Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Shipwrecks & the sea, all years

Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1919

7 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers

Transport Ashore. Position Serious. 1700 Wounded on board

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 2

A Reuter Vancouver message states the passengers and crew of the United States transport Tenadores are ashore on the French coast and were rescued…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

French Steamer Mined. Sale of Aurtralian Wheat London, Jan. 20

The Western Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 2

Reuter's Rome correspondent states that the French steamer Chaproi carrying 650 Greek, Serbian and Russian passengers from Marseilles was…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

French Steamer Mined. 500 Lives Lost Restoring Order Throughout Germany London, Jan. 18

The Western Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 2

Reuter's Paris correspondent states that the Peace Conference has decided that official communiques the newspapers shall no longer be author…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Bolshevik Headquarters Wrecked In Brisbane Fight With Police

The Western Herald · Wednesday 26 March 1919 · page 2

Several thousand persons, headed by returned soldiers attacked the Bolshevik headquarters at Brisbane last night…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Thrice Shipwrecked Memories at Ninety

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 June 1919 · page 2

Just 53 years ago the English mail, per R.M.S. Bombay, brought news to Australia of the foundering of s.s. London in the Bay of Biscay, on…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Pirates Seize a Steamer

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 October 1919 · page 9

An extraordinary case of robbery on the high seas, recalling the piracy of the Middle Ages, is reported from the Black Sea…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

American Steamer Raided London, Nov, 20

The Western Herald · Saturday 22 November 1919 · page 2

The Times London states that 40 armed Sinn Feiners raided an American steamer at Cork for arms, seizing the officers and crew…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →