Sinking of Steamer Alcira Britain Holds Insurgents Responsible
LONDON, Monday:-- Informing the House of Commons on the contents of the note of General Franco's administration on the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938
194 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 10
Many Die in Los Angeles Floods Buildings Wrecked: Bridge Collapses 10 Million Dollars Damage Los Angeles
TWENTY-FIVE are known to be dead, and ten million dollars damage has been caused by floods which occurred in California to-day. Fifteen are believed to have been swept out to sea when a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →British Cruiser Rescues 60 Wreck of French Collier
LONDON, Monday:-- A message from Shanghai states after a struggle lasting all day in pounding seas the cruiser…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Exhausted Mine? Object Washed Ashore in North Queensland
MACKAY, Wednesday:—A large spherical object, believer to be an exhausted mine, was cast up on the Bally Keel beach, 10 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Foreign Spies and Wreckers 3000 of Them in Britain!
It is authoritatively stated that Britain will spend £450,000 this year on the secret service apart from the army and navy intelligence staff…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Explosion On Coastal Steamer SYDNEY
A cylinder exploded on the coastal steamer Moruya at Cockatoo Island today, and James Evans (32), of Canterbury. suffered severe burns, in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Man Blown Into Air Gas Explosion on Steamer
SYDNEY, Monday.--James Evans (32), of Canterbury, was blown into the air and landed on a wharf with severe burns about the face,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Aground Brisbane
The Director of Navigation received a message to-day from Thursday Island stating the steamer Dalia, on a voyage from the Phillipine Islands to…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.--The Deputy Director of Navigation to-day received a message from Thursday Island stating that the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Still Fast on Reef Bad Weather Prevents Refloating
THURSDAY ISLAND,.-- Monday:-- Bad weather to-day prevented the success of efforts to refloat the steamer Dalia, which struck Makar Reef, near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pumps Defective Efforts to Refloat Steamer Dalia
THURSDAY ISLAND, Tuesday:-- While the prospects of refloating the South African steamer Dalia, which is aground on Makar Reef, off Goode…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wrecking Plot Alleged Ice-bound Soviet Ships
MOSCOW, Tuesday:--The Government declares that the 13 Soviet ships and ice-breakers, which became…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Dalia Diver Cementing Leak
THURSDAY ISLAND, Thursday:-- The steamer Dalia is still aground on Makar Reef, Goode Island. A diver is still continuing plugging- off…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bombing of British Steamer "Deliberate and Unjustified"
LONDON, Wednesday:-- The Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Mr. R. A. Butler) announced in the House of Commons that the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →10 KILLED; 100 INJURED Tornadoes Wreck Villages in America
KANSAS CITY, Wednesday:-- Ten persons were killed and 100 injured when tornadoes swept through four States…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bombing of British Steamer
LONDON, Thursday:-- It is stated from Barcelona that a German, Lieutenant Rudolph Ruker, and three other…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Dalia Tides Unsuitable For Refloating
THURSDAY ISLAND, Friday.--The Harbor Master expressed the opinion to-day that there was no possibility of the steamer Dalia, which is aground…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreckage of War Still National Problem
The Broadwater branch of the Returned Soldiers' League held its annual "smoko" in the Colonial Sugar Refining Company's hall. The visitors…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Aground
LONDON, Sunday.--A message from Salonika says that the steamer Thalia (8.745 tons), from Fremantle to Mediterranean ports, is ashore at Panomi…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Dalia Extent of Damage Unknown
BRISBANE, Monday:--The Deputy Director of Navigation and Lighthouses received information to-day that a diver was unable to state the…
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