Explosion Wrecks Hut Flying Tin Injures Boy SYDNEY
A small hut at Sutherland, owned by Mr. W. Gardiner, of Newtown, was wrecked by an explosion yesterday. All inflammable material was destroyed in the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1940
210 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 11
Veteran Steamer Missing London, January 3
With a crew of 17, the Estonian steamer Mina, of 1173 tons, which left for the North Sea, has not been reported since December 11, says a message from Tallina…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Swedish Steamer Torpedoed Loss of 20 Lives Feared London
A U[?]boat torpedoed the Swedish steamer Svarton (2475 tons) off the north coast of Scotland with the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pacifist Meetings Wrecked Wellington (N.z.)
Led in most instances by soldiers, crowds of men and women wrecked meetings being conducted by pacifists in Stratford and Hamilton yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →R.a.a.f. Plane Down Near Kurri Kurri Crew Jump with Parachutes Two Safe; Searchers Find Wreck
Shortly before a Royal Australian Air Force Avro Anson bomber crashed in the Kurri Kurri district a few minutes before midnight last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rothesay Castle Wrecked Off Scottish Coast LONDON
The Rothesay Castle (7016 tons), the crack South African fruit carrier, which was bringing a cargo of food from New York, has broken her back on a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Nazi Planes Over Many Parts of Britain Most Widely Spread Raids Since War Began Steamer Bombed Off Coast (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, January 11
To-day saw the most widely spread air raids since the beginning of the war. Nazi planes crossed the coast at various points from Scotland to the Thames Estuary. No bombs were dropped, but several towns were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Buy Mines in America British Barrage in North Sea Wreckage of German Patrolship (Australian Associated Press.) New York, January 11
The British Government is discussing the purchase of mines from the United States for the projected North Sea barrage, says the correspondent of the "New…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Hundreds View Wrecked Bomber
Hundreds of people yesterday inspected the wrecked Avro Anson bomber, which crashed at Kurri Kurri on Wednesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wrecker Tried to Up Electric Station Supplies Power to Military Camps Sydney
An explosion which awakened residents sleeping some distance away early to-day partly wrecked the Liverpool Electric light service sub-station and plunged part of the district into darkness…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Five Direct Hits British Steamer Bombed and Sunk German Ship Scuttled (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, January 12
Nazi planes bombed and sank the 1706-ton British steamer Keynes in the North Sea. The crew has been landed. Only the wireless operator was injured,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Five Dead in Fierce N.Z. Gale Yacht Runs Ashore Holiday Makers Marooned AUCKLAND
Five lives were lost as the result of a terrific gale at the weekend. Four men were drowned when the new yacht Ngahuia was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Steamer for Newcastle
A drawing of the Karuah, a new steel steamer which is being built at Hongkong for the Hunter River S.S. Co. Ltd…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer for Newcastle the Karuah Being Built at Hongkong
The new steel steamer Karuah, 1500 tons, will sail from Hongkong for Australia shortly. The vessel is being built to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor-ship Wrecked; Two Dead SUVA, January 16
The motor-ship Tutuila, which was engaged in the Apia-Pago Pago service, has been wrecked on Tutuila Island. The crew and passengers swam ashore, but…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Two Drown in Wreck of Island Vessel Suva
Two native children were drowned when the small island motor vessel Tutulla was wrecked on Tutulla Island, American Samoa, on the night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Liner Merkur Still Ashore Darwin
The liner. Merkur, is ashore, still on the reef in Northern Territory waters where she grounded late on Monday night. She is in no immediate dancer…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tanker Sunk in Flames Lifeboat Crew to Rescue From Funeral Submarine Suspected (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, January 17
Members of a south-west coast lifeboat crew were attending a funeral when they heard an explosion at sea. They hurriedly…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tanker Sunk by Explosion Crew of 46 Believed to be Lost Greek Steamer Mined London, January 19
It is feared that all 46 members of the crew of the Dublin oil tanker Inverdargle (9500 tone) lost their lives when the ship sank off the south-west coast on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ketch Aground Burnie
Driven by strong winds and currents the ketch Aristidesa, 100 tons, a unit of Holyman's fleet, was grounded on the beach at Three Hummock Island on…
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