Divers' Risk In Shark-infested Waters Repairing a Damaged Steamer
How divers worked in shark-infested waters, among clams large enough to trap a man, to repair the damaged bow of the Japanese…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1939
78 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 4
Launch Wrecked at Byron Bay Cyclonic Storm
During the height of cyclonic blow a 20ft. motor launch, owned by Frank Mums, was wrecked at Byron Bay. The launch, which was used by its…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Requisitioned Australian Steamer SYDNEY
The Australian and Orient Line passenger vessel, Changte, 4234 tons, due to arrive at Sydney to-day from Bong Kong and Brisbane, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German Steamer Capture Reported New York
Reports received from Paris state that the German liner Bremen which left New York last Friday, has been captured in the Atlantic. One report states the capture was effected by the French…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →48 Wounded Greek Steamer Strikes Mine COPENHAGEN
All unidentified ship from Malmo radioed thai she was arriving at Malmo this afternoon with 48 wounded, who are believed to be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Torpedoed Most Passengers Rescued Many Americans Aboard
The transatlantic liner Athenia with 1400 passengers, mostly Canadians and some Americans, was torpodoed and sunk 200 miles off the Hebrides…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Schooner Desperate
It was the Schooner Desperate that sailed the troubled sea. The skipper took his bosom friend to share his company; His eyes were like the stars that Mink on a frosty night, His face was grim, his lips were set, like one prepared to fight…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lifeboat Accounted For LISBON
An Italian steamer has found one of the missing lifeboats of the Manaar and rescued 23. but 19 out of the crew of 109 are still…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Prize Australia's First German Steamer Captured
Australia has her first prize of war. H.M.A.S. Yarra is reported to have captured the German…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London Steamer Sunk LONDON
A communique issued by the Ministry of Information states that the London steamer Goodwood was attacked by a submarine. The crew of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Warsaw's Fate Still In Doubt British Steamer Attacked "Bremen" Sold to Italian Firm British Destroyers Active United States' Neutrality Germans Continue Advance :: Strategic Points Endangered LONDON
COMMUNIQUES ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION STATES THAT THE LONDON STEAMER GOODWOOD WAS ATTACKED BY A SUBMARINE, BUT THE CREW OF 21 WERE PICKED UP BY A FISHING BOAT. THE CAPTAIN WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL WITH A BROKEN LEG…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German Consular Staff To Leave on Dutch Steamer SYDNEY
The German Consular staff will be put on board a Dutch steamer on September 25. According to diplomatic practice they will be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death and Desolation in War-wrecked Poland Harrowing Refugee Problems LONDON
A neutral eyewitness who reached Brussels after a tour of the conquered Polish territory paints a frightful picture of death and desolation. Not a single roof is intact in many towns. Roads are lined with corpses and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another Steamer Torpedoed Crew Rescued by Dutch Tanker New York
The steamer President Roosevelt, which rushed to the aid of the freighter Vancouver City, which was torpedoed, radioed that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Swedish Steamer Sunk OSLO
The Swedish steamer Gertrud Bratt, of 1510 tons, bound for England with a cargo of woodpulp, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine 15…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pocket Battleship Sinks British Steamer Survivors' Stories LONDON
An Argentinian newsagency message from Rio De Janeiro quotes the survivors of the British steamer Clement as saying that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German Attacks on Neutral Ships Swedish Steamer Sunk Raiders' New Technique
German attacks on neutral shipping continue. A German submarine, according to a Stockholm report, sank…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Ship Will Be Torpedoed" German Admiral's Warning to U.S. GOVERNMENT. Steamer Carrying Repatriated Americans Home New York
It is officially announced from the White House that the head of the German Navy (Admiral Raeder) informed the United…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →French Submarine's Capture 17 Shots Fired At German Steamer PARIS
It is revealed that a French submarine last week was cruising in midAtlantic, without a special mission, when she sighted a German freighter…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ALMOST 800 Lost with Royal Oak Battleship Was Torpedoed High Command Communique Scandinavian Countries Carry Brunt of U-boat Attacks Wanton Sinking Of Baltic Owned Steamer Must React On Germany Nazi Ships Unable to Meet Port Dues; May Have to Quit London
The amended Admiralty, list of the survivors from the battleship Royal Oak, which was torpedoed, makes the total 414 of a complement of about 1200. The Admiralty regret that the possibility of additional survivors is remote. The German High Command communique announces that a German…
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