Vichy Steamer Held
BATAVIA, Friday (A.A.P.).—The Vichy steamer Duplex, which was recently detained by a Dutch warship and since has been held here…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1941
113 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 6
Race with Weather to Save Stranded Steamer
SYDNEY, Monday.—The fate of a small steamer ashore under Fingal Head, near Tweed Heads, depends on who wins—the salvage men, who are…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Strenuous efforts are betas made to refloat a steamer ashore below Pineal Head, near Tweed Heads, before a chance in the weather whins up seas that…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.—The bodies of the three victims of yesterday's plane crash near Coen, on Cape York Peninsula, were recovered from the burnt…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Under Wreckage to Give Morphia
LONDON. July 10 (Air Mail).—Although she risked being buried alive under tons of masonry, a Woolwich nurse Mary Felicia Thomas, crawled…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →U.S. Steamer Torpedoed on Way to Iceland 24 of Crew Believed Lost
NEW YORK, Sept. 10—The sinking of another United States steamer has been announced by the Department of State. The vessel was the Sessa of 1700 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Wrecked by Buses" Mayor on National Park-street
"Whatever weakness there was in the construction of National Park-street, we must remember it was the bus traffic that wrecked it," said the Mayor (Ald. Young)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Elaborate Aids For Wrecked Seamen
LONDON, Sept. 15.—The Ministry of Shipping is introducing an elaborate series of life-saving measures for shipwrecked merchant seamen. One of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Norwegians Elude Nazi Terror Family's Escape in Ketch
NEW YORK, August 1 (Air Mail) Escaping from the grim terrors of Nazi rule in the country of their birth, a family of 23…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CAPT. McCRAE'S Ashes From Pilot Steamer
SYDNEY: The ashes of Captain Alexander McCrae, former pilot, were to-day cast upon the waters through which for many years he guided big…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—Demands on coastal shipping were very great and every suitable available vessel was usefully employed, the Minister for Supply…
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Members of a rescue squad of the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals risk their lives to save a dog from the ruins of a London building. The society's squads have rescued more than 56,000 creatures alive from the debris since the severe raids began last September…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thirty-seven Years Since Adolphe Wreck at Stockton
"M.C." (Stockton) writes:— No doubt there are a number of people in Newcastle who will recall the wreck of the French four-masted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nazi Bomber Shot Down by Steamer
LONDON, Sunday. (A.A.P.).—Captain W. H. Cable, master of the steamer sturdee Rose, and her crew have received the congratulations of the…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A man believed to have come from Queensland disappeared from a coastal steamer between Byron Bay and Sydney. He booked at Byron…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Report Bodies Washed Ashore From Sea Fight
NEW YORK, Monday (O.S.R.).— Residents of the Brazilian coastal town of Maccio, south of where a mysterious sea battle was reported,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →R.a.f. Wrecks Nazi Supply Base in Norway
LONDON, Oct. 31—"The harbour and anchorages of the Norwegian port of Aalesund—one of the bases from which Hitler supplies his northern Russian front…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japanese Steamer Missing
TOKIO, Nov. 12.—The Domei news agency stated to-day that another Japanese freighter was believed to have been mined and lost. The Shotoku Maru (283…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Little Progress in Removing Wreck
Very little work has been done in the past month to remove the remains of the wreck of the Maianbar, on Nobbys Beach. This was revealed in a report…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Still Aground
The new steamer built at Tuncurry for the North Coast SN. Co. Ltd. is still aground near the entrance to Wallis Lakes. It is expected to float off the…
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