Stops Near Wrecked Pocket Battleship, Later!
The Tacoma stopped near wreek of Admiral Graf Spee and—ed hawsers to two tags…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1940
99 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 5
Steamer Torpedoed LONDON
A U-boat torpedoed the steamer Svarton off the North Scottish Coast. Eleven members of the crew were picked up from a raft, but twenty are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Link In Five Places, Wreck Bridges Ski Patrols Frequently Cross Russian Border London
The Finns plan a third onslaught comparable with the offensives at Kiantajarvi and Tolajarvi. Between three and four divisions of Russians are in a dangerous position north of Lake Ladoga…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cargo Steamer Sunk LONDON
The cargo steamer Cedrington Court, of 5,160 tons, was sunk yesterday by a mine off the south-cast coast…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer's Departure Delayed Cooks Want Extra Staff Other Men Engaged; Ship Sails SYDNEY
The departure from Sydney of an inter-State passenger steamer was delayed for more than four hours last night, when 13 cooks…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →EXHAUSTED Men Blown Ashore SYDNEY
According to a message from Darwin three men, who were recently returning from Melville Island, were blown ashore exhausted after their launch…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Electricity Sub-station Wrecked By Home Made Bomb Liverpool in Darkness SYDNEY
A mysterious explosion partially wrecked the electricity substation at Warwick Farm at 2 o'clock this morning and plunged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Mined Eleven of Crew Missing OSLO
A mine sank the steamer 'Fredville in the North Sea on Thursday. The Swedish steamer May, sailing under the Panama flag, landed live…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Manly Sensation Attempt to Jump From Ferry Steamer SYDNEY
Excitement was caused on a crowded Manly steamer last night when deckhands prevented a young man, wearing the uniform of a Nava rating,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yacht Wrecked Four of Crew Drowned AUCKLAND
The yacht Ngahdia was wrecked at Matakana Island in a fierce gale yesterday morning. Of the crew of five only one was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Launch Wrecked; Four Drowned Owner's Struggle in Boiling Surf Men Plunge Into Sea, Clinging to) Mattresses AUCKLAND
The yacht Ngahuia was wrecked at Matakana Island in a fierce gale yesterday morning. Of the crew of five only one was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dutch Steamer Torpedoed AMSTERDAM
U-boats torpedoed and sank the Dutch steamer Arendskerk of 7,906 tons in the Bay of Biscay. She was laden with piece goods for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£15,000 MACHINE Attempt to Wreck Company Offers £500 Reward Sydney
An attempt to wreck a machine worth £15,000 was made recently at the Pyrmont works of the Colonial Sugar Refining Co., Ltd…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plane Wrecked Pilot Injured Passengers' Narrow Escape Bathurst
A narrow escape from death was experienced by Dr. J. G. Woods, the "flying doctor" stationed at Broken Hill, and two companions…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Abandoned All the Passengers Saved GENO
The owners of the eleven thousand ton passenger liner Orazio, which was abandoned after a fire off the Spanish coast, announced…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jam Steamer Held Up HONOLULU
The U.S. Customs report that a British warship held up the Japanese liner Tatuta Maru between California and Honolulu, par…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mail Salvaged From Wrecked Dutc Air Captain and One Passenger Buried at Bali CLONCURRY
Captain T. Reyers, who is flying the Royal Netherlands Indies Airways relief air liner to Sydney, landed here last night with 351b. of mail salvaged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Air Raids Neutral Vessels Sunk R.A.F. to Rescue German Airmen Washed Ashore London
During Saturday's German raids on British shipping two neutral vessels were sunk. A German radio statement said 14 were sunk, but this is a gross…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Swedish Steamer Sunk by Russian Plane LONDON
The Swedish steamer, Wirgo, was bombed and sunk bg a Russian plane, whilst under convoy in the North Sea. The Wirgo was a vessel of 700 tons,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Steamer Sunk Passengers and Crew Saved LONDON
All passengers and crew, numbering more than 200. were saved when the British steamer Minister was sunk by a mysterious explosion…
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