Nazis Claim Successes With Air Raids on Shipping Italian Steamer Bombed With New type of Incendiary LONDON, March 8
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 9 March 1940 · page 10
The German Newsageney claims that Nazl bombers sank or seriously damaged II convoyed and other merchantmen on the nights…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →British Steamer Sunk by Mine Carried Survivors of French Vessel London, March 9
Border Morning Mail · Monday 11 March 1940 · page 1
After picking up the survivors of a French vessel with which she collided, the British steamer Thurston shortly afterwards sank, with considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Causes Steamer to Sink London, March 11
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 March 1940 · page 3
The steamer Amor sank after striking a mine. The crew of 30 has been landed at Flushing. The steamer Niritos is proceeding to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Small Steamer Broken to Pieces Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 March 1940 · page 3
The Coas[?]of [?] sank [?] crashing into [?]today A fishing boat rescued the crew of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Sunk in North Sea London [?] 12
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 March 1940 · page 7
The steamer [?] been sunk in the North [?]crew of 34 was picked up [?] and landed on the [?] The wireless…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another German Steamer Scuttled London, March 15
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 7
The crew of the German steamer Lacoruna set fire to the vessel and scuttled her in northern waters after she had been intercepted by British…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another Steamer Sunk
Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 3
The steamer Slava was sunk in Bristol Chanel near a British warship. One member of the crew perished…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Registered in Morning; Wrecked in Afternoon
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 5
This car, which tore away three panels of fencing on the Albury-Wodonga road on Tuesday, rolled down a steep embankment and came to rest upside down. The driver escaped without injury…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thrills of the China Seas British Steamer Has Exciting Experience Fired on Both Chinese and Japanese Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 2
The crew of the British steamer Hsin Peking had an uneviable experience when [?] at the wharf [?] just prior to Christmas. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Admiralty Orders Followed Too Literally Steamer Runs Around Copenhagen, March 25
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 March 1940 · page 3
It has been revealed that the German Admiralty, after the British torpedoing of the Heddernheim on March 22. ordered all German vessels in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three-year-old Wreck Salvage to End Soon MELBOURNE
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 March 1940 · page 5
Within a few weeks, the Kakariki. which sank to the sea bed three years ago after a collision with the Caradale in Hobson’s Bay, is expected to be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Aground Assisting Trawler Founders London. April 1
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 4
The trawler Walsingham was helping a neutral steamer which had gone aground on the east coast of England when the steamer slipped off a shelf…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sidelights of the War R.a.f. and Lifeboat Men Co-operate
Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 8
Above Left: R.A.F. and lifeboatmen gel together, Lifeboatmen of the Wells lifeboat carry the pilots ashore after a trip to sea. Above Right: The coxswain of the Sheringham lifeboat gels a helping hand from the R.A.F. officers into the plane to take his flight…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Traffic Accidents Eight Persons Hurt Telephone Booth Wrecked 'Melbourne
Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 6
Eight persons were injured and a telephone booth was knocked from its concrete foundation and crumpled as the retail of a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Germans Removed From Steamer San Francisco, April 7
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 1
The German Consul-General has stated that the British and French authorities have removed 35 members of the crew of the scuttled German…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Sunk Stockholm. April 21
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 April 1940 · page 4
The steamer Hurgenfritzen while bound for Stockholm from Stetting. sank near Landsort, south of Stockholm. All the members of the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Mined Off English Coast London. April 23
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 4
The steamer Lolworth struck a mine off the south-cast coast of England today. Two members of the crew were killed. but lifeboats picked up the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →R.a.f. Chaplain Retires : Scottish Pipers Popular : Wrecked German Bomber
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 1
Top Left: Rev. J. R. Walkey, who is retiring after long and distinguished service as Chaplain-in-Chief of the R.A.F., pays a farewell visit to the men in France. He is known personally to thousands of men…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Steamer Wrecked New York, May 1
Border Morning Mail · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 2
The English steamship, Matakana. struck a reef cast of Ac[?] Island The American steamer. Panama, picked up the entire crew of 82 from open…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pl’nes Attack Steamer in British Port London. May 2
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 4 May 1940 · page 2
A German plane machine-gun two Scandinavian ships in a [?] alongside each other at an English north-east coast port last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →