Greek Steamer Refloated HONGKONG
The Greek steamer, Hellenie Trader 12052 tons) which grounded in Hainan Straits, was refloated to-day. There is no indication yet as to the extent of…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1940
210 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 11
Banana-ripening Room Wrecked
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Three men had remarkable escapes to-day when an explosion wrecked a banana-ripening gas chamber at the premises of Yockani Bros.,…
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Fire which broke out early to-day means the total loss of the interstate liner Orungal (5826 tons), which ran aground on the eastern reef at Barwon Heads…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—It is feared that the interstate passenger liner Orungal (5820 tons) will become a total loss as a result of a fire which broke out early…
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Dear Dorothy Dix.—I have been happily married for 20 years and have two children. My husband has been ideal. I am considered…
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LONDON, Dec. 16. A.A.P.—A British warship has captured the German steamer Klaus Schoke and has landed night officers and 22 men from the ship at a…
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NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—The Mackay radio reports that the British steamer Carlton was torpedoed at 7.59 a.m. by a submarine 300 miles west of the Irish…
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LONDON, Dec. 20. A.A.P.—A German plane bombed the Irish Channel mail steamer Cambria, 20 miles from the Irish Coast, on Wednesday. All the bombs…
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Captain Edward Waitneek, of a Greek vessel, died in Newcastle on Friday. He took over the command a few months age at Shanghai, where the former master,…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.). Monday.—The inter-island steamer Rangitira went aground in thick fog at Pigeon Bay yesterday morning when seeking the entrance…
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