Wreckage of Hamilton Foundry
Firemen working yesterday among the wreckage of a foundry at Hamilton, owned by Henry Lane Pty. Ltd., which was burnt down on New Year's Eve…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1946
147 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 8
Veteran Steamer Loads Coal
One of the few remaining four-mast steamers, the Period, is loading coal at Newcastle for Hobart. The Period (2791 tons) was built…
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LONDON, Jan. 7. A.A.P.—A violent storm drove two ships and half a ship ashore, caused the evacuation of 300 residents…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two More Mines Ashore on Queensland Coast
INNISFAIL, Tuesday.—A naval demolition squad exploded two more mines which were washed ashore near Cowley Bench…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Depth Charges Wreck Plane, 3 Killed
LONDON, Jan. 8. A.A.P.—Three men were killed when a Wellington crashed during an R.A.F. experiment in dropping depth charges at Brodick…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Greek Steamer Moved
Above: The Greek steamer Theofano Livanos was moved from the B.H.P. wharf to Wickham yesterday. The vessel, because…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Old Coast Steamer Passes On
SYDNEY: The old 633-ton coastal steamer, Archer, is being towed out to sea today and will be blown up with dynamite…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seek Legal View on Nobbys Wreck
Investigations revealed that no effort was being made to complete the removal of the Mainbar wreck from Nobbys Beach, the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Use Ketch to Locate Uranium Deposits
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Sunday. A ketch is to be used by the Public Works Department of the New Zealand Government to search for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Explosives on Wreck Menace Byron Bay
LISMORE, Thursday.—Wrecked at Byron Bay on June 10 last year, the ship Tassie 3, with between 80 and 100 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →D-Day Wrecked Nazi Plan For Mass Deportations
NUREMBERG, Jan. 18. A.A.P.—The Allied invasion of France on D-Day ruined culminating measures planned by the Nazi…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Women Wrecked Home Of Chinese
SYDNEY.—Two angry women yesterday wrecked the home of a chinese in Bulwarra Road, Ultimo. Today at central court Thelma…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plane Finds Missing Ketch
PERTH, Tuesday.—After fears had been expressed for their safety, three men, a woman and a child aboard a 38ft. ketch, Maori Lass, which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Explosives Still on Wrecked Boat
LISMORE, Tuesday.—An engine breakdown in the tug Tancred in Brisbane has caused further delay in official moves for the salvage of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aircraft in Tree Tops Wreckage Found at Barrington
A wrecked plane which may be the remains of an Air Force machine that has been missing for some time was found at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Air Force Experts To Examine Scone Plane Wreck
SCONE: Police and R.A.A.F. experts tomorrow will journey by horseback to where the burnt wreckage of what is believed to have been a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plane Wreckage Near Barrington
The plane wreckage near Barrington Tops may decide the fate of a De Haviland plane which disappeared on a flight about six…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Begin Search To-day Plane Wreck at Barrington Tops
The party which will leave Scone for Barrington Tops to inspect wreckage of a twin-engined aeroplane and make a search for the remains of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Skulls Found Near Wrecked Plane
The search party which went to Barrington Tops to investigate the remains of a twin-engined R.A.A.F plane found two skulls…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Inspecting Plane Wreckage
Doctors and nuns at Lewisham Hospital, after attending to the injured, inspect, the wreckage of the plane which crashed into the courtyard of the hospital…
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