Rescued After Week Under Wreckage
LONDON, March 21. A.A.P.—Frederick Clark, 32, married, a War Reserve policeman, was rescued to-day after being buried for seven and a half days under…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1941
113 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 6
Labour to Force Child Bonus Not Let Split on Payroll Tax Wreck Scheme
CANBERRA, Sunday.—Labour members are determined that the child endowment scheme will come into operation from July 1…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lifeboat From Mined Trawler
Naval officers examining the damaged lifeboat from the trawler Millimumul, in which the five survivors from the disaster were when picked up by the rescuing ship. The lifeboat was blown into the air by the explosion of the mine and crashed on to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Secret Plane Gear Wrecked in U.S. New York
A works Inspector—either a saboteur or it maniac—destroyed 250,000 dollars worth of vital plane instruments, including…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Ashore at Budgewoi Defective Mechanism
GOSFORD, Monday.—Early this morning a contact mine was located by Walter Ray, a fisherman, on the beach at Budgewoi, 30 miles north of Gosford…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Story Told of A.I.F. Shipwreck Melbourne
Experiences of members of the A.I.F. who were ship-wrecked on the Libyan coast while on their way to a camp nearer the war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Launch Wrecked Off Fijian Island
SUVA, April 16. A.A.P.—The 9-ton launch Rogovoka, bound from Mt. Kasi mines for Suva, with about 30 persons on board, was wrecked on a reef off…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Victoria League's Headquarters Wrecked by Bomb
The president of the Victoria League in Newcastle (Miss Dora Sparke) said to-day that she had received news that the Victoria League Club's…
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"This is one of the most scandalous things I have heard of," said Ald. Norris at a meeting of Greater Newcastle Council last night, when Mr. George Charlton,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Survivors of French Steamer Rescued Funchal, (Madeira)
A Portuguese steamer has picked up 19 officers and men, comprising the remainder of the crew of the French steamer. Aurilla[?] of which 21 had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Difficult Job to Remove Wreck at Nobbys
"It is necessarily a slow proposition but work is proceeding whenever the conditions allow." said a port official to-day in reply to an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Portions of Wreck Remain
Owners of the Maianbar wreck on Nobbys Beach are to be asked to remove the remaining portions of the hull, which might become covered with sand…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →S.O.S. From British Steamer Santiago (Cuba)
The Government radio station intercepted to-day a message from the British steamer Lycaon saying that it was being pursued by a German…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Impose Severe Air Blow in Irak Bombers Wreck Airport New Troop Landings at Basra Reported Nazis Claim to Have Sent Planes to Arabs London
British bombers to-day heavily attacked petrol dumps and magazines at Moreat Raschid, the main Iraki aerodrome outside Bagdad. Military buildings were destroyed and bombs were seen to overturn and damage aircraft on the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Commons in New Home Mace Brought From Wreckage
LONDON, May 13.—Despite the destruction of its original home the House of Commons met this afternoon in new surroundings. The change made no…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Work on Wreck Delayed
The removal of the wreck of the Maianbar, stranded on Nobbys Beach, had been delayed because oxy-cutters were engaged in military service, the Health…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Secretary Appointed for Royal Shipwreck Society
Mr. F. W. Stewart. Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Office, has been appointed honorary secretary in Newcastle of the Royal Shipwreck and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Widow's Sad Letter Disappeared From Steamer Sydney
"I want and need love so much I cannot do without It." Evelyn Maud Whitlock. widow. aged 41. formerly of Macleay Street. Pott's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →323 Believed Drowned Egyptian Steamer Sunk
NEW YORK. May 19. A.A.P.—It is learned that the Egyptian steamer Zamzam (8299 tons) has been sunk by enemy action in the South Atlantic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Finnish Steamer Set on Fire. London
The Foreign Ministry in Finland announces that the Finnish tanker Josefina Thorden (6549 tons), was bombed and set on fire in the North Atlantic…
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