Wreckers Active in S. Africa Johannesburg
A series of dynamitings of reef centres, which have resulted in considerable damage, is causing widespread uneasiness…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1940
210 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 11
Wreckings in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG, July 30.—Uneasiness has been canned by a series of dynamiting incidents. Considerable damage has been caused in reef centres as a result…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ship Wrecked in Magellan Straits London
A despatch from Valparaiso (Chile) reports that the Chilean steamer Moraleda has sunk in the Straits of Magellan after striking a rock. Of the…
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VALPARAISO, August 6.—The Children steamer Moraleda, struck a rock, and sank, north of Faraway Island, in the Straits of Magellan. Sixty-six…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Wants More Speed Removal of Wreck on Nobbys Beach
The contractors removing the stranded Maianbar from Nobbys Beach are to be asked by the Greater Newcastle Council to expedite the work so that the beach…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Brushes Big Ben Reef
Bound for Newcastle in light trim, a steamer fouled portion of Big Ben Reef off Nobbys about 2 a.m. on Saturday, There was a thick fog at the time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreckage From the Niagara
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.—Wreckage from the Ningara is coming ashore in large quantities following a storm. Two lifeboats, one badly smashed,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Plane Crash Identified by Positions in Wreckage Canberra
Evidence indicating the inferno in which died the 10 victims of yesterday's air tragedy near Canberra was given…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Killed When Plane Attacked Steamer
LONDON, August 20.—Two Irishmen, a passenger and a seaman, were killed when a German plane bombed and machine-gunned the Great Western…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Mountain" Of Wrecked Nazi Planes In England LONDON
A small mountain of smashed German bombers and fighters in a field in Southern England Is growing every day as new wrecks are gathered and added to the dump. Many valuable Instruments have already been taken from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attempt to Burn Down Hall Organ, Furniture Wrecked at Greta
An attempt was made early yesterday morning to burn down the Salvation Army Hall in Wyndham-street, Greta. Hymn books and keys torn from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Watchman Who Held Steamer's Gangway Against All-comers Melbourne
Though armed with a rifle and revolvers and detailed to mount guard on the vessel, three soldiers were not allowed on board when it berthed here. They did not have the shipping com-…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canberra Crash a Mystery No Clue in Wreckage
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—There was nothing left in the wreckage of the Lock-heed-Hudson bomber which crashed at Canberra on August 13, with the loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Theories Wrecked Bomber May Have Stalled
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Expert evidence at the Court of Inquiry to-day suggested several theories of the probable cause of the Canberra air disaster on…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Oil Tanker Believed to Have Foundered
RANGOON, August 30.—It is officially stated that the oil tanker Bolivar is presumed to have foundered. She had radioed that the stokehold and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Japanese Halt a Steamer New York
Japanese warships fired across the bows of the coastal steamer Hanna and stopped her, says a message from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Survivors From Torpedoed British Steamer London
A report from Lisbon states that 19 survivors of the British steamer [?]vington Court (5187 tons) landed from a lifeboat at Santa Maria…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Destroys Danish Steamer
LONDON, September 2.—The Danish passenger steamer Riese was torn to pieces when it struck a British mine off Svend borg (isle of Fyen), a Berlin radio…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Eirean Steamer Bombed by German Planes London
The Elrean auxiliary steamer Loch Ryan (210 tons) has arrived in port with its deckhouses and masts blasted off by bombs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Dock Only 24 HOURS Biggest Steamer at Walsh Island
An oversea steamer—the largest to be docked in Newcastle—was docked, scraped, scrubbed and painted with marine preservatives in 24 hours at Walsh Island…
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