Salvage British Bomber £1000 Offer for Wrecked Plane MELBOURNE
The Air Board has received several offers from persons who believe they can salvage the R.A.F. Vickers Wellesley bomber, which crashed in dense bush 100…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1939
272 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 14
Long Trek in Bush Shipwrecked Fishermen Found Boat Swamped Off Tasmania Hobart
With their bodies and feet bruised and bleeding, two ship-wrecked fishermen were found in an exhausted condition two miles…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Depth Recorder on Steamer Age
The steamer Age, which left Newcastle for Melbourne early this morning, carries an instrument for testing the depth of the sea at the rate…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Steamer Sinks at Wharf Mystery at Grafton GRAFTON
The river steamer Mooli, owned by the Pullens Clarence River Service, sank at its moorings at Grafton to-day. The cause is a mystery. There was no one…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →What People Think The Maitland Wreck
Clayton Johnston (Muswellbrook) writes: In Thursday's "Newcastle Sun" is an account of the wreck of the steamer Maitland 40 years ago. Without doubting the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Darts to While Away Time Officers Of Steamer Asphalion
The Rome of darts is "all the rage" in England, America and European countries at the present time. It is played by all classes of society, in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Chimpanzee Amuck Wrecked Shop in New York Traffic Held Up While Crowds Watch New York, February 21
A female chimpanzee, weighing 12 stone, fresh from the jungles of the Belgian Congo, broke loose from her cage in a pet shop on Fifth Avenue yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Steamer Ties Up at Silos
The Blue Funnel steamer Asphalion, which arrived at Newcastle on Tuesday, will be tied up at the silos until March 1. After…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Schooner Still Aground Melbourne
The Auxiliary schooner Coomonderry, which went aground at St. Leonards on Sunday night, is still stuck in the sand. Two of her crew to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Aground in Heavy Weather Bass Strait Schooner MELBOURNE
The small schooner Commonderry went aground near St. Leonards last night, while proceeding to Tasmania. She was caught in heavy weather. and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Found Dead on Ship Master of British Steamer Captured by Spanish Rebels London, February 27
The owners have been advised that the master of the steamer Stangrove (516 tons), which was captured by the Spanish Nationalists on February 5. and escorted…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wreck Causes Wreck Second Disaster Day Later LONDON, February 10
A German steamer was sunk in the North Sea in collision with a ship which had been sunk the previous day. The Gluchhaus, 1915 tons, was outward…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ketch Further Ashore Seas Too Rough for Tug MELBOURNE
The auxiliary ketch Coomonderry has been washed further ashore at St. Leonard’s Beach. At low tide to-day it was surrounded by only 18 inches of water…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Conference Urged "Save Something From the Wreck" MELBOURNE
"If the national insurance scheme is to he abandoned the Government should call a conference of friendly societies, the British Medical Association, and insurance…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Polish Students Demonstrate German Club Wrecked LONDON, March 1
Polish students hare resumed their anti-German rioting, provoked by the attitude of the Germans in Danzig towards the Poles in that city and territory…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Chief's Narrow Escape in River Launch in Collision Clung To Wreckage For 20 Minutes SYDNEY
The Commissioner of Police (Mr. Mackay) and two friends narrowly escaped drowning last night when his launch was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Terrorists Act Again Bombs in Package for High Official Opened in Time Signalman Frustrates Plan to Wreck Bridge (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, March 5
Terrorists were active again in England at the week-end, but because of the alertness of detectives and a railway signalman their…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Talune Due To-morrow
The Union Steamship Co.'s vessel. Talune which was expected at Newcastle to-day. will not arrive until tomorrow. The Talune was delayed by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pilot Buck's Successor at Work Submarine Ashore
After Monday's rain, activity at District Park Aerodrome yesterday was mainly confined to maintenance work and ground instruction. At left: A machine being polished. Above: Chief Instructor V. H. Byrnes explaining to pupils the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Montoro As Troopship
The Burns. Philp steamer Montoro to leave Sydney on Wednesday for Durwin, will be the first real troopship to leave the port for years. Her…
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