Captain, Crew Escape When Trawler Wrecked
SYDNEY, Thurs.: The captain and two crew members escaped when the 60 ft. seine trawler Athol Star went aground on a…
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Kremlin Begins Wrecking Campaign
LONDON, Sun.: Recent diplomatic actions by Russia and her Communist neighbors “seem to suggest that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Distress Call From British Steamer
SAN FRANCISCO, Sun.: The British steamer Prince Salvot in a distress call intercepted yesterday by Globe Wireless reported…
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This sedan car was wrecked on Thursday morning when fire broke out in the garage of Mr. W. Thompson, Rowan st., Wangaratta. The fire its believed to have been caused by an electrical short circuit…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murray River Steamer Traffic 75 Years Ago
As showing the more or less extensive traffic carried on by the river steamers, we reprint from the files of the "Free Press" of 75…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →80-Year-old Building Falls to the “Wreckers ” Land was Bought for £300 in 1870
AN HISTORIC Deniliquin landmark disappeared beneath bricklayers’ hammers last week, when the small brick building near Tattersalls Hotel (facing Cressy Street) was demolished…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →40 Lose Lives When Steamer Sinks
GUAYAQUIL (Ecuador), Friday : At least 40 persons are believed to have lost their lives when the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wrecked Airliner Plot; Woman Acquitted
QUEBEC, Fr&: Mrs. Margnerita Pitre, 41, who [?]wittingly helped the plot that wrecked an airliner and killed 23 persons,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inspection of Wreckage Delayed
MELBOURNE, Thurs. Inspection of wreckage believed to be from the missing King Island launch Adeline was postponed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Trams Wrecked in Riots
BRUSSELS, Friday : Violence broke out in parts of Brussels and outbreaks were also reported from southern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storms Kill and Wreck
NEW YORK, Tues.: Cyclonic spring storms which raged throughout the United States on Monday and Tuesday have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm Building Wrecked
During the peak of a freak rain arid gale storm west of Deniliquin on Tuesday night, a large sited was torn from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Men Missing: Launch Wrecked Brisbane
An intensive search is being carried out for two members of the crew of the Innisfail launch Mavis, which has been missing since last Sunday with three men aboard…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →35 Die in Plane Wreck
TOKIO, Sunday : A United States helicopter today sighted the wreckage of the C54 transport plane which has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attempt to Wreck Plane Alleged
SANTA MONICA (Calif.), Tuesday : John Grant was yesterday formally charged with six counts of attempted…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Plans to Freeze Wrecked Ships
JOHANNESBURG, Thurs.: Engineer and explorer, Mr T. D. Van Eggen, plans to raise wrecks lying at the bottom of the Indian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burnt-out Wreckage of Plane Found
BRISBANE, Sun.: The burnt out wreckage of a plane was found 14 miles south of Croydon, about 250 miles south-west of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Human Bones Found Among Plane Wreck-age
CAIRNS, Tues.: A police constable from Croydon, searching the wreckage of the burnt-out aircraft today, found a small…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →City Hotel Wrecked by an Explosion Melbourne
An explosion completely wrecked the Town Hall Hotel, and damaged 18 other buildings in the heart of the city this afternoon. Damage is estimated at many thousands of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wrecked Whaling Ship Breaking Up
PERTH. Sun: The £20,000 whaling ship Norwegian Bay. which was wrecked on a reef near Wedge Island, 90 miles north-west of…
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