French Express Wrecked
LONDON, March 19. A.A.P.—The Paris-Bordeaux express was derailed yesterday, and 50 persons are believed to have been killed,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1944
72 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 4
Alarm Clock Buyers Almost Wreck Shop
CHICAGO March 21. A.A.P.—Three women fainted, several shop assistants were trampled underfoot, and showcases were shattered before…
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LONDON, Monday.—The fare for the 60-hour a[?] express service to Australia after the war will not be higher than…
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When the Japanese invasion of Borneo was imminent, £10,000,000 worth of machinery on the oilfields of the Anglo-Persian Oil Co. was…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Giving evidence in an assault case at Redfern Police Court Ruby Margaret Shepherd said she attended a party…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fifth Army Guns Wreck Houses
LONDON, Monday.—Allied patrolling across the flatlands at Anzio beachhead continues dally, with scattered enemy artillery fire in,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attempt to Wreck Express Failed
SYDNEY, Thursday.—When the Limited Express from Albury to Sydney was travelling at 60 miles an hour near Marulan yesterday…
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WRECKAGE.—Vivid indication of the success of the Allied attack on Hollandia, Dutch New G[?]inea. Picture of Japanese planes caught in the ground beside the Hollandia airstrip and destroyed…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—The Minister for Air (Mr. Drakeford) revealed that Lancaster bomber with its two outer engines shot up…
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PULVERISED. — This picture demonstrates vividly the terrific destruction in Berlin, following the day and night assaults by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Danish Patriots Wreck Shipyard
LONDON, Thursday.—Danish patriots on Wednesday night wrecked the Copenhagen plant of Burmeister and Wain,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coming Ashore from Landing Craft
One of the first jobs after the invasion landings will be to get equipments ashore as quickly as possible. This photograph show how, in Sicily, pioneers and Royal Engineers waded ashore with every kind of equipment…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Navies Put 100 Per Cent. of Troops Ashore Guns of Six Hundred Warships Hit Coast
LONDON, Tuesday.—Cans of 600 Allied warships belched flame and steel and filled the air with the thunder of their broadsides in the terrific bombardment that preceded the landings. In ten minutes more than 2000 tons of high explosive shells, ranging from 16in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck at Nobbys Moved Few Feet
A powerful tractor and stout steel ropes moved portion of the wreck of the steamer Maianbar a few feet from the water on to the sand at…
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Quick thinking by an R.A.A.F. ground crew member and skilful piloting by an American transport pilot recently avoided a serious accident at…
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LONDON, Monday — Submerged tanks, overturned boats, burned trucks and shattered Jeeps make a grim wreckage along miles of the Normandy coast. The "New York World"…
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LONDON, Monday.—During the German, Bulgarian and Italian occupation or Greece 1085 towns and villages nave been destroyed,…
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When a children's hotel in the south of England was struck by a flying bomb only five of 25 tiny inmates survived Picture shows a baby being rescued from the wreckage…
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WASHINGTON, Tuesday—Survivors of the U.S. ship Richard Hovey, report that the Japanese submarine which sank it…
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WASHINGTON, July 5. A.A.P.—The War Shipping Administration has announced that 38 survivors of the American freighter Richard…
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