Accidents Still Wrecking Homes
In three days last week seven children were rendered fatherless because of road accidents. Here we have painful corroboration of the…
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Accidents Still Wrecking Homes
In three days last week seven children were rendered fatherless because of road accidents. Here we have painful corroboration of the fact that road…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Sunk in Magellan's Straits Heavy Loss of Life VALPARAISO (Chile)
The steamer Moraelda was sunk north of Faraway Island, in the Straits of Magellan. Sixty-six were drowned and 33 rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →66 Drowned When Steamer Sinks Valfaraiso, August 5
The Chilean steamer Moraleda sank north of the Faraway Islands, in the Stra[?] of Magellan, after striking a rock. Sixty-six persons were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Trawlers Lost and Greek Steamer Several of Crew Dead LONDON. August 9
The Admiralty has announced that the trawlers Drummer and Oswaldian have been sunk as a result of striking a mine. Casualties aboard the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreckage From the Niagara Wellington (N.z.)
Wreckage from the Niagaro, which was mined, is coming ashore in large quantities following a storm. Two lifeboats, one badly smashed, have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Swedish Steamer Sunk Stockholm, August 15
The Swedish steamer Mongolia has been sunk by a mine near Kiel. The crew was rescued. Three were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Attacked Two Irishmen Killed LONDON, Aug. 20
Two Irishmen, a passenger and a seaman, wore killed when a German plane bombed and machine-gunned the Great Western Railway steamer,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Torpedoed; 8 Lives Lost London, Aug 21
It is feared that eight lives were last when the steamer Hedrun was torpedoed in the Atlantic without warning, A British warship has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Torpedoed Lisbon. August 24
The Dutch steamer Kermes, or Hermes, arrived to-day badly holed The captain said that the vessel had been torpedoed by a submarine 300…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →First Steamer At Deniliquin The Edward Navigated 80 Years Ago
EIGHTY YEARS have elapsed since the first steamboat navigated . the Edward River from the point where it rejoins the Murray of its off take from the parent stream a few miles east of Mathoura…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tanker Believed Foundered Rangoon, Aug. 29
It has been officially announced that the oil tanker Bolivar is presumed to have foundered. She wirelessed that her stokehold and engine-room were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Steamer Torn to Pieces” London, September 1
The Berlin radio states that the Danish passenger steamer Riese was torn to pieces when it struck a British mine off Svedberg. Ten passengers and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sailed Serenely Through Danger Area Big Schooner Reaches Sydney Sydney
Eighty three days out from Van couver, the Canadian five masted top all schooner. City of Alberni, arriver in Sydney to-day. With a cargo o…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →King and Queen Not Hurt Royal Chapel Wrecked. LONDON, September 13
During this morning’s air raid on London, bombs were again dropped on Buckingham Palace. Their Majesties were unhurt…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreckage of Engine Removed Sydney
Working continuously for nearly hours, breakdown gangs to-day removed the wreckage of the goods train which jumped the rails between Epping…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →“Business as Usual’ Despite Half Wrecked Shops LONDON, September 21
The slogan. “Business as Usual,” appeared on most business premises in all parts of London which have been damaged by enemy bombing. In…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?]Rmen Rescued When Schooner Goes on Reef Melbourne
Carrying four Air Force officers, the two-masted schooner Henrietta ran on a reef about half a mile off Point Cooke on Saturday morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plane Wrecked When Landing Sydney
Two men were injured when a N.S.W. Aero Club plane crashed at Mascot aerodrome to-day when landing. The plane was wrecked when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Giant Steamer for Australia ? MONTREAL. October 10
It is more than likely that the giant liner Queen Elizabeth will be proceeding shortly to Australia to be used as a troopship. Activity aboard the liner…
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