Jewish Rerugees Swim Ashore at Haifa
HAIFA, Thursday:--Dressed in bathing costumes and some wearing lifebelts 297 Jewish refugees staggered ashore this, morning. It is believed…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1939
162 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 9
Man Released Not Connected With Wreck
RENO, (Nevada) Monday:-- Government agents released the earless suspect, announcing they were convinced, after a grilling,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Wreck of the Quetta Clearing Up Some Misconceptions
In the "R.R. Herald" of 18th August Mr. J. H. O'Brehoun, of West Kempsey, writes:—"I write from information…
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A London message states that the Channel steamer. Queen of the Channel, crowded with thousands of holiday makers, was recalled by wireless…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shot Fired Across Bows of Steamer
MELBOURNE, Monday:--At 1.50 a.m. to-day, Australia's first shot was fired from the fort at Port Phillip Heads. It was fired across…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Greek Steamer Struck Mine
LONDON, Monday:--A Copenhagen message says that the Greek steamer K[?]stl, bor[?]d from Antwerp to Leningrad, struck a mine…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Salvage Attempts Abandoned Tyalgum to Be Sold As Wreck
Attempts to salvage the stranded steamer Tyalgum were abandoned this afternoon. Captain Baigent, who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fascist Premises in London Wrecked
LONDON, Tuesday: -- Two hundred demonstrators wrecked Sir Oswald Moslcy's new Fascist headquarters at Tottenham. Every…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Steamer Is Captured
It was stated authoritively in Sydney last night that the German freighter, Larn had been captured "somewhere in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →H.M.A.S. Yarra Captures German Steamer Sydney
It was stated authoritatively to-night that the German freighter, Larn, had been captured "somewhere in the Pacific," by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck of the Quetta the O'brehoun in Reply
Mr. N. C. Hewitt (Tweed Heads) in the genteel form of a Whitechapel courtesy, intending to regulate me to the abject from which I could never…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Loading of Dutch Steamer Stopped Sydney, Tuesday. I
Officials of the Holland-Australian steamship line in Sydney stated to-day that, acting under instructions from Rotterdam they yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Greek Steamer Mined COPENHAGEN
The Greek steamer Katinga Hadjepateres grounded south of Falsterbo following an explosion, alter apparently hitting a mine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nazi Wreckers Foiled in Sydney. Sydney
Several shots were fired toward a launch which passed the Texaco Oil depot at Balmain late last night. The sentry on the water front challenged the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Golf. Kyogle Club Notes Hopes Wrecked at Lagoon
As expected, the play-off for Kyogle Club's mixed foursomes title was most interesting. The pairs were equal after the first…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →British Steamer Sunk
LONDON, Friday:--The British steamer Arkleside was lost at sea. It is understood the crew was saved…
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SYDNEY, Friday:--Gosford fishermen are convinced that there is a wreck about a mile out at sea. On Tuesday morning, Ernest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Armed Raider Off S. America Sinks British Steamer
LONDON, Monday:--It is reported that an armed raider sank the British steamer Clement (5000 tens) off the coast of South…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nazi Navy Chief Issues Strange Warning To U.S. Claims That Steamer Will Be Sunk Near Coast
NEW YORK, Thursday: -- The Associated Press representative at Washington learns officially from the White House that the head of the German navy (Admiral Raeder) informed the United States that the American steamship…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dutch Steamer Sunk London
The Dutch steamer, Binnendijk, of 6800 tons, bound from New York to Amsterdam, was sunk in the, English Channel. A life boat took off 41…
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