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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
210 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 11
Thousands of priceless books, many of which can never be replaced, became charred paper when the Germans bombed a "military objective" in London. This target was University College, in Gower Street, which received a direct hit from a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BRISBANE, Friday.—When the three-masted auxiliary schooner. Director H. arrived in Brisbane to-day 17 Americans saw a city for the first time in eight…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A message from Rie De Janeiro states that 22 survivors of the Greek vessel Antonios Chandis (5866 tons)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fear that the keel of the wrecked Maianbar would be left after salvage operations to become a danger was expressed by the Chairman (Ald. Dunkley)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →With its hull awash the three-masted American auxiliary schooner. Director II., is aground on the reef in Port Curtis, at the entrance to Gladstone…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Australian Sunderland flying boat of the Coastal Command, it was revealed to-day, recently flew down to the surface in the Atlantic, 200 miles from land, and picked up 21 survivors of a torpedoed ship who had been adrift in a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BRISBANE, Sunday.—Although salvage prospects are remote, six launches and a punt to-night left Gladstone on a final attempt to refloat the three-masted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Approach has been made by the Newcattle R.A.A.F. Recruiting Drive Committee to authorities in England for a wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GLADSTONE, Tuesday.—"The crew of the American luxury schooner Director II., which went aground off Gladstone on Friday, are living in an unoccupied shop in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Wednesday.—After unsuccessful attempts to refloat the American schooner, Director the Second, which went aground in Port Curtis, on Friday,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer space for export meat was still limited, the General Manager of the Abattoir (Mr. Lawson) told Greater Newcastle Council…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An English steamer of about 8000 tons was docked and overhauled at Walsh Island yesterday within the scheduled time. It entered the docks at 7.30 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BRISBANE, Friday.—"If we had had charts this wreak would never have happened. The captain was relying on a pilot's book because he could not got…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BRISBANE, Sunday.—Following a strong south-east wind which sprang up early yesterday morning, the American schooner Director H., which brought a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three bottles filled with normal explosives have been washed ashore in a box on the beach at Cudgen Hendland, near Murwillumbah. The box was and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THIS was a Maitland barber's shop. A hairdresser and his customer had remarkable escapes yesterday when the brick wall of a hotel collapsed on it. Story, page 6…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The presence of the wreck at Nobbys and a large iron boiler on the beach is causing concern to surfers and officials of the Nobbys Surf Club…
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Continued on Trove, page 5 →The boiler from the wrecked Maianbar presented problems, when it was removed from Nobbys Beach, Left: Mental Hospital nurses (top)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FUNCHAL (Madeira), Nov. 10. A.A.P.—An Italian submarine sunk the Swedish steamer Meggle (1583 tons) off the Azores. Thirty of the crew were saved…
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