Dainty Faireys Wreck Boulogne Harbour London
Seaplanes and shipping in Boulogne harbour were heavily and successfully attacked by battle aircraft of the Coastal…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1940
99 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 5
Wrecked Fort Capuzzo Italians' Desperate Efforts to Repair CAIRO
The Italians are making feverish efforts to repair the damage at Fort Capuzzo and improve the defences in the area generally, declares a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Berlin Streets Strewn with Shell Fragments Traffic Damage Done During 27 Raids on German Aerodromes Bombs Wreck Factories at Milan and Turin LONDON
Swedish newspapers report that 30 British planes were over Berlin last night. The streets of the city were strewn with shell splinters and pamphlets…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attempt to Burn Down Hall Organ and Furniture Wrecked
An attempt was made early on Sunday morning to burn down the Salvation Army Hall in Wyndham Street, Greta (states the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NEARLY 1000 Buildings Wrecked in Popular S.E. Coast Seaside Resort London
The Prime Minister (Mr. Winston Churchill), in a message to the Bomber Command offering the War Cabinet's congratulations on the recent long distance attacks on Italy and Germany, revealed that German bombers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Child Evacuees Arrive Australia Steamer Bombed SYDNEY
Alter being bombed and machine gunned by German planes a liner has arrived in an Australian port with the first child evacuees from Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Missing Raider Feared Sydney to Noumea SYDNEY
It is [?] that the French steamer Noted 2489 [?] which is more than 16 day [?] on her voyage from Newcastle Noumea has fallen a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Invasion Speed Boats Wrecked By R.A.F. (Australian Associated Press.) ISTANBUL
According to a neutral informant who has just arrived from Germany, Hitler has collected 1500 to 2000 naval speed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wrecked Royal Chapel Bombs on Buckingham Palace LONDON
Three bombs fell on Buckingham Palace during air raids this morning. Their Majesties, who were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Berlin's Heaviest Raid of War; Bombed Steadily for Three Hours Plant, Power Stations Wrecked; Direct Hit On Gasworks (Australian Associated Press and British Official Wireless.) LONDON
"Single and small formations of British planes never seemed to stop coming. They dived from a height which seemed to be under one thousand feet," declared an American broadcasting on the German…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Children Rescued From Torpedoed Steamer Action of Australians LONDON
Two Sunderland flying-beats, one of which was manned by Australians, found 46 survivors, including some children. drifting in a boat from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FOUR R.A.A.F. Members Marooned Fishing Schooner Stranded; Heavily Pounded MELBOURNE
Four officers of the Royal Australian Air Force had an unenviable experience when the former Newfoundland fishing schooner Henrietta…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shot Down Four German Planes R.A.F. Pilot Came Home in Paddle Steamer
A young man stepped ashore at Margate from a paddle-steamer. It was the end of a day out. He was a young Royal Air Force fighter pilot…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Skipper Clung To Wreck
For three hours a trawler skipper, numb with cold, clung to the rigging while daring rescuers struggled to reach him…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Residents Buried Under Wreckage of Houses (Australian Associated Press andBritish Official Wireless) LONDON
A night raid following one long and one short daylight alarm began apparently quietly. Reports soon arrived, however,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreckage Sighted By American Freighter SYDNEY
Part of a wreck was sighted in the Pacific near New Caledonia early last week by an American freighter which arrived here…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Schooner Aground On Port Curtis Reef Passengers Safe Brisbane
With the hull awash the three masted American auxiliary schooner "Director II" is aground on a reef in Port Curtis…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Young Australian Was at Gun Cargo Steamer Sunk by Raider Carpenter Tells of Four Days in Open Boat By Air Mail.) LONDON, October 1
"A young Australian was at our gun stripped to the waist, but he couldn't do anything. If he had fired back, he might…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alderman Swims to Rescue Brings Ashore Elderly Man From Capsized Launch SYDNEY
In a heavy sea off Bluefish Point, Manly, yesterday, Ald. J. D. Wallace (43), of Concord, swam 80yds. with a rescue line to an elderly man whose…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreckage Ashore Liner Turakina SYDNEY
[?] wreckage believed to be from [?] Taraka[?] which was shelled [?] by an enemy raider in the [?] set on August 20 last has…
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