Boolooroo Shire Council. Monthly Meeting. Tree Guards Wrecked
At the monthly meeting of the Boolooroo Shire Council, held on Thursday morning last, the Clerk (Mr. Perry) in the absence of the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1940
16 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers
Yacht Wrecked Four Lives Lost AUCKLAND
The yatch, Ngauhuia, was wrecked at Natakana Island in a fierce gale yesterday morning and of the crew of five, only one was saved. He was the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U. S. A. Works Wrecked Gibbstown. Pennsylvania
At least two porsons were killed and five injured as the result of and explosion of 6,000 lbs of nitro-glycerine which destroyed a unit of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Steamer Minister. Sunk by an Explosion London
All the passengers and chew, numbering more than 200. were saved when the British steamer Minister was sunk by a mysterious explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Champion Schooner Drinker Moree Challenges Narrabri Sydney
Jack Creach, Archdeacon Hammond's police court missioner for drunks, commenting on the schooner drinking contest which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Jevington Court. Mined and Sunk. London
The British steamer Jevington Court has been mined and sunk. Her crew were saved and three of them are in hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Bombed In Channel LONDON
German planes bombed the steamer "Domala," carrying 301 British and Indian passengers, whom Germany released, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Steamer Domain Bombed by Germen Planes. London
It is officially announced that Germany planes bombed the steamer Domala, which was carrying 301 British and Indian passengers whom Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Set on Fire German Steamer Abandoned LONDON
The Admiralty has announced that the German, steamer, "S.S. Hanover," 5,000 tons was set on fire and abandoned by the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →French Destroyer Wrecked by Explosion PARIS
It is officially announced seven were killed and several are missing as the result of an explosion on the destroyer La Ro[?]leusse, in an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accidents Still Wrecking Homes
In three days last week seven children were rendered fatherless because of road accidents. Here we have painful corroboration of the fact that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Missing. No News of Tiranna. (A. A. P. Message.) LONDON
Norweigian sources state that nothing has been heard from the steamer Tiranna since it deft Melbourne for Monbassa…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Life Light for Shipwrecked. Floating Torch Throws Out Beam for 15 HOURS
Seamen all over the world realise the value, in an emergency, of a life-saving Jacket. Now, as a further aid to rescue work at night, a jacket life-light has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soochow Wreck "Work of Chinese" SHANGHAI
The latest Japanese reports regarding Friday's train wreck, state that 73 Chinese and 1 Japanese were killed instantly,,and over 100 injured…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German Steamer Reported Torpedoed HAVANA
The Cuban Navy reported it heard the German freighter "Idarwaid," which left Tampico (Mexico) ten days ago, sending out s.o.s. signals…
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