Investigation to Be Made Sinking of Lifeboat
The Surf Life-saving Association will call for a report on the state of the lifeboat which sank off Newcastle Beach on Sunday while mass…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1942
99 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 5
38-Day Ordeal in Pacific Storms in Lifeboat
SUVA, March 18.—The story of a 2000-mile 38-day voyage through heavy gales in an open lifeboat, in the course of which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stop Press Driven Ashore
Of 180 passengers on a vessel driven ashore on the north-western coast of Australia by enemy action on February 20, a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Former Newcastle Surfer Escape from Java on Tramp Steamer
Leading-aircraftsman T. A. Milgate, former well-known Newcastle surfer escaped from Java on a Chinese tramp steamer with only a bag of rice and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of Gwydir Sold for £1000
SYDNEY: The wreck of the steamer Gwydir was auctioned today in Sydney. She was sold to Mr. Hector Sutherland, metal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Council Has Slipped" Ald. Norris on Nobbys Wreck
"The council has slipped and I do not think we can do anything about it," said Ald. Norris last night when Greater Newcastle Health Committee…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destroyer Havock Is Total Wreck London, Tuesday (AAP)
HMS Havock a destroyer of 1340 tons, which took part in the first battle of Narvik, is a total wreck on the coast of Tunisia. One…
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PORT MORESBY, Wednesday.—A splendid spirit of individualism and bravery was shown by an A.I.F. captain,…
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SYDNEY.—Travellers to Manly had an exciting time early to-day. when the ferry steamer Barrenjoey ran ashore at Smedley…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U-Boat Sunk: U.S. Loses Another Steamer
NEW YORK, Thursday, (AAP).—In a running fight off Brazll's northern coast. where U-boats have been hunting in packs, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Secret 3" Wrecked Schools
SYDNEY: Two lads who recently left school broke into three public schools, ruthlessly smashed £230 worth of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Sinkings Off Japan
NEW YORK, May 3.—Tokio official radio asserts that a "United States Allied submarine" torpedoed the Russian merchantman Angristroi off the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer's Captain Fell Into Sea and Was Drowned
SYDNEY: When his small steamer left her berth at Blade Wattle Bay for Newcastle on the night of March 31 there was no…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U-boat Officer Apologised Sinking of American Steamer
WASHINGTON, May 3.—A U-boat officer apologised to the crew of an American ship for the attack on their vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tide Brought Airmen Ashore
LONDON.—The crew of a naval aircraft lost in an attack on German shipping in the harbors of Kirkenes and Petsamo, Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Remarkable Feat With "Wrecked" Ship
SYDNEY, Friday.—A merchant ship, which was bombed by the Japanese in the first raid on Darwin, and which had been regarded as a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drifted for Fortnight in Lifeboat
NORFOLK (Virginia), May 9.—The only survivor of a Panamanian merchantman, which was torpedoed off the Atlantic coast to-day, told a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Reach Land From Torpedoed Steamer
MEXICO CITY, Friday (AAP): A lifeboat with three survivors of the torpedoed ship Montana has arrived at the island of Muleres…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Great Sailor Goes Ashore
The transfer of Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham from the Mediterranean command to lead the British Admiralty delegation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Training Staff Exonerated Wrecked Boat Held 10 Soldiers
CAMDEN, Wednesday.—A verdict of accidental death was given by the Coroner at the inquest on the death of Pte. Gordon Evans,…
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