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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
210 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 11
Royal Air Force planes yesterday shot down 52 German planes, including 25 bombers, it was stated by the Air Ministry to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Tasman shouted down: "Hold fast. I'll untle this end and pull you ashore." He loosefied the rope. The musicles of his arms and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE 147-ton Dutch motor-vessel Gerco, which was regarded by Lloyd's experts as a total wreak when she went ashore on the rocks of Tynemouth Bay some months…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The port of Narvik, in northern Norway, is now a veritable forest of mastheads and funnels of ships sunk by the Germans before they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The wreck of the coastal steamer that grounded on Nobbys beach at Newcastle recently was sold at public auction to-day for £700…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Debris of what was once at boost, in Nancy (France), wrecked by Nazi bombers when they raided the town on May 10, the day the Low Countries were invaded. Sixteen were killed and many injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Greek steamer Youna was shelled and sunk by a German submarine off Finistere. A Spanish vessel picked up 26 survivors…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Chilean steamer Coprap struck the breakwater at Port Cristobal at 11.30 p.m. She started sinking by the bow but the rocks supported her. The 90…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →From Teneriffe (Canary Islands) it is reported that the crew of the Italian steamer, Malta, beached the vessel and jumped…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Several vessels nave gone to the assistance of the United States cargo ship of 3500 tons from San Francisco which ran ashore on a Pacific Island…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The twin-screw excursion steamer Boomba, 750 tons gross, which was fitted out for service with the Royal Australian Navy at the outbreak of war last…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →About 20 women angrily demonstrated to-day outside a fruit shop in Hall-street Bondi, formerly conducted by a naturalised Italian who has been interned…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The crew of this American freighter, which grounded on a reef in the Pacific, was rescued by the auxiliary cruiser which intercepted the Romolo…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MUSHROOM GROWTH. The building of the new Wool Stores is proceeding at top speed. The building is rising out of the ground at a visible pace…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →It has been revealed following an explosion at the home of Domenic Frasina, a naturalised Italian, at Benger on Monday, that Frasina and his family were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →STOCKHOLM, July 1.—The German vessel Koeln (11,000 tons), with a cargo of 9000 tons of iron ore, foundered while en route from Luleu to Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To-day is the anniversary of the loss at Newcastle in 1877 of the steamer Yarra Yaria, which had left Newcastle earlier for Sydney, and was returning to port during a gale. All hands perished. To-day is also the anniversary of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, July 18.—The City of Limerick (1359 tons) was sunk by a bomb off Cape Ushant, the Government of Eire announces. Two members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LONDON, July 19.— Member of a Royal Australian Sunderland Flying-boat were responsible for the rescue of 20 men in a lifeboat in the stormy Atlantic…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The tremendous physical damage done by the R.A.F. raids on Germany, and the shattering effects on the people's morale are emphasised by reliable American eye-witnesses. The Kiel Canal is stated to have been so badly damaged as to be almost…
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