Steamer Attacked Near Port Said Alexandria. March 25
A German plane to-day bombed and machine-gunned the steamer Taubate a hundred miles to the north-west of Port Said. It dropped six bombs, all…
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Royal Home Bombed—King and Queen Amid Wreckage at Buckingham Palace Clearing Up Bombed Areas
Air-raid damage in Britain is being rapidly cleared up by the Army Pioneer Corps, seen here using pneumatic drills to break up a damaged concrete road. King George and Queen Elizabeth standing [?] the wreckage caused by a bomb aimed…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Germans Leaving America 196 Sail on Spanish Steamer New York, March 27
German language newspaper advertisements indicating some sort of official order calling Germans back to their homeland were disclosed to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Effort to Disorganise American Shipping Seamen Induced to Remain Ashore WASHINGTON. April 2[?]
Federal authorities are investigating reports that pro-Axis elements are trying to Induce seamen not to sign [?]on ships s[?]lling between the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Effort to Disorganise American Shipping Seamen Induced to Remain Ashore WASHINGTON, April 26
Federal authorities are investigating reports that pro-Axis elements are trying to induce seamen not to sign on on ships sailing between the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Steamer Runs Blockade Santos (Brazil). April 30
The German freighter. Natal, carrying a general cargo, arrived to-day after a voyage of 32 days from Hamburg, thus running the British blockade successfully…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Echo of Allied Evacuation [?] Schooner Safe After 17 Days. Alexandria, May 17
Carrying four British officers. six [?] and two Greek N.C.O's., a Greek schooner of 170 tons arrived here to-day. She was probably the last ship…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Was [?] VICHY, May 24
It is revealed that a German raider, believed to have been the former Norwegian steamer Tamesis, hit the Egyptian liner, Zamzam, eight or nine times…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sinking of Egyptian Steamer Survivors Tell of Experiences London, May 26
A despatch from the [?] correspondent of British United Press [?] a vivid description of the sinking of the Egyptian liner [?] in the South Atlantic given…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chase Ends on Ferry Steamer Sydney
As the cashier of the Monterey Cafe in the city was counting the day's takings to-night a man leaned across the counter, grabbed £22 in notes, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hungarian Steamer Seized by Dutch Batavia, June 10
The desi[?] Kortenaer, while patrolling in the Timor Sea, intercepted and arrested the Hungnrian steamer Nuygat, of 4323 tons, which was escorted to Sournbaya, states a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plane Wreckage Located; Australian' Deaths Wa[?]aga Beach (Out) June 10
Wreekage of a plane that crashed into Georgian Bay last February, resulting in the deaths of two Australian ari[?] Ross and Ar[?]ur, has been located near the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sinking of American Steamer Rio De Janeiro, June 12
Mr. Philip Williams, secretary of the United States Embassy, flew to Recife to-day to obtain first ha[?]d information from survivors of the American…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Explosion' Wrecks Paint Shop Sydney
The paint shop at Metter's factory Alexandria. was demolished to-day of the result of an explosion which [?] heard a mile away. Eight [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Swedish Steamer Sunk Crew Rescued by British Vessels Lisbon, June 21
Two British ships one of which was [?] arrived at Oporto and [?] 21 members of the crew [?] Swedish steamer Gundo which…
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[?] the Coroner (Mr. M. Constables Downie and [?] to the scene of the ac[?] Friday night. From Moroco…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Embassy Wrecked Hong Kong, July 1
The Chungking correspondent after states that the British Emssy was completely wrecked when large bombs gained direct hits on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Stabilisation Scheme Some Trying To Wreck Government Plan: Minister's Warning Legitimate Growers Will Not Be Interfered with
"The time has come when all wheatgrowers who have the true interests of the industry at heart must combine to prevent certain people from smashing the stabilization plan. There are people who are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecked 'Nazi Aircraft Rebuilt
German aeroplane engines removed from machines shot down over England are being examined by technical experts and the Army Air Corps…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News of Historic Shipwreck Horse's Homing Instinct
It is of interest to recall that the first news of the wreck of the British troopship Birkenhead off Cape Agulhas, the most…
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