Skeletons and Money in Plane Wreck
A native hunter in the swamps near Puerto Saurez (Bolivia) found 17 skeletons, and money and jewellery worth £40,875, inside the wreck of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1942
6 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers
Santa Claus a Fireman Toys from Blitz Wreckage
Motor lorries rattled out of London on Christmas Eve with a great freight of 2,000 toys for the children of women on war work who are being cared for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →250 DEAD Steamer Torpedoed OTTAWA, Thursday (AAP.)
Two hundred and fifty persons were killed or drowned when the 8000-ton Canadian steamer, Lady Hawkins, was torpedoed between Halifax and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ship Ashore
After the coastal steamer Gwydir (1,929 tons) had lost her rudder and one propeller in a collision with another ship eff Norah Head on Saturday, her…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South Africa’s Sheep Provide Lifeboat Gloves for Shipwrecked Mariners
The skins of South African sheep are to-day helping to save the lives of shipwrecked British sailors. Sheepskin gloves, large and warm,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Few Japs Get Ashore
According to a statement broadcast by the B.B.C. Japanese troops who managed to get ashore half-way between Buna and Lae are estimated…
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