Australians Ashore on North Borneo New Landing Announced
CANBERRA: Troops of the Ninth Division A.I.F. have made a new landing on Jap occupied territory in British North Borneo, the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1945
102 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 6
Mother-children Drowned Flood Drama Near Casino: Another Ship Goes Ashore
SYDNEY: A mother and her four children were drowned near Casino yesterday when a boat capsized as they were being rowed from their flooded home. With a south-easterly gale still raging with great fury a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Small Ship Wrecked; One Man Lost
After a two-hour battle in tempestuous seas, six members of the crew of the Coweambah, of 150 tons, which foundered on a…
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A small vessel reported to have run ashore south of Seal Rocks was a lighter. Towed by a larger vessel, it broke away on Sunday night and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wrecked Collaroy Homes to Sell as Timber
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Owners of homes smashed by the heavy seas at Collaroy have started to demolish them. With the high price of timber…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →All Formosa's Oil Plants Wrecked
MANILA, June 17.—After a respite for eight days because of adverse weather, Formosa has again been heavily hit by 70 Liberators from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Japanman Along Wrecked Zero" "Herald" Special
WEWAK, June 21.—By-passed Japanese are always full of surprises, as an American military provost discovered to-day. A group…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wrecked Jap Planes At Labuan
After their occupation of Labuan Island and the capture of the airstrip, members of the 9th Ans tralian Division inspect wrecked enemy aircraft. — Australian Official Photo…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S. Planes Wrecked By Jap Airborne Troops
WRECKED; Two American transport planes burning on Okinawa after being wrecked by Japanese airborne suicide troops who made a night attack on Yonton airfield. Some enemy troops who crash landed were eventually killed by guards and 10 of the enemy's troop laden planes were destroyed in the air…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Launch Wreck Survivor Receives Degree
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Dr. Ian Collins, 22, sole survivor of the disaster in which four doctors and a medical student lost their lives when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hungarian Factories Wrecked
LONDON, July 1. A.A.P.—The Germans wrecked 95 per cent. of Hungary's factories, declared the Hungarian Chief of Staff, according…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jap Lifeboat Washed Up on Maroubra Beach
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A 25ft. lifeboat, believed to be Japanese, was washed up on Maroubra Beach this morning. Badly battered, it was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Jap Lifeboat Washed on to Beach
With a gaping hole and several bullet holes in its sides and a large piece of shrapnel in the woodwork, this 25ft. Japanese lifeboat was washed up on Maroubra Beach…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Forty Jap Cities to Be Wrecked Plan Of New Air Force
WASHINGTON, Thursday.—Creation of a special air force to batter Japan into ruin is announced by the Undersecretary of War (Mr. Robert Patterson)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclonic Blow Wrecks Launch
BRISBANE.—Caught by a cyclonic blow which whipped up waves 30 feet high, a fishing boat with six men on board was wrecked on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Swam Ashore From Drifting Launch
GOSFORD, Monday.—Fighting terrific seas from yesterday afternoon until 5 p.m. to-day three Sydney men had miraculous escapes from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bombs Feared Lying in Bush Wrecked Ship Under Guard
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Police fear ammunition or bombs may belying in the bush or thrown on rubbish dumps around Byron Bay, where…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hurricane Wrecks N.Z. State Forest
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday, —A 90-miles-an-hour hurricane swept through the State forest at Bal-moral, North Canterbury,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Guns Ashore At Balikpapan
AUSTREALIAN ARTILLERY with guns were transpet[?] ashore during the landing at Balikpapan, Borneo, by Alligators manned by Americans.—Australian Official Photo…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Houses Wrecked By Blast
BRISBANE: Two houses were wrecked today when a violent explosion tore up 250 yards of a stormwater drain at…
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