Explosion Kills 30 People On Excursion Steamer
PITTSBURG (U.S.A.), Wednesday.—Between 20 and 30 persons were killed when the five-decked oil-burning inland excursion steamer Island Queen—claimed to be the largest vessel…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1947
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At Least 20 Dead in U.s. Steamer Fire
PITTSBURGH, Wednesday.--Between 20 and 30 persons were killed when the five-decked, oil-burning, inland excursion steamer, Island Queen--claimed to be the largest vessel of its land in the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire on River Steamer Takes Heavy Toll of Life Furious Blaze Follows Series Of Explosions PITTSBURGH
Between 20 and 30 persons were killed when a fivedecked oil burning inland excursion steamer, Island Queen —claimed to be the largest vessel of its kind in the United States—burned and sank at the quayside in Monqngahela…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New England Aerodrome Armidale Meeting Abortive, Says Guyra Delegate Provincial Attitude "Wrecked" Conference
Guyra's claims as the most suitable location for a New England airport or A class aerodrome were again discussed by the Guyra and District Chamber of Commerce at its monthly meeting last Thursday night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Canadian Steamer Sinks Five Lives Reported Lost Powell River (British Columbia)
The motorship, Gulf Stream, struck a reef in Queen Charlotte Sound early yesterday with the loss of at least five lives…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Towed 2,000 Miles Sydney
The Australian motorship, Reynella, reached Sydney to-day after what is claimed as a record stern first tow of 2,000 miles from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bomb in Communist Headquarters Wrecks Window In Bristol Seventh Attack In Recent Weeks LONDON
An attack with explosives on the Communist Party's Bristol headquarters early yesterday wrecked a window in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S. EXPLOSION Wrecks Cafe and Nightclub New York
Nine persons were killed and 50 hurt in Idaho last night by an explosion which wrecked a cafe and a night club. Rescuers are still…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →46 Believed Drowned in Shipwreck
KETCHIKAN (Alaska), Wednesday.—A coastguard plane reported that the army transport, Clarksdale Victory, had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Roosevelt's Plans Wrecked Speedy Recovery of Europe Termination of Lend Lease
Mr. Henry Morgenthau, junr., wartime Secretary of the Treasury, says the Truman administration wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Planes Wrecked in Fierce Storm
SYDNEY, Monday. --Two aircraft were wrecked, two others were damaged and a hangar was blown into the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State Lashed by Storm Heavy Damage Over Wide Ares Aircraft Wrecked at Coonable SYDNEY
Two aircraft were wrecked, two othars were damaged and a hangar was blown into the nearby Castlereagh River at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ship Wrecked Near Philippines Swept on to Rocks by Typhoon MANILA
Of 64 persons on board the Banish motorship, Kina, which sank in the Sea of Samar oh Christmas Day after a typhoon sweeping the…
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