Turns Up in S. AFRICA German Steamer Lands British SYDNEY
After days of silence, the German steamer Aller, bound from Australian ports to Germany, has arrived in the neutral port of Lourenco Marques…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1939
272 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 14
Two Killed in Air Force Crash Wirraway Wrecked at Darwin MELBOURNE
Two members of the Royal Australian Air Force were killed when an Australian-made Wirraway plane crashed at Ross Smith airport, Darwin, this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →German Freighter Wrecked Oslo, September 8
The German freighter Vegesack, which was returning to Germany from Colombia with a cargo of bananas, was wrecked on the rocks at Jaeran, Norway. The…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Drifted for Five Hours Pilot Steamer Rescues Men in Disabled Boat MELBOURNE
Fighting, mountainous seas, a disabled fishing boat, containing Jack Fitzsimons, 28, of Queenscliff, and J. Aiken, 28, of Lorne, drifted about near the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Militia Helped to Stop Riot Stones and Eggs Pelted at Communists Premises Nearly Wrecked Cairns
Services of militia and returned soldiers were obtained to help the police quell an anti-Communist demonstration at Marceba on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Magnificent Rescue by Flying Boats Entire Crew of Steamer London
It is officially stated that two R.A.F. flying boats were responsible for a magnificent feat in rescuing the entire crew of 34 of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fast Express Wrecked
Twenty were killed and 80 injured by the derailment of the U.S. streamlined "City of San Francisco" express near Carlin, Nevada. Many victims were taken from this pullman car, which was shown high in the air when other carriages were smashed to matchwood behind it. A 300-mile-an-hour Douglas bomber, the first of a 10,000,000 dollar French order for 100 machines of similar design…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Skipper and Cook Stuck To The Schooner
On June 24, 1891 (writes Mr. W. J. Goold) the schooner Ranger, 88 tons (Captain C. Lung), bound from Melbourne, was wrecked on the southern end of the northern breakwater. Three of the crew managed to scramble over the boulders on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Manly Steamer Hits Wharf First Spring Fog in Sydney SYDNEY
The first spring fog enveloped Sydney this morning, and caused a partial disorganisation of ferry services on the Harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fishermen Find Wreck Saw Spars Out of Water GOSFORD
Three fishermen found a wreck a mile from the shore at Toowong to-day. Jack Williams, 40, Ernest Warner, 47, and his son Milton, 17, went out in a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Signs of Wreck Near Gosford Discovery by Fishermen Gosford
Spars protruding 4ft. to 5ft. out of the water, with gear and sails about 20ft. under the surface, have been discovered a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crew of Royal Sceptre Rescued by British Steamer First News for Three Weeks (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, September 27
When all hope had been abandoned, the crew of a torpedoed ship, left to died in the sea, are reported to be safe, These are the 32 men of the British…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sinking of British Steamer
Remarkable pictures of the sinking of the British steamer, Bosnia, by Nazi submarine. Above: The U-boat comes to the surface for her attack. The Bosnia on fire after being struck by torpedo. Picture taken from a Norwegian rescue ship. The Bosnia explodes, as she sinks below the surface…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wreck Near the Entrance Authorities to Inquire GOSFORD
The authorities are to investigate the discovery to-day of a lifebuoy, a length of cable, and some timber by Ernest Warner, fisherman, of Toowoon Bay, at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Anniversary of Wreck of The Adolphe
It is 35 years ago to-day since the four-masted French barque Adolphe" was wrecked on the Stockton Oyster Bank while trying to make the port of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another Wreck Victim Of The Oyster Bank
On May 27, 1897, a new lifeboat was launched in the presence of a large number of spectators (writes Mr. W. J. Goold, continuing his history of the lifeboat service). The lifeboat, built by Forrest and Sons, London, at a cost of £800,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Danish Steamer Sunk Strong Protest to Germany Neutral Powers Forced Into Blockade Against England (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, October 2
The Danish steamer Vendia, which was proceeding to England in ballast, was sunk without warning by a German submarine in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Denmark Wants Compensation Sinking of Steamer Vendia Demand to Germany (Australian Associated Press.) COPENHAGEN, October 3
The Danish Government is demanding compensation from Germany for the families of the men of the Danish steamer Vendia…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hitler Wrecks Own Plan Reply To Reichstag Speech Even Italy Is Next Move with Generals London
"No peace proposals are likely to be found acceptable which do not effectively free Europe from the menace of aggression," says a statement on Hitler's speech, issued with the authority of the British…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Wrecks Wedding New York, October 8
Ten persons were injured when a fire occurred on Mr. Anthony Fokker's yacht Q.E.D., in the Hudson River, off Yonkers…
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