Vessel Total Wreck
SUVA, Mon.: The steamer, “Nimanoa,” which ran aground on a reef at Nuku Fetau, an uninhabited island north of Funafuti,…
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Communist Wreckers Must Be Defeated
Anyone who viewed the state of confusion at Albury railway station yesterday morning when Sydney trains pulled in and passengers made a wild scramble to get seats on buses for the journey to Melbourne must have tod a feeling of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Missing Fishermen Blown Ashore
LONDON, Tues.: Three fishermen whom two lifeboats had failed to find after they were caught in Sunday’s big [?] were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Boss Strait Steamer Sails Today
MELBOURNE, Tues.: The Bass Strait steamer Taroona, will sail for Beauty Point, Tasmania, at a 4 p. m. tomorrow…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Wreckage of missing fishing craft found
BRISBANE, Mon.: The wreckage age of the fishing launch, “Ina,” which has been missing since January 2, has been found on…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →May be wreckage of barge
DARWIN, Wed.: A Northern Territory police officer will investigate whether 12 charred 44 gallon petrol drums and some…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Freighter total wreck
ADELAIDE, Tues,; The 3346 ton freighter Corio became a total wreck today and was abandoned by its crew at Admella…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Wrecked Freighter Sold
ADELAIDE, Sun: The wrecked freighter Corio has been sold for an unspecified figure to F. W. Stanke, a fisherman of Carpenter…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wreckage May Belong to Missing Yacht
WELLINGTON (NZ), Friday [?] Wreckage found on Hawkes [?] beach during the week-end may[?] give a clue to the fate of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Greyhounds Helped to Wreck Marriage
SYDNEY, Mon.: A woman who objected to [?] greyhounds being kept at their home by her husband…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Man Becomes Insane on Steamer
SYDNEY, Tues.: A young Englishman who was travelling alone in the Wanganella from New Zealand to Australia became insane…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wind Wrecks 40 Targets
MELBOURNE, Tues.: Gusty [?] reaching 50 to [?]m.p.h. literally blew out the last stage of the Syme…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Ketch Rammed to Save ‘Plane
SYDNEY, Sun: A Civil Aviation Department launch rammed a rudderless ketch in Rose Bay this afternoon, to stop it drifting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S. stockpiling “could wreck” Europe’s economy
LONDON, Fri.: Mr Harold Wilson, farmer President of the British Board of Trade, yesterday warned America that a continued stockpiling of supplies would wreck the production programme of the western world…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Persian police uncover plot to wreck giant oil refinery at Abadan
LONDON, Mon.: Persian police and security chiefs hove uncovered what is believed to be a vast Communist plot to wreck the Anglo-Iranian Company’s giant oil refinery at Abadan, reports…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stowaway swam ashore
SYDNEY, Wed.: A French stowaway, Jean Durind, 23, smashed a pair of handcuffs and dived overboard from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Communism Wrecked Marriage”
SYDNEY, Thurs.: A wife said today that Communism had wrecked her marriage. She is Ellen Mary Henrietta Le…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Attempt to Wreck Jap, Treaty ?
WASHINGTON. Wed.: The State Department’s “Voice of America” has charged the Soviet Union with fostering a campaign to wreck the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storm wrecks planes, clubhouse
SYDNEY, Thurs.: A freak windstorm devastated a club-house, hangar and two Tiger Moth aircraft at Orange tonight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plane wreckage found
PORT MORESBY. Wed.: Natives have located the wreckage of an Auster aircraft which disappeared on Monday on a flight from…
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