German Steamer Sinks Stockholm, April 22
The German teamer Jurgen Fritzen (4465 tons), on a voyage to Stockholm from Stettin, sank near Landsort, south of Stockholm. All the crow were saved…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1940
210 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 11
Wrecked By Park Vandals Last Night
The remains of a seat which was destroyed by vandals in King Edward Park last night. Three seals were wrecked, flower beds trodden over, and hedge plant broken. In one instance a seat was torn apart and the pieces thrown about the park. (See story.)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Park Vandalism Growing Worse Council Officials' Opinion Flower Beds Wrecked
"I do not agree with statements that vandalism is not prevalent in Newcastle," said the Mayor (Alderman J. E. Wiggins) to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nazi Planes Attack Steamer London, April 24
The correspondent of the Associated Press at Gibraltar states that German planes machine-gunned steamer, believed to be the Italo Balbon, off the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Launch Adrift Off Coast Rescued by Pilot Steamer Searchlight Showed Position
When the engine of their launch failed yesterday afternoon, two men drifted helplessly out to sea off Newcastle. They waved flares for three hours last night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Van Wrecked by Express Melbourne
John Banks, 30, a baker of Lara, had a fortunate escape from death to-day, at a level crossing near Corio. His delivery van was crushed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Steamer Sunk by Mine Stockholm, April 20
A steamer sank after striking a mine between Sweden and the Danish island of Zealand. The name of the steamer is not known…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Held Up Railways Will Not Haul Coal Has Cargo for England
Because the Railway Department has declined to haul coal except for railway purposes a steamer carrying essential cargo for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Darwin Lugger Wrecked Rescue Vessel Leaves to Pick Up Crew DARWIN
The auxiliary bigger Venture is reported to have struck a reef near Cape Keith, 50 miles east of Darwin. The master and members of the crew are…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Shipwrecked Men at Darwin Natives Gave Them Food DARWIN
The shipwrecked master and crew of the auxiliary lugger Venture were brought to Darwin to-day by the patrol boat Larrakia. The Venture was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Ketch Completes Cruise of 34,000 Miles New York
The ketch A[?]to has arrived at Greenwich (Conn.) from Sydney alter completing a cruise of 34,000 miles…
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Thousands of sightseers including many in Newcastle for the May Day holiday, watched the stranded coastal steamer, embedded in the sand 20 feet from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coaster Ashore Within 20ft. of Nobbys Wall Drifted After Line Parted
Drifting helplessly after a tow rope had parted, a North Coast steamer, with two men aboard, went aground on a sandy patch…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Holiday Crowds Abroad Stranded Steamer Popular "Looney Fishers" Active
Best-attended public amusements in Newcastle yesterday were the May Day procession, the races, the League match between Coalfields and Newcastle, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Difficult to Refloat Steamer Stranded at Nobbys "Rattled Over Rocks and Reefs"
There a serious difficulties in the way of refloating the North Coast steamer, which went aground on Nobbys Beach on Sunday night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cattle Cause Steamer to Capsize Wellington (N.z.)
Due to cattle which it was carrying stampeding to one side, a steamer on the Wanganui River capsized on Monday. Two survivors last night reported that…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sunk by British Submarine Swedish Steamer Seized by Germans STOCKHOLM, May 8
A British submarine sank the Swedish steamer Monark (1816 tons) which was in German hands, outside Stavanger yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dutch Steamer Mined and Sunk Amsterdam
The Dutch vessel van Rensselaer (4191 tons) was mined today and sunk when leaving the Dutch port of Ymuiden, near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pilot Steamer Used to Recover Body Sydney
With the aid of the pilot steamer Captain Cook, police this afternoon recovered the body of a man believed to be J. A. McBride, from Watson's Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Y.M.C.A. Carries on Despite Setbacks Wind Wrecked Marquees at Rutherford
Marquees occupied by the Y.M.C.A. at Rutherford military camp were wrecked recently by high winds, but the damage was rectified and the work carried on…
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