Wooden Vessel Goes Ashore Newcastle
When a wooden vessel of 300 tons ran on to the rocks at Susan Gilmore beach, Newcastle, in dense fog today the captain and the crew of 10 were…
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FELL 100 FEET Non-swimmer Washed Ashore from River
BRISBANE, Tuesday: Twenty-five minutes after he had fallen more than 100 feet from the Storey Bridge into the Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wrecked R.A.A.F. Bomber; Mountain’s Secret Revealed
While rain was falling and low-lying clouds hung over the hills, the “Mail” took these pictures at the scene of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wrecked Plane Flies Again Local Mechanic’s Achievement
The silver biplane which new over Deniliquin on Saturday afternoon and attracted many curious glances was a discarded wreck several months…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Check on Schooner Sales WOLLONGONG
Wollongong-Illawarra Trades and Labor Council officials will check hotels in Wollongong on Saturday to observe whether schooners or beer are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Typhoon Holds Up Occupation Plans Mac Arthur To Go Ashore On
Although many recent reports stressed the fury of the recent typhoon which has postponed for 48 hours all arrangements for the occupation of Japan, there is no evidence that the Japanese are likely at this stage, when they are anxious to do everything possible to avoid Incidents, to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australian Troops Go Ashore at Rabaul
The first Australian troops asbore at Roband personnel of “A” Coy., 29/40 Australian Industry Battalion landing at Malaguna Mission…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Result of Three Weeks Talk by Statesmen May Be Nil Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in London “Shipwrecked” Russia’s Attitude Chief Stumbling Block LONDON
All members of the Foreign Ministers’ Council are in touch with their Governments in a last-minute effort to save the conference from complete shipwreck, states the political correspondent of the “Daily Express.”…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Strolling Among Wreckage at Yokohama
A shore leave party from the Australian destroyer, Nepal, strolls among the wreckage of Yokohama…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Explosion Wrecks Building Workmen Badly Injured MELBOURNE
An explosion wrecked the interior of the State Electricity Commission’s depot in Church St., Richmond, and seriously injured an employe. Peter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEARLY 6000 Japs Drowned Steamer Strikes Mine OSAKA
Carrying 6000 Japanese, the passenger ship Muroto Maru struck a mine and sank off Kobe on Sunday, reports Dom[?] Newsagency…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →3 Men Missing Fishing Boat Wrecked MELBOURNE
On a voyage from Port Fairy to Williamstown, the fishing cotter Thistle was wrecked on the Corsair Rock, off Point Nepean, in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck Victims Found MELBOURNE
The bodies of two of the three men mining after the cutter Thistle was wrecked on Corsair Rock, near Point Nepean. last week, have been found…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman Helps Pirates 300 Aboard Steamer Robbed (From Reg Harris in Hong Kong)
Three hundred passengers aboard a Chinese coastal steamer were robbed by Chinese pirates almost within sight and gun range of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four Children in Novel Court Action Sued Alleged Woman Wrecker of Their Home SYDNEY
Common sense suggested that children should have the right to suethira parties who break up their parents marriages, the President of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mines Washed Ashore in Britain LONDON
A mine washed ashore at Dymchurch on the southeast coast; this morning exploded when the tide was [?] at midday. Another mine was washed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Mines Drifting Ashore LONDON
Coast towns and shipping crews are still keeping a sharp watch for mines, six of which were sighted off [?] Point yesterday evening. Two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tense on Steamer Australian Authorities Criticised LONDON
The “Dally Mail” correspondent in Batavia says that for having permitted Indonesians to carry arms aboard the liner Esperance…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Retreating Javanese Looting and Wrecking Nationalists Appeal to Moscow BATAVIA
Indian troops under General E. C. Mansergh today lightened their grip on Sourabaya, where, according to Dutch reports, the retreating Indonesian Nationalists are looting and wrecking shops and houses…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Labor Minister Criticises “Wreckers” SYDNEY
Some elements within the trades union movement were endeavoring to bring about destruction not only of the movement itself, but democracy also, said the…
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