Herald Stop Press Bombing of Steamer. Algiers, August 6
The British Corporal arrived here to-day. The master reported that three monoplanes bombed the vessel for more than an hour. There were…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937
363 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 19
Trotskyist Spies in Russia Eighteen Wreckers Executed MOSCOW
Eighteen Trotskylst spies, terrorists and wreckers were executed at Plattkorsk (Caucasia) after they bad been found guilty by a military court of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →18 EXECUTIONS "Trotskyist Wreckers" MOSCOW, August 7
Eighteen persons, described as Trotskyist spies, terrorists, and wreckers, were executed at Piatikorsk, Caucasia, after they had been found guilty by a military…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Column Of Gossip Shades of J. Ketch!
IF walls and ceilings could talk, what a story they could sometimes tell If rumor is correct, what a story the old beams in the first City Council…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Collided in Fog Channel Steamer Pushed Aground Master's Timely Act London, August 8
Further details of the collision off Dunkirk of the cross channel steamer Princess Marie Jose and the Clan MacNeil reveal that the Clan MacNeil struck the Marie…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →'Plane and Ship Wrecks Violent Gale Off Western America Vancouver
Down near the coast somewhere between Seattle and Alaska, a 'plane and nine passengers are missing. A furious…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Airliner Wreck Dug From Snow . . . . . Snakes As Child's Playmates
BURIED DEEP in a snow bank in Utah, U.S.A., is te WAE airliner, which carried seven passengers, to death when it crushed. Avalanches from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Crew Swam Ashore Fire on Hospital Ship NAPLES, August 12
The crew of the Italian hospital ship, Helouan, which was gutted by fire in Naples harbour, jumped overboard, naked, and swam ashore…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →No Rest for the Lifeboat Men S.O.S. Interrupted A Medal Presentation PARIS
Just as the medal for valor was being pinned on the breast of Yves Saluan, second-in-command of the life-boat crew of Portsall, near Brest, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →French Steamer Attempt to Torpedo Danish Ship Sunk Naval Battle Off Gijon (Australian Associated Press and British Official Wireless.) LONDON, August 15
Following the recent attacks on British, French, and Italian ships by aircraft near Algiers, comes a report from Tunis that a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sank with All Hands Spanish Steamer Torpedoed London
The Spanish steamer Mar Negri has been torpedoed in the Dardanelles. It is reported that it sank with the loss of all…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sunk by Torpedo Another Spanish Steamer All Hands Lost General Franco's Campaign in Mediterranean (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, August 17
The Spanish tramp steamer Mar Negro (6632 tons) is reported to have been torpedoed and to have sunk with all hands, says a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bridge Useless Struck by Steamer Delays to Traffic Sydney
Traffic using the Gladesville vehicular bridge over the Parramatta River was delayed to-day after the steamer Dellie struck part of the bridge, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Steamer Sunk In Mediterranean Crew Rescued Was on Her Way to Spain (Australian Associated Press.) ISTANBUL, August 19
The Spanish Republican steamer Armuru (2762 tons) was beached and later sank following an attack by an unknown vessel in the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Stranded Steamer Refloated Adelaide
The interstate steamer Ashridge, heavily laden with coal, went aground early yesterday while it was making for Osborne wharf. The vessel was refloated at high…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →From Seabed Wrecked 'Plane Raised Port Phillip Disaster Melbourne
The Air Force Moth seaplane which crashed into Port Phillip on July 22 was raised by a Harbour Trust dredge thin afternoon, Pilot officers Yde and Houston…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Salvaged From the Sea Wrecked Seaplane Recovered MELBOURNE
An Air Force guard was placed over the salvaged R.A.A.F. Moth seaplane at Point Cook station to-day, awaiting the result of the Coroner's inquest…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →69 Years After Court Sequel to Shipwreck Distribution of Estate Sydney
A newspaper account of the wreck of the brig Fortune off the coast of New Zealand 69 years ago, as told by the only survivor, will be read as evidence in…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Japanese Wreck Station the Bombardment in Shanghai Carnage Among the Native Population Shanghai
Renewed Japanese artillery bombardment of the South Station in Shanghai to-day resulted in 300 Chinese civilians being killed and 700 wounded. The bombardment shook the International area which is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Alone on Doomed Ship Dramatic Rescue by Surf Club Seaman Trapped on Wrecked Urana Taree
Guided by the swinging of a light on the stricken coaster Urana, men from the Taree-Old Bar Surf Life-Saving Club, early this morning, battled through big seas in the surf boat to rescue John Tornoe, a…
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