Steamer Sinks Ten Men Missing
On Tuesday, the costal steamer Bombo, of 539 tons, sunk five miles off Wellongong. Two men, Thorvald Thomsen, seaman, and Michael…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1949
6 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers
Flying-boats’ Task Inspection of Wreckage LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.)
Two Sunderland flying boats from a base in Wales will try to land near wreckage sighted in the Atlantic, 500 miles from Eire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Call for Action Against Wreckers Country Party Dimand on State Government
When the Essential Services Bill which enables the State Government to order anyone to do anything, and to take any property [?] it [?] it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Lifeboat Engine
Shipbuilders concerned with the building of ships’ lifeboats are interested in a craft now undergoing trials on the Medina River, I[?]le of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Fire Heavy Death Roll New York, Monday (A.A.P.)
One hundred and twenty-one people are known to have died in the fire which swept the Great Lakes liner Noronic last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aluminium Funnel for British Railways Steamer
An interesting exhibit at the Engineering and Marine Exhibition which opened recently at Olympia, London, was an aluminium alloy funnel. Made by William Denny & Brothers of Dumbarton, it is on show for the first time in this country. The funnel is fabricated for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →