Missing Ketch Located
DARWIN, Sunday : A RAAF Dakota has located the 24ft. ketch Wanderer [?] which had been missing for five days on a…
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Brawlers Almost Wreck Cafe
SYDNEY, Sun.: In a fierce brawl in a chop suey cafe in Bondi last night chairs were used as weapons by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lutana Wreck Found Near Top Of Mountain Thirteen Persons on Board Incinerated Terrible Sight Confronts Search Parties SYDNEY
SEARCHES have found the charred remains of the crew and passengers of the wrecked airliner, Lutana. Whey they reached the burned out aircraft near the top of the 4000 feet high Ben Evers a grim sight met them. They found the 13 charred remains in the nose of the plane where…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Federal Aspirations May Be Wrecked
SYDNEY, Sunday : President of the NSW ALP (Mr J. Ferguson) said tonight that the Labor Party had not decided its…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Scandals May Wreck Jap Government
TOKYO, Sun.: With the fate of the Oshida Government still in the balance over the Showadenko fertiliser scandal,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plane Wreckage Found in Sea
MELBOURNE, Fri.: Wreckage from a crashed aircraft was found floating in the sea this morning by fishermen off…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gale Wrecks Plaster Works Men Seek Safety Under Moulding Table
The gale which struck Deniliquin yesterday caused considerable damage in the district. Catley Bros. fibro plaster works in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attempt to Wreck Express Police Search for Saboteurs
SYDNEY, Friday : An attempt to derail the Brisbane express near Nambucca last night failed when the engine’s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murray Steamer Sinks; 50 Passengers Aboard MELBOURNE
THE 76-year-old Murray river steamer, Gem, carrying 50 passengers and a crew of 10, sank shortly after 7.30 a.m. on Saturday, six miles below Cal Lai, NSW. The vessel had struck a submerged snag in the river. All…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Was Wrecked Plane Looted And £1500 Stolen? Band Concert Was Outstanding
People were unable to find seating accommodation at Hoyt’s Theatre last evening when Albury City Band, assisted by local…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →500 Believed Drowned When Steamer Capsizes
LONDON, Thurs. : Five hundred persons are believed to have been drowned at the junction of the Ganges and Gandak…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Damage by Hurricane Two Woolsheds Wrecked
Tuesday's wind caused serious damage to properties in the Hay district and appears to have reached hurricane force in some areas…
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NEW YORK, Thursday; Although the air search for the missing British freighter Hope Star, which has been missing since November 13…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murray River Steamer Destroyed by Fire
ECHUCA, Mon. : Murray river steamer, Murrumbidgee, was completely destroyed by fire near Moama at 3 o’clock this…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Lifeboat Crashes Into Sea From Liner’s Deck
SYDNEY, Thurs: Lifeboat containing two men crashed 50 feet down the side of the liner Asturias into the water to-day. A…
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A link with the river navigation days of the district was destroyed at Echuca this week, when the river paddle steamer…
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The paddle steamer Murrumbidgee was completely destroyed by fire at 3 o'clock on Monday afternoon fast when three miles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →World Tripping Ketch Home
SYDNEY, Tues: Completing her 33,000 mile round the world cruise, the 44ft ketch Kathleen entered Sydney Heads at 3.45…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mission Vessel Wrecked
SYDNEY, Tuesday: One of the best known mission vessels in the Pacific, the auxiliary schooner John Williams V…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Berlin-moscow Express Wrecked by Saboteurs
BERLIN, Thurs.: Sabotage caused the wreck of the Moscow-Berlin express in Poland on Christmas Eve and a Russian…
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