British Steamer Followed by War 'Planes LONDON
The British steamer Peckham, bound from Odessa to Barcelona, sent a S.O.S. stating that she was being followed by warplanes on the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938
109 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 6
Unknown Submarine Attacks British Steamer LONDON
Replying to questions relating to Spain in the House of Commons, the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Duff Cooper, revealed for the first time…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wrecked Airship Survivors' Stories Pilot's Fall Into Pit Moscow
The survivors of the wreck of the Soviet airship, V6, have recovered sufficiently to give a brief story of the disaster…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The First Lifeboat
It was in 1787 that a committee of South Shields shipowners offered prize for the best model of a boad adapted for saving life amid tha…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wreck of Oil Tanker
Mrs Frieda Prentice, 23, is in bed, recovering from the ordeal she experienced when her husband's 300-ton motor oil tanker exploded and sank,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Emden Wreck
The Japanese ship Anyo Maru, which had been in port at Singapore for four months, carrying 20 tons of metal from the wreck of the German…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →S.O.S. Steamer Shelled Hundreds of Passengers Aboard MARSEILLES
The French steamer EI Munsrur, carrying passengers, cargo and mails from Algeria to France, sent out…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Engine Failed Manly Steamer to Rescue SYDNEY
When the engine of a launch broke down off Bradley's Head last night the occupants, two men and a woman were in danger of drifting on to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Fire a Race to Port Passengers Ignorant of Danger Cargo Damaged SYDNEY
A fire was discovered in number one hatch of the steamer Hunter about 5 o'clock this morning, when the vessel, carrying…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire on Coastal Steamer
Believed to have been caused by spontaneous combustion among bales of wool and bags of zinc oxide, a fire broke out in No. 1 hold of the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →French Steamer Attacked Destroyer Rushes to Scene Marseilles
A 'plane machine-gunned the French steamer, Prado, 15 miles from Valencia and one person was wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Struck by Steamer Launch Occupants' Miraculous Escape SYDNEY
Two occupants of a launch had an amazing escape this morning when it was struck by an unknown coastal steamer several miles off Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Liner Ashore? Disturbing Report Received Company Receive No Confirmation Sydney
A report that either the Nieuw Holland or the Nieuw Zeeland went ashore on a reef, 12 miles south of Archer Point Lighthouse,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Missing Bomber No Sign of Wreckage LONDON, Monday Night
Aircraft searching for the missing Vickers' bomber suspended activities on Monday afternoon owing to mists on the hilltops…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →England Accused At Soviet Trial Plan to Overthrow Soviet Huge Concessions Granted Interfere with Food Supplies Plot to Kill Stalin MOSCOW, Thursday. the British Ambassador, Sir Robert Chilston, Was Present When the Trial of the Twenty-one Former Soviet Leaders Charged with Espionage, Wrecking and Terrorism, Was Resumed
He heard Ivanov, former Commissar for Trade and industry declare that Bukharin told him that members of the right had an agreement with Britain to overthrow the Soviet and give Britain concessions in North Russia…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yacht Wrecked Crew Rescuted by Freighter "Terrifying Experience," Says Girl Sydney
The oversea freighter, Clan Mac Arthur, yesterday rescued the crew of the 16-footer, Joyce, wrecked in [?] southerly gale off Chowder Head…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Bombed Fireman Killed BARCELONA
The British steamer Stanwell was bombed and set on fire at Tarragona, resulting in the death of a fireman and wounding several of the crew, as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War on Two Fronts Spain British Steamer Bombed Fireman Killed Members of Crew Wounded Barcelona
The British steamer "Stanwell" was bombed and set on fire at Tarragona, resulting in the death of a fireman and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Steamer Torpedoed PERPIGNAN
A British steamer, believed to be the Clifford, was torpedoed off Cape Cerbere. She grounded off Llansa and is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Channel Collisions Coastal Steamer Sunk London
Two collisions occurred during a tog in the English Channel to-day. The steamer Wairangi, bound for Brisbane, collided with the coastal steamer…
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