Dutch Steamer Torpedoed
LONDON, Sunday:--A British warship rescued the crew of the Dutch steamer Binnendijk, torpedoed off the English coast…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1939
162 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 7 of 9
How Dutch Steamer Was Sunk Captain's Narrative LONDON
The captain of the neutral steamer, Binnendijk, of 6800 tons, which was sunk in the English Channel yesterday, said that the ship was on its way to…
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ADELAIDE, Monday:--German refugees at Port Adelaide in an interstate steamer to-day told a story of how the German steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →U-boats to Blame How War Has Wrecked Trade of Neutrals London
The stoppage of Danish exports to Great Britain because of Germany's campaign against neutral shipping is costing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Swedish Steamer Torpedoed
LONDON, Wednesday:--A submarine sank the Swedish steamer Vistula in the North Sea on October 8. Nine of the crew have…
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LONDON, Thursday:- The German steamer, Cape Norte, which slipped out of Pernambuco, was captured in the South Atlantic…
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LONDON, Thursday:-It is officially announced that a British warship captured the German steamer Cap Norte, which it was believed was taking…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Death, of Mrs. Annie Keith Tragic Wreck of Macleay Recalled
The death at Earlwood, last week, of Mrs. Annie Keith, daughter of the late Andrew and Mrs. McDonald, of Tomago, Hunter River, recalls…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mass of Twisted Wreckage: 'Plane Crash at Goodna
After it had crashed In a paddock near the Goodna Mental Hospital—a mass of twisted wreckage: A 'plane owned by the Matheson…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →French Steamer Torpedoed
LONDON, Sunday:-- After blowing up the French steamer Vermont on the high seas, the commander of the U-boat…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Greek Steamer Sunk
LONDON, Tuesday:—Greece is the latest neutral to lose a ship. A Greek steamer of 6,000 tons was sunk in the North Sea by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Steamer Wrecked Passengers Rescued
HONG KONG, Tuesday:--The British steamer Fatshan, proceeding to Canton on a fortnightly service sanctioned by the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Gneisenau Wrecked By R.A.F."
LONDON, Wednesday:--The "Norwegian newspaper, "Arbeiderbladet" publishes the report of an eye-witness of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Richest Wreck in World" Fifth Version of Athenia Tragedy London
There is still another version of the sinking of the British liner Athenia on the first day of the war…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →50 Dead Taken From Wrecked U- Boat
LONDON, Friday:- According to the "Daily Telegraph", salvage experts and divers worked all day on the shattered wreck of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →German Losses at Sea and in the Air Wreck of U-Boat is Found LONDON
FURTHER German losses at sea and in the air are announced by the British…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreckage of Plane in Sea Believed German Bomber
LONDON, Sunday:--A Copenhagen message says: The wreckage of an aeroplane, believed to be a German bomber, was found in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Being Taken to German Port U.S. Steamer LONDON
The United States steamer. City of Flint, is being taken to a German port by way of Norwegian territorial waters…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Norwegian Steamer Runs Aground
LONDON, Sunday: The Norwegian steamer Mim (4,996 tons) ran ashore off the Orkneys while on her way to the British contraband control station…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bodies of Five German Sailors Washed Ashore London
The bodies of five German sailors, wearing lifebelts and escape apparatus, were washed up at several points on the coast of Kent…
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