Vicar Wants Nazi Towns Wrecked "Only Way to Show Germans"
LONDON, May 22. A.A.P.—Rev. F. C. Baker, Vicar of St. Stephen's, Colemanstreet, which was destroyed in the great fire raid on London last December, wants…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1941
113 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 6
Survivors of British Steamer Picked Up Washington
The United States Navy reports that a coastguard vessel rescued 39 survivors of the British steamer Marconi (7402 tons). 270 miles south-east of…
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LONDON, May 27. A.A.P.—"There was very little enemy air activity over Britain last night," states an Air Ministry communique. "A few bombs were…
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GOSFORD, Tuesday.—It was definitely established late to-day that the supposed wreck of a 40ft. yacht containing three men off the coast at Toowoon Bay…
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An enemy convoy of merchant ships bound for Libya was attacked by R.A.F. bombers off the Tunisian coast…
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BATAVIA, June 10. A.A.P.—The Dutch destroyer Kortenaer, while patrolling in the Timor Sea, intercepted and arrested the Hungarian steamer Nuygat…
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Wreckage of the Diane that crashed into Georgian Bay last February, killing two Australian aircarftsmen. Ross and Arthur, has been located near…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—A fireman was killed, a truck-driver dangerously injured, and 12 firemen and two children were injured when a fire engine racing…
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BATAVIA, June 20. A.A.P.—The French steamer, Compiegne, en route from Marseilles to Saigon, was detained by a Dutch warship in the Straits of Sunda on…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—Two men were drowned and a third escaped by swimming ashore when a fishing dinghy capsized at 10.30 o'clock on Saturday night off…
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CHUNGKING, Tuesday (A.A.P.). Japanese bombers, striking at China's war-time capital for the fourth successive day,…
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Five people had remarkable escapes last night when their car was crushed between trams near the Bank corner, Newcastle. A boy was trapped in the car for about…
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LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.). One of the greatest and grimmest open-boat voyages in history was made by survivors from a British EIGHTY-THREE persons—64 Indians and 19 Europeans—put off in the lifeboat when the liner was sunk by an armed merchant cruiser in the…
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LONDON Wednesday (A.A.P.).—One million tons of oil have already been destroyed in storage tanks at Ploesti, heart of the Rumanian oilfields, and the fields have been burning for four weeks (says Moscow). Ploesti produces anH refines the greater part of…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Heavy seas have taken toll of the wreck of the interstate liner Orungal on the custom reef of Barwon Heads and…
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LISBON, August 3.—The Portuguese steamer Saudades has landed six of the crew of the British steamer Holmside, which blew up after it was torpedoed on…
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LONDON, August 4.—An Admiralty communique to-day says that the steamer Frankfurt, 5500 tons, which was attempting to run the blockade, has been…
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LONDON, Aug. 13.—A shepherd's dog advancing towards the shepherd with something in its mouth, which he recognised as part of a plane, led to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japanese Bombs Wreck Canadian Church In China
NEW YORK. Tuesday (A.A.P.).—When 15 Japanese planes raided Loyang in Honan Province to-day, they demolished the Canadian Anglican…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Melbourne Pilot Brought His Wrecked Plane Home Safely, Though Wounded
LONDON, Thursday (Our Special Representative and A. A. P.)—One of the luckiest escapes recorded in this war has given Sergeant Bill Willis, of Melbourne, a few days' leave. HE was taking part in a sweep over France a few days ago when a…
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