Ordeal for Ketch in Gale
HOBART. Wednesday.—The crew of the auxiliary ketch. Defender, had an unenviable experience when the 67-ton craft was forced to battle…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1946
83 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 5
Tyalgum Wreck Now in Halves
The former North Coast Co. steamer, Tyalgum, which was wrecked on Duranbah beach some years ago, has now broken…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Australian Government is handing back to the Dutch Government the small Dutch schooner Vima which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →First Steamer Crossed Atlantic 100 Years ago
NEW YORK (Associated Press): One hundred and six years ago, a 207-foot, 2000-ton steamship, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Royal Shipwreck Society Award for Lismore Man
The award of the Royal Shipwreck relief and Humane Society of N.S.W. will be presented to Mr. Peter Geraghty, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ketch Adrift in Torres Strait
BRISBANE, Monday.—A flying boat has left Cairns to search for an auxiliary ketch adrift in Torres Strait. The ketch, Yalpa with five…
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BRISBANE, Monday: No trace has yet been found of the 90ft. auxiliary ketch, Yalta, which was reported to be…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—The R.A.A.F. has announced that the 60 ton auxiliary ketch, Yalta, which has been missing off North Queensland…
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LONDON, Thursday: The Associated Press correspondent in Belgrade says: It is learned that the wreckage of the…
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LONDON, Monday: Search parties found oh the top of a mountain the wreckage of the RAF air ambulance, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schooner Volant to Be Sold
LONDON, Tuesday: The schooner Volant, in which an Australian Edwin Cross, and a crew and shareholders intended to sail to…
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NEW YORK, Wednesday (AAP).—Coastguard headquarters announced that an Army plane has sighted a raft with additional survivors of the…
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NEW YORK, Friday: A search party reached the scene of the crash of the Sabena Trans-Atlantic airliner near Gander…
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NEW YORK, Friday (AAP).—It is believed that seven persons survived the crash of the Belgian Sabens Airways Skymaster in Newfoundland. The plane, which carried 44…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: Two Australians with a crew of 10 Solomon Islanders had a nightmare journey from the Solomon islands…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Two Australians, with a crew of ten Solomon Islanders, had a nightmare journey from the Solomon Islands…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Unsinkable Lifeboat
A lifeboat that is claimed to be unsinkable, uncapsizeable and self-emptying, has been invented by Mr. H. A. GASKIN, of London. The…
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SINGAPORE, Wednesday (AAP). —A search for the wreckage of the York transport plane which crashed off Penang yesterday has been…
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GRAFTON, Friday.—Heavy seas off Yamba this morning prevented the transfer of the two officers and 19 ratings from the…
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SYDNEY, Monday: The steamer Tasman sailed from Sydney tonight despite the waterfront strike…
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