, the British have seized the Danish steamer Malaya, which was bound for Shanghai…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crowded Steamer; Many Stranded Voyagers Melbourne
Seven hundred and thirty passengers were on board an overseas vessel which brought 184 people home to Melbourne to-day. Passengers told of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision in Wodonga Place All Ashore That's Going Ashore
Left: Collision between a cattle truck and motor car at the intersection of Wodonga and Ebden street on Tuesday morning. The truck tray was thrown on to the car and a cow in the tray was slightly injured. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Steamer Sunk 12 Lives Are Lost French Destroy Five German Submarines London, September 19
The Exchange Telegraph Company states that a submarine sank the 4600 ton Furness liner, Aviemore. There were 11 survivors, and 12 others lost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chinese Hangs Himself on Steamer Perth
A Chinese mess boy. Chan Jon aged 24 was found dead in the cabin on an oversea steamer at Fremantle to-day, having hung himself…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hope Now Abandoned for Crew of British Steamer Vessel Shelled by U-boat London, September 23
A bulleting issued by the Ministry of Information states that: as nearly three weeks have now elapsed without word of the crew of the s.s. Royal Sceptre,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wrecked Plane Being Salvaged in West Australia Perth
A syndicate has been formed at Derby to salvage the Vickers-Wellesley bomber which crashed at Plain Creek, while returning to England…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Causes Damage
The first river steamer for four years —the Pevensey—and a barge arrived at Balranald on Friday and proceeded to Maude to load wool. Due to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Swedish Steamer Sunk Oslo, September 25
The Swedish steamer, Gertrud Bratt, on the way to England with wood pulp, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine…
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