German Steamer's Wanderings Remarkable Story Berlin
The official radio told a remarkable story of the wanderings of the German steamer Erlangen, which left New Zealand for Australia late in August…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1939
131 stories in Riverina's papers · page 7 of 7
Pocket Battleship Scuttled Graf Spee Disappears in Smoke and Flames Crowd of 500,000 Sees End of Raider Crew Board German Steamer British Cordon Found Impregnable Montevideo
Weighing anchor 101 minutes before the expiration of the Uruguayan ultimatum that she must depart or be interned, the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee (10,000 tons) steamed down the River Plate estuary and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Air Force Plane Crashes Five Occupants Killed Disaster at Richmond Aerodrome Machine Totally Wrecked SYDNEY
A few minutes after it had taken off from the Richmond aerodrome on a cross-country flight to Point Cook (V.), an R.A.A.F. Avro-Anson crashed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Steamer Fired at by Russian Submarine? London
A submarine believed to have been Russian fired 30 shells at the German steamer Pillau, without registering a hit…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Mined London
The steamer Mars (1475 tons) was mined and sunk on the north-east coast of England. Eight members of the crew were rescued, but seven are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War -- from Day to Day. Pocket Battleship Scuttled Graf Spee Disappears in Smoke and Flames Crowd of 500,000 Sees End of Raider Crew Board German Steamer British Cordon Found Impregnable
Weighing anchor 101 minutes before the expiration of the Uruguayan ultimatum that she must depart from our Montevideo or be interned, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Air Force 'Plane Crashes Five Occupants Killed Disaster at Richmond Aerodrome Machine Totally Wrecked
A few minutes after it had taken off from the Richmond Aerodrome on a cross-country flight to Point Cook [?] an R.A.A.F. Avro-Anson crashed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Foundered in Storm Istanbul
The Kizilmark, with a crew of 20, and the Astrea, with a crew of 14, foundered during a violent storm in the Black Sea. All hands were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Writs Against German Steamer Miami
The Asiatic Petroleum Corporation, a British firm, has filed a claim for 114,000 dollars against the German steamer Arauca. ' The amount is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Steamer Sinks Four of Crew Lost London
The British steamer Torwood (251 tons'), carrying carbide, sank in the North Sea after an explosion, Seven of the crew of 11 were rescued…
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