£16,000 Ketch Wrecked in Bass Strait Melbourne
rue auxiliary Ketch, Lady Flinders, which recently was purchased by William Holyman and Sons from Captain William Nicholls for £16.000, was wrecked…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938
167 stories in Riverina's papers · page 7 of 9
Nazi Hooligans Wreck Jewish Institutions Warsaw
While the police stood by, fifty yelling Nazi hooligans, intoxicated and uniformed, broke into Jewish institutions with axes and crowbars. They left a trail of destruction. They wrecked synagogues, tore up sacred scrolls, spat on Bibles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Steamer Bombed Set on Fire by 'Planes Barcelona
The British steamer Marvia was bombed by 'planes while unloading cargo at Alicante. The vessel was set on fire and an Arab sailor was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Damage to French Steamer Reports Officially Denied Paris
The report of the disaster to the steamer Claude Chappe is denied. It is stated that the vessel is at present in dock at Saigon (French Indo China)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japanese Bombs Wreck American Hospital Much Loss of Life Shanghai
Japanese 'planes bombed several towns in Kwansi, with much loss of life. The American hospital at Wuchow was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Refloated Sydney
The motor ship, Sydney Star, which was beached in Rose Bay on Friday night after a collision with the steamer Macumba, was refloated this morning…
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At the last Shire Council meeting the President, in his. Minute, reported on the meeting of the Preliminary Investigating Committee in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Steamer Late Message Received From Germany? Sydney
There is still no news of the German freighter Strassfurt which left Brisbane on Tuesday for Sydney and which was due yesterday. There seems…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Smithy's 'Plane Wreckage Off Burmese Coast Sydney
Mr. W. Harold, who reached Sydney to-day from the East, said that Mr. J. D. Hodder, who months ago had found pieces of duralumin on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Vanished Traffic Murrumbidgee Shipping Shipwreck at Yabtree
There was more or less (mostly less) regular shipping on the Murrumbidgee in the 60's. There are occasional references in the press of…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →British Steamer Bombed BARCELONA, 'Monday
A aeroplane yesterday bombed and set fire to the British steamer Bramhill, this being the third occasion that this vessel has been attacked. The…
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An aeroplane to-day bombed and set fire to the British steamer Bramhill, this being the third occasion that this vessel has been attacked. The steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gipsy Moth Wrecked Pilot Escapes Serious Injuries En Route to Wagga Pageant Crookwell
A Gipsy Moth 'plane, piloted by Hilliam Henry Tickner, paddock a mile and a half from crookwell this morning. Tickner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The "Wagqa" Paddle Steamer
This is a relic of the days when steamers regularly plied the Murrumbidgee, carrying stores and wool to and from stations. The wharf was located just downstream from the old toll bridge at the northern end of Fitzmaurice-street. Only a post or two now marks the site of what was at one time a busy landing stage of the river steamers. (We are able to publish tills photo by courtesy of Mrs. E. M. Rudd, who herself took the photo years ago when…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Ex-policeman's Home Wrecked Man Charged SYDNEY
An explosion this morning at Ipswich (Queensland) wrecked the rear of the home of John Nagle, ex-sergeant of police. Fortunately, no one…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Sergeant's Home Wrecked by Explosion Young Man Charged Brisbane
A violent explosion wrecked the rear portion of the home of John Nagle sergeant of police, at Ipswich early this morning. The family was in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fires Ravage Canton 1000 Steamer Passengers Perish London
The Japanese gained control of Canton. They fires which have ravaged six square miles have caused £50,000,000 damage. The British United Press says that, according to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shocking Aerial Disaster Eighteen Killed When Douglas Airliner Crashes in Victoria Plane Strikes Mountain; Bursts Into Flames Many Prominent Citizens, Including Mr. Hawker, M.H.R., Among Victims Rescue Party Unable to Approach Blazing Wreckage MELBOURNE
The A.N.A. Douglas airliner, Kyeema, crashed into a peak on the Dandenong Ranges 30 miles from Melbourne this afternoon. Eighteen occupants of the plane—15 passengers and 3 members of the crew—were killed. It is the worst disaster in the history…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Greatest Fire In Modern Europe. City of Marseilles Wrecked Fire Sweeps Five Acres of Main Shopping Area Six Dead; 45 Critically Injured French Cabinet Sitting Adjourns To Rescue State Papers MARSEILLES
Six are known to be dead and 45 critically injured in one of the greatest fires in Modern Europe, which ; devoured the heart of Marseilles shopping and hotel area…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Franco's Threat May Close Ports to Britain Case of Spanish Steamer Court's Judgment Awaited LONDON
The Spanish Nationalist leader, General Franco, according to the "Daily Herald," told the British Foreign Office he would close all his ports to…
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