Yacht Still Ashore
BYRON BAY, Thursday.—Efforts to refloat the 18 ton yacht which went ashore here in a strong northerly wind yesterday were unsuccessful. The yacht…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1941
57 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 3
Wrecked Nazi Aircraft Rebuilt
German aeroplane engines removed from machines shot down oyer England are being examined by technical experts and the Army Air Corps…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dutch Hold French Steamer
BATAVIA, Monday (AAP).—A Netherlands East Indies naval patrol arrested the French steamer, Dupleix, which was escorted into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wrecks Evening Clothes
Henry Fonda looks a little dazed and Eugene Pallette has not yet expressed his humour over Hie situation as Barbara Stanwyck steps forward to jokingly congratulate Fonda on a tumble he has taken over a sofa into a platter of food for an hilarious scene in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Polish Stowaway Brought Ashore
SYDNEY, Friday.—When the Kasima Maru was loading the last of her stores and was almost ready for sea, Herz Rosenberg, the Polish…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Attempt to Refloat Stranded Steamer
MURWILLUMBAH, Thursday.—A salvage expert sent by the underwriters decided to-day not to attempt to refloat the cargo steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Lifeboat Service
LONDON, Sunday: -- British lifeboats have been launched 2006 times since the outbreak of war and have saved 4058 lives. More lives have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Italian Schooner Sunk by British Submarine
LONDON, Tuesday.--The Admiralty announces that a British submarine sank a large Italian schooner in the Mediterranean…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Industrial Plants Wrecked At Spitzbergen
LONDON, Wednesday (AAP).—The Canadian raiding force wrecked the Spitzbergen coal mines, oil…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Apples Ashore From Ship Beached at Fingal
A dinghy and a small number of cases of apples from the cargo steamer beached at Fingal were washed ashore on the beaches near Tweed Heads on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Science to Aid Shipwrecked Seamen
LONDON, Monday: The Ministry of Shipping is introducing an elaborate series of lifesaving measures for shipwrecked merchant…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →One Airman Swims Ashore. Another Missing
MELBOURNE, Monday:--After two secret service aircraft from Laverton crashed into the sea near Wilson's promontory during…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nazis Say Norwegian Mail Steamer Torpedoed
LONDON, Monday:-- The German News Agency says that the Norwegian mail steamer Vesteralen, of 682 tons, was torpedoed on. Friday near Oksfiord,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Survived Six Shipwrecks
In the death of Mr. William Connah at Murwillumbah on November 10, in his 81st year, there was severed probably the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Italy A Hopeless Wreck"
NEW YORK, Sunday: "Italy is a hopeless wreck and is gradually being taken over by the Germans for future…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rail Pay Gar Wrecked By Explosion Two Men Killed
SYDNEY, Monday:--Two railway employees were killed and a third was critically injured when a railway car carrying £10,000 was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Launch Wrecked on Rocks
NEWCASTLE, Monday. — After a search of nearly 18 hours by 10 motor launches, two brothers, Keith and Cyril Kline,…
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