British Remove Members of Crew of Matson Steamer
SAN FRANCISCO, Wednesday:— According to the local charterers British authorities removed between 21 and 25 American members of the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1940
117 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 6
Hopes of Refloating Steamer Aground Newcastle
Low tides this morning revealed that the North Coast steamer which went aground on Nobby's Beach last night had been holed through…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dutch Steamer On Fire LONDON
THE steamer Statendam is reported to have been set on fire in Rotterdam harbour. Dutch headquarters broadcast that Germans living at The Hague tried to march from their house on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Founded: Marine Inquiry Sydney
Captain Gilbert Georgeson Manson, master of the coastal steamer Idant, which foundered at Camden Haven on March 13 after striking the northern…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Italian Steamer Not Searched ROME
The Italian liner, Rex, was allowed to pass Gibraltar without a contraband search. The Italian press does not mention…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Light British Cruiser Wrecked LONDON
The Admiralty announces that the light cruiser H.M.S. Essingham (9550 tons) is a total loss off the Norwegian coast. The cruiser struck an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers' Threat to Wreck Communist Hall Comrade Had Been Arrested
SYDNEY, Sunday:—Two hundred soldiers to-day threatened to wreck the Communist Hall at the Haymarket if one of their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nazis Sink Steamer Buenos Ayres
It was confirmed that the Argentine steamship Uruguay was sunk 130 miles west of Finisterre (Spain) by a German submarine which forced the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Greek Steamer Sunk by U-boat
MADRID, Wednesday: — The Greek steamer Yonna was shelled and sunk by a German submarine off Cape Finnisterre. A Spanish…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bomber Wrecked By Balloon Barrage LONDON
A Royal Air Force bomber crashed after striking a balloon barrage cable on the north-east coast last night. Two civilians were killed and three…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.s. Cargo Ship Ashore
BRISBANE, Thursday:—A United States cargo ship of 3,500 tons, from San Francisco, ran ashore at an island in the Pacific early this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arrests Follow Explosion in Hold of Steamer Buenos, Aires
An explosion was followed by a fire, and damage to the hold of the Royal Mail freighter, Gascony, resulting in one stevedore being killed and five…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →R.A.F. Has Its Own Lifeboat Service
The Royal Air Force runs its own lifeboat service to search for crews of British or enemy aircraft forced down at sea. The wireless operator at work in his cabin…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Some Cargo From Niagara Washed Ashore
AUCKLAND, Tuesday:—Cargo freed from the Niagara is floating in the locality where the ship sank, and some has been washed ashore…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Italians Claim Sinking of "Armed Steamer"
ROME, Saturday:—The 18th Italian war communique issued by General Headquarters of the Armed Forces declares: "One of our submarines,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Desultory Bombing Raids Over U.K. Little Damage: R.A.F. Wrecks Major Nazi Canal Link London
Bombs were dropped by enemy aircraft during yesterday, at a few points in the south-west of England, and also near a town in Scotland. These caused some casualties, very few of which were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accidents Still Wreck Homes
In three days last week seven children were rendered fatherless because of road accidents. Here we have painful corroboration…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidents Still. Wrecking Homes
In three days last week seven children were rendered fatherless because of road accidents Here we have painful corboration of the fact that…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Swedish Steamer Mined LONDON
A Swedish steamer struck a mine In Danish waters yesterday. The second engineer was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trail of Wreckage Behind R.A.F. in Germany '...The Business That Went with a Bang!' London
"Let me tell you a rather sad little story. The other day a German commercial traveller went to Turkey and tried to sell goods which his employers' factory produced (says a liaison officer of the British Department of Information). He exercised…
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