Plane Wrecked Forced Landing South of Darwin DARWIN
A Gipsy Moth plane piloted by the Darwin aviator Roy Edwards was wrecked yesterday when it made a forced landing in heavily…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1940
210 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 11
Chinese Steamer Mined Shanghai, February 13
Three hundred, including 100 Chinese boys and girls from foreign mission schools, are believed, to have lost their lives through the mining of a small…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Australia Slips Over Horizon How Anzacs Spent Last Night Ashore
Several additional stories by "The Sun's"'war correspondent, John Hetherington, have now been released. This article describes the Anzacs' last night on Australian soil. The next article will be published to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stop Press German Steamer Boarded. Para (Brazil), February 16
Twelve Brazilian marines to-day boarded the German steamer Koenisgberg. A Brazilian gunboat was stationed nearby, to ensure that the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Perils in Uncharted Seas 2000 Vessels Wrecked Toll of Australian Waters & Coasts
There have been many shipwrecks on the huge coastline of the island continent of Australia, and the list goes back as far as 1622…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers Wreck Hotel in Canada Ottawa, February 20
Marching four abreast, 120 soldiers, in uniform, invaded the Riviera Hotel, at Toronto (Ontario), and wrecked the entire lower floor…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Two U-boats Bombed to Seabed Third Collided with Steamer London
Two U-boats were sunk to-day by the R.A.F., and a third, it is believed, was seriously damaged in a' collision…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Nazi Submarine Losses Three More Sunk; Fourth Damaged Rammed by British Steamer (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, February 25
Three Nazi submarines are believed to have been sunk at the week-end—two in the North Sea and a third off Scotland—and a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →German Steamer Aground Oslo, February 26
The German steamer Orizaba has gone aground at Skievo, on the north coast of Norway. The Orizaba had left Vigo (Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two More Ships Sunk Nazis Seize Swedish Steamer Laden with Pulp for America (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, February 27
Two more ships were sunk to-day. The first was the British steamer Clan Morrison (5936 tons) and the second the Dutch steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Schooner Founders in Storm Stockholm, February 29
The Nova Scotian schooner Chisholm foundered during a storm in the North Atlantic. The Swedish motor-ship Sago-land picked up the crew after waiting…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →12 Lives Lost; Italian Steamer Mined London
Two lifeboats were washed ashore on the east coast of Britain after the Italian steamer Mirella struck a mine in the North Sea…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sinking of Italian Steamer Eleven Drown When Boat Capsizes LONDON, March 3
Two lifeboats were washed ashore on the east coast of Britain after the Italian steamer Mirella struck a mine in the North Sea. The third lifeboat capsized…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Communist Premises Wrecked Stockholm, March 24
The Communist Party building and newspaper office at Lulea (on the Gulf of Bothnia) have been burnt down. It is believed that anti-Communist…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Not Wreckage of Airliner London
The Commander of the British Air-liner Horsa reports that the wreckage to be seen in the neighborhood of aRs Al Kuh, near the entrance to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Not Wreckage of Air Liner London, March 5
The commander of the British air liner Horsa reports that the wreckage he had seen in the neighbourhood of Ras Al Kuh is not that of the airliner Hannibal…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Another Nazi Sea Loss Steamer Scuttled to Avoid Capture German Plane Bombs Italian Ship (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, March 8
Another German steamer has been scuttled. An Italian vessel was bombed and set on fire by a Nazi plane in the North Sea, one…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Stop Press British Steamer Sunk. London, March 10
The British steamer Chevychase (2719 tons) sank after an explosion in the North Sea. Twenty one members of her crew were picked up, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer Idant Wrecked Sinks In Three Minutes SYDNEY
Caught by seas and tide as she was crossing the bar at Camden Haven to-day, the Newcastle, built steamer, Idant, smashed into…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Norwegian Steamer Seized by Nazis London, March 14
The Germans have intercepted the Norwegian steamer Balder, of 1192 tons, and have taken her to Wesermunde (at the mouth of the Weser), says an Oslo…
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