Diver's Terrible Predicament Trapped Under Water in Hold of Wreck. Melbourne
Roy Jackson, aged 30, a diver, narrowly escaped death yesterday afternoon when he was trapped for more than an hour in the hold of the sunken…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938
194 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 7 of 10
Yacht Wrecked
LONDON, Wednesday:-- An Australian, David Lascelles, and two companions escaped when their seven-ton yawl, Helen, was wrecked on the beach…
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MACKAY, Wednesday:--In a week's search many articles of wreckage have been found by eight launches engaged, but none…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →China War. Five Survivors in 'Plane Wrecked by Japanese Hong Kong
Five persons survived yesterday's machine-gunning of an airliner. Two more of the survivors have reached Macao, so seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Ketch Wrecked Cargo Lost LAUNCESTON
The auxiliary ketch, Lady Flinders (of 131 tons) was driven ashore at Three Hummock Island and is a total wreck. The cargo, including 96 head…
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Buffeted by heavy seas and an easterly gale, the auxiliary ketch Lady Flinders, 131 tons, lost its rudder at 1 a.m. on Saturday and drifted on…
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COOKTOWN, Wednesday:--At 3 p.m. yesterday while the John Bourke steamer Wandana was between Portland Roads and Port Stewart on her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nazis Wreck Synagogues Trail of Destruction in Warsaw
LONDON, Tuesday:--The correspondent of the "Daily Herald" at Warsaw states that, crashing into buildings with axes and…
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TOKIO, Thursday: -- It is reported that the Chitral broke from her moorings and was flung against the docked Kunikawa…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floating Wreckage May Be Clue to Sea Tragedy Brisbane
The master of the fre[?]ghter Era, on Saturday reported having passed a large piece of wreckage near [?]ercy Island It is thought that it may be part of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Round World in 40Ft. Ketch (From a special correspondent.) LONDON, August 20 (By Air Mail)
Two Englishmen set out from Falmouth this week-end to sail round the world in a 40ft. ketch rigged with sails and fitted with a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Wrecker Should Win To-day Rosebery Races Disappointing Acceptances
The Wrecker's fast finishing run in the Canterbury Handicap was a good augury for his success in the Rosebery Handicap this afternoon, despite the fact that the journey is three furlongs shorter. The divisions of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Spanish Ocnflict British Steamer Set Afire Fighting Intensified BARCELONA
A British steamer, the Marvia, was bombed while unloading cargo at Alicante. The vessel was set on fire and an Arab sailor was…
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TOKIO, Thursday:--The French steamer Claude Chappe is reported to have caught fire and to have foundered near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French Steamer Burned: 100 Reported Dead TOKYO
The French steamer Claude Chappe is reported to have caught fire and founded at the Paracel Islands, with 100 dead, including French army…
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PARIS, Thursday:--A message from the Agence Indo-Pacifique in Saigon denies reports that the Claude Chappe had caught fire…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gay Romance May Win Chosen Race V. Park To-day The Wrecker May Take Handicap
Gay Romance is engaged in two races at Victoria Park this afternoon and should win whichever is chosen for her. For the second division of the Flying Handicap Arabia is fancied, while the Victoria Park Handicap may go to The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Midnight Storm In Forest Camp Wrecked by Falling Trees
A forestry camp was wrecked and men's lives endangered by falling trees when a severe windstorm struck Star Creek, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Harbour Collision Steamer Aground at Rose Bay Sydney
The British twin-screw motor vessel, Sydney Star, of 11,095 tons gross and the freighter Macumba, of 2536 tons gross, collided on the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Schooner Battered by Huge Seas
HOBART, Sunday:-- Badly battered and storm beaten, the three-masted schooner Alma Doepel, 150 tons, reached Hobart yesterday, after being…
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