Scenes of Heroism Wreck Off Coast of England
LONDON, Tuesday:—Scenes of heroism were witnessed at St. Ive's Harbour this morning. A lifeboat was returning with 23…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938
194 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 10
Stronger Anti-Piracy Patrol Nyon Powers to Confer Sinking of Steamer Endymion
LONDON, Wednesday: -- The sinking of the British ship Endymion off the coast of Spain, with the loss of 10 lives, was again the subject of a private notice question to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Anthony Eden) in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fierce Gale Sweeps Auckland Oronsay Tourists Unable To Go Ashore
AUCKLAND, Friday: -- A fierce easterly gale raged all day, accompanied by torrential rainfall Great seas raged in the harbour and the ferry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fireball in S.A. Wrecks Draper's Shop ADELAIDE
A fireball, with a wind of hurricane force, wrecked a draper's shop at Allenby to-day, while the gardens of numerous private residences were…
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SYDNEY, Monday:--The body of Mrs. Florence Thompson (35), of Newtown, was recovered from Sydney Harbor by the police to-day. A report was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Something New Steamer Engines One-sixth Usual Size and Run at Half the Cost!
Unusual interest is being shown in the new British steamship, Llandaff, now in Australian waters from vancouver with seeks piled high with lumber and holds…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer's Sos Followed By War Planes
LONDON, Tuesday:-- The steamer Peckham, bound from Odessa to Barcelona, has issued an SOS by wireless stating that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French Vessel Wrecked Storms Off German Coast
BERLIN, Saturday:-- Responding to a SOS call during a storm off the north German coast, the cruiser Deutschland was unable to reach the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gale Sweeps England Destroyer Blown Ashore
LONDON, Sunday:-- In the worst gale for 50 years, the destroyer Walrus broke adrift and went aground at Scarborough at midnight. The crew…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scrap Iron From Emden Jap. Steamer Detained SINGAPORE
The Japanese steamer Ankyo Maru slipped out to sea from the harbour on Saturday night with 20 tons of scrap metal from…
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SINGAPORE, Tuesday.--The Japanese schooner Ankyo Maru, which on December 28 was found to have on board a number of shells subsequently…
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ACCORDING to the "News Chronicle's" correspondent in Hong Kong, the seizure of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bombing of Steamer Alcira Franco Replies to British Note
LONDON, Thursday:--The British Government has received a reply from General Franco to the representations…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nazis Try to Wreck Meeting Trouble in Czechoslovakia
PRAGUE, Thursday.-- Nazi Sudeten Germans attempted to wreck a meeting of German Social Democrats at Carlsbad…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plane Wrecked Pilot s Experience at Pageant
SYDNEY, Sunday.--Because of the large crowd on the aerodrome, Pilot Monty Fowler, of the Royal Aero Club, Sydney, had to make a quick decision…
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CAIRO, Sunday.--The discovery by a frontier patrol of the wreckage of a Vega Gull aeroplane with three bodies near the Western…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer Dashes Into Sydney at Full Speed Outbreak of Fire During Heavy Seas
SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Fire broke out in 14 tons of zinc oxide at the bottom of No. 1 hold, of the steamier Hunter early this morning when the vessel, carrying 75 passengers, 32 of a crew and cargo from Newcastle to Sydney, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Japs. Arrest Russian Steamer
TOKIO, Wednesday.--The Japanese authorities arrested the Russian freighter, Kuznetskatnoi, for anchoring during a blizzard in the fortified zone…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Plane Attacks French Steamer Republicans Claim Evacuation of Teruel
LONDON, Tuesday.--A message from Marseilles states that a plane machine-gunned the French steamer Prado 15 miles from Valencia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bombing of Steamer Alcira Britain Sends Second Note To Franco
LONDON, Sunday:--"The Times'" diplomatic correspondent says:-- Britain has sent General Franco, a second note regarding…
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