Nazis Sank French Steamer British Rescue Survivors
LONDON: A German torpedo boat on Wednesday night torpedoed an 18,000 ton French liner carrying 1300 Frenchmen from England to France…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1940
117 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 6
Wreckers Arrested in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG, Monday:—A series of dynamiting in reef centres is resulting in considerable damage and causing widespread…
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The Chilean steamer Moraleda sank after striking a rock north of Faraway Island in the Straits of Magellan. Sixty-six were drowned and only 33…
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VALPARAISO, Monday:—The Chilean steamer Moraleda was sunk at North Faraway Island in the Straits of Magellan. Sixty-six persons were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Channel Strewn with German Wreckage Convoy Attack Costly Failure It Cost British 16. [?] 13....... MEN 3 COASTERS sunk —others damaged. TOTAL: Victory Heavy Blow To Goering It Cost Nazis.. 38.. FIGHTERS 22.. BOMBERS 120...... MEN 2000.... BOMBS 1.. E-BOAT sunk —others damaged. Unspecified No. of TORPEDOES inc. those fired ineffec[?] TOTAL: Defeat LONDON
GERMANY launched—and failed with—her greatest and most determined air attack against Britain since the outbreak of the war yesterday, when over 300 dive-bombers and fighters carried out a series of attacks against Channel shipping over a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire on Norwegian Steamer Lista New York
Members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (G-men) are carrying out an investigation to determine whether sabotage caused the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →10 Die: 'Plane Wreck Three Fed. Ministers CANBERRA
Ten men, inducting three Federal Cabinet Ministers and the Chief of the Australian Army…
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Two Irishmen—one passenger and one member of the crew—were killed when a German 'plane bombed and machine-gunned a…
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LONDON, Monday:—Two Irishmen (a passenger and a seaman) were killed when a German plane bombed and machine-gunned the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canberra Victims Dead Before Wreck Burst Into Flames Evidence at Inquest Canberra
ALL 10 victims of the Canberra air disaster on August 13 died from fractured skulls received when the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Nothing Left in Wreckage to Throw Light on Circumstances" Bomber Crash
MELBOURNE, Tues.:—The destruction of the Royal Air Force bomber which crashed near Canberra on August 13,…
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Harry Measham, head cellar-man and assistant manager of Aaron's Hotel, Sydney, was drowned when a fishing launch…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Norwegian Steamer Overdue Navy Minister's Statement
SYDNEY, Monday:—The Minister for the Navy (Mr. A. Cameron) said to-night that he had known for about two months that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →R.A.F. Wrecking Possible Invasion Bases Dutch, Belgian And French Coasts Visited LONDON
INVASION bases on the Dutch, Belgian and French coasts received the full force of last night's operations by bomber squadrons of the R.A.F. Another attack began tonight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Germany Kills the Goose War Wrecks Europe's Economy
Her food supplies depleted by years of sacrifice to arms making, and further threatened by the transfer of agricultural workers to the army, Germany began the war in no condition to stand the pressure of the British blockade…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday:—Trapped on hoard the American schooner, Henrietta, for 24 hours after the vessel ran on a reef off…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Secrets of Nazi Planes Revealed Graveyards of Wrecks
LONDON, Thursday:—A R.A.F. chief recently said: "The fields in south-east England are knee-deep in crashed German aircraft."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attempt to Salvage Schooner Tug Leaves Rockhampton BRISBANE
A powerful tug left Rockhampton yesterday to attempt to salvage the American schooner Director the Second. but seas were too rough for an attempt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Messerschmitt Wreck on View in Australia? London (Aap)
The Minister for Aircraft Production, Lord Beaverbrook, has agreed, "as a slight recognition of the…
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LONDON: The Minister for Aircraft Production, Lord Beaverbrook, has agreed, "as a alight recognition of the splendid work…
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