Removal Soon for Repairs Wrecked Oil Tank
The burnt and twisted shell of the oil storage tank, which caught fire on December 16, 1939, at the Commonwealth Oil Refineries Company's compound,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1940
210 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 11
Hit Uncharted Rock Kahika Founders Off Tasmania Crew's Night Ordeal in Lifeboat Burnie
The Union Steamship Company's new motor-ship Kahika (1700 tons) foundered off West Point, Marrawah, at 9 o'clock last night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Beachcombers Reap £40-A-day Harvest Ocean Giving Up Many Wrecks Of War LONDON, March 4
War-time beachcombers around Britain are earning up to £40 a day, on their lucky days. Wherever a cargo vessel has been sunk off the coast since the war they have gathered there with their grappling tackle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shell to "Wreck" Bombers New York, March 14
Development of a new mystery parachute shell, which can trap planes in a mesh of steel cables almost five miles above the earth,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Court Commends Master Of Foundered Ship MELBOURNE
No blame can be attached to the master and crew of the motor-ship Kahlka which foundered off the west coast of Tasmania on the night of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hit Rock, Says Master Ship Foundered Off Tasmania MELBOURNE
Captain David Main Keith, master of the motor ship Kahika, to-day told the marine inquiry the circumstances of the foundering of the ship off the west coast…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →For Newcastle Sydney Run New Cargo Steamer Arrives SYDNEY
The cargo ship intended for use by the Hunter River Steamship Company Ltd. on the Sydney-Newcastle run reached Sydney to-day after a stormy run from…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Marriage Wrecked at Mayfield Sydney
Returning to his home early on the morning of September 25, 1932, John Theodore Tillitzki told the Judge in Divorce (Mr. Justice…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Women Help to Launch Lifeboat London, March 20
A north-east coast lifeboat was hauled overland for more than a mile recently in England before it could be launched to assist the 449-ton Belgian…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mining of Greek Steamer London
Twenty-nine of the crew of the Greek steamer Okeania (4834 tons) which sank after being mined near the south-east coast of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wannon Wrecked at Ulverstone Burnie
The Holyman cargo steamer Wannon (587 tons) went aground on rocks when entering Ulverstone Harbour at 9 p.m. It is believed to be a total wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wannon a Total Wreck Burnie
The position of the freighter Wannon, which struck a rock near Ulverstone yesterday, became more serious at high tide this afternoon, and the vessel was later…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →R.A.A.F. Recruits Leave — Cold Weather Comes — New Steamer
R.A.A.F. RECRUITS left Newcastle for Richmond yesterday morning. The Mayor (Ald. Wiggins) addresses them at Newcastle station before their departure…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dead and Dying Men in Lifeboat London
Horrible sufferings of the crew of the steamer Stancliffe were revealed when a battered ship's lifeboat was swept up on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck Salvaged by "Landlubbers" (Special Correspondent: Air Mail.) LONDON, March 30
A ship given up by experts as a total loss has been salvaged, mainly by "landlubbers" who have never before been to sea. This week they sailed her from…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Allied Forces Attack Germans Fierce Battle in Narvik Region Invaders Hard Pressed Planes and Warships Wreck Stavanger Aerodrome (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, April 18
A fierce battle is reported to be in progress in Northern Norway between the Allied and Norwegian forces and the German invaders. The encounter is expected to decide the fate of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Another Stab in Back" Curtin on Labour Split "Solidarity Wrecked by Mr. Lang" Canberra
The formation of a breakaway Labour Party, under Mr. J. T. Lang, was described to-day by the Federal Opposition Leader (Mr. J. Curtin) as another stab…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Explosion Wrecks Building Youth Killed in Sydney Sydney
A big explosion on the second floor of Yok Sui Brothers' store at the City Fruit Markets early to-day, wrecked the first and second…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coastal Steamer's Salvage in Vain Sydney
After buying and salvaging the Idant, a coastal steamer that had been wrecked on the bar at Camden Haven on March 13, the new owners,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Steamer Goes to Bottom Stockholm
The German steamer Jurgen Fritzen (4465 tons), on a voyage to Stockholm from Stettin, sank near Landsort, south of Stockholm…
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