Mystery Report Steamer on Uncharted Reef BRISBANE
It has been reported that a steamer had been wrecked on an uncharted reef 20 miles south-west of Willis Island, 300 miles from Cairns, and…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1939
131 stories in Riverina's papers · page 3 of 7
Bits and Pieces Treasure From Dutch Wreck?
Search for the ancient coins reported to have been found near the Murchison River, Western Australia, by an aboriginal, now binges on the ability…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Japanese Threat Stoppage of British Shipping Steamer's Progress Barred CANTON
Japan has withdrawn permission from the British steamer Fatshan to proceed to Hong Kong on the ground that the British are not respecting…
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The Swedish steamer Forini Carrass of 4466 tons, is stranded at Middle Bellona Reef, about 250 miles west of New Caledonia, and is partly awash…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pacific Rescue Steamer Holed and Stranded Brisbane
The rescue ship Australien, which went to the assistance of the stranded Swedish steamer Fotini Carras, sent a radio message to Brisbane to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trawler Wrecked One Man Drowned Others Narrowly Escape Brisbane
One Brisbane man was drowned and eight others narrowly escaped death when the former minesweeper Atlantic, now a trawler, struck the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck Survivors 28 Greeks for Rabaul Sydney
The 28 members of the wrecked Greek-owned steamer Fotini carras, which struck a reef 270 miles west from New Caledonia,will be taken by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chinese Capture Towns British Steamer Released Chungking
Chinese report having captured strategic towns guarding the Yellow River crossings, repulsing after a weeks battle the Japanese attempt to cross…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Explosion Wrecks Shops Adelaide
One shop was completely wrecked and three others were ruined inside and windows across the road were broken in a gas explosion at the shop of…
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WRECK OP THE STEAMER ATLANTIC on Flinders Reef, near Cape Morton (Queensland) recently. One member of the crew was drowned and the eight others were rescued after they had set fire to the wheelhouse to attract help. (Sydney Telegraph Block)…
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Three men from the wrecked Greek steamer Fotini Carras reached here today by the steamer Tanda, and told of their ordeal before being rescued. Their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Airliner Wrecked Landing in Rain Launceston
The DH86 airliner Lepena, which carried six passengers and a crew of two, was wrecked while landing in blinding rain at Wynyard yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Stranded Steamer Sydney
A message received in Sydney this morning stated that the Japanese freighter Yamasimo Maru had failed to refloat the stranded steamer China…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mysterious Explosion on Steamer, Narkunda, Kills Five Seamen Twenty-six Injured Colombo
Five of the crew were killed, and 26 injured, when an explosion suddenly shook tho steamer Narkunda from stem to stern as she berthed at Colombo today after racing into port with a fire in No. 6 hold…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Liner Ashore On N.Z. Coast SYDNEY
The liner Port Bowen ran ashore early this morning north of Wanganul Heads, New Zealand. Several tugs are racing to her rescue. The sea is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Port Bowen Ashore in Danger If Weather Gets Rough Wellington (N.z.)
The Commonwealth and Dominion liner Fort Bowen went ashore early to-day about a quarter of a mile off the beach at Wanganul. Tugs made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Steamer Strikes Mine Hongkong
The British steamer Haltan struck a mine between Swatow and Formosa, tearing a hole in her side, and flooding the hold. The vessel is in no…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thetis Wreckage Suggested Memorial to Victims London
Replying in the House of Commons to Mr. Locker-Lampson's suggestion that the Thetis be left on the seabed as a permanent buoyed memorial, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Steamer Mined London
The Hong Kong correspondent of "The Times" states that the British steamer Haigtan struck a mine between Swatow and Formosa, tearing a hole in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →10 INCINERATED Steamer Rams Oil Tanker LONDON
In a fog off Eddystone, the Swedish steamer, Grangesberg, rammed a French oil tanker, Sunik, which caught fire, and sank, It is believed that ten…
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