Keep Hands Off Aircraft Wreckage Warning by Dept. of Air
AN urgent appeal to members of the public not to interfere with the wreckage of aircraft involved in accidents was made by the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1941
48 stories in Riverina's papers · page 2 of 3
German Steamer Loading BELEM (BrizU), Monday. CA.A.p)
The German steamer Norderney, of 3667 tons, began loading a cargo here to-day. It is believed that the vessel will soon attempt to run the British…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Netherlands Steamer Sunk by German Raider New York, Wednesday. (A.A.P.)
A broadcast from Tokio which was heard here to-day gave the first report that the Netherlands East Indies steamer Rantaupandjang had been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gale in Melbourne Yacht Wrecked
MELBOURNE, Monday: During a heavy gale last night the 8-ton auxiliary yacht Arile was swept from its moorings at Sandringham. Port…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gale in Melbourne Eight-ton Yacht Wrecked Melbourne
During a heavy gale last night the eight-ton auxiliary yacht Arlie was swept from its moorings at Sandringham, Port Phillip, and is now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War in Australia Big Dutch Steamer Arrives Presented as Hospital Ship CANBERRA
The 20,000-ton motor liner Oranje, of the Royal Dutch Mail Line, which the Netherlands East Indies has donated to the Australian Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Launch Wrecked Search for Survivors Suva, Wednesday. (A.A.P.)
The launch Rogovoka, bound from, the Mt. Kasi mines to Suva, was wrecked on a reef and abandoned A half-caste swam and drifted 25…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Japanese Bomb Chungking British Embassy Damage French Consulate Wrecked Chungking, Monday. (A.A.P.)
The British Embassy was badly damaged and the French Consulate demolished when 27 Japanese planes dropped many bombs on the consular…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wrecked Plane Found Montreal. Tuesday (A.A.P.)
The wreckage of a plane which crashed into Georgian Bay (Ontario) last February, killing the Australian aircraftmen Ross and Arthur, has…
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LONDON, Tuesday (AAP): German dive-bombers sank in the Irish Channel the steamer St. Patric, Killing at least 23 persons Forty-four…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Irish Ferry Steamer Sunk with 23 VICTIMS By Nazi Dive-Bombers LONDON
Herman dive-bombers on Friday last sank in the Irish Channel the steamer St. Patrick, killing at least 23 persons. Forty- four passengers were landed. The captain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Arrested in Timor Sea by Dutch Warship Was Carrying Flour to Axis BATAVIA. Tuesday. (A.A.P.)
Co-operation between the Australian and Dutch authorities and observation by a commercial aviation pilot, brought about the arrest of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Women Repair Bomb Wrecked Homes
A dozen women engaged as carpenters and Joiners have started repairs on bombed Croydon (London) houses. They include a widowed flower-seller…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Serbs Wreck German Barracks
LONDON, Sunday.—The Moscow radio last night quoted a Nazi-controlled Serbian newspaper as saying that street fighting had occurred in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ordeal in Lifeboat South Atlantic Sinking
LONDON, Sunday. (B.O.W.)—An officer of the R.N.R. describing a voyage of 1500 miles In an open boat, said in a broadcast talk to-day that a British…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German Mines Washed Ashore in South Australia
ADELAIDE, Sunday.—In quick succession to the finding of German mines at Beachport and Robe recently, one of which caused the death of two naval…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →French Fishermen Wreck German Camp
LONDON. Sunday (A.A.P.).— French fishermen attacked a German camp at Berck and billed 25 soldiers and destroyed six machine-guns, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Showground Buildings Badly Damaged Last Week’s Wind Storm Wrecks Grandstand Repairs Will Cost £100
The grandstand on the Gundagai Showground was severely damaged by a windstorm last week. The roof of the building…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dutch Transport Steamer a Total Loss in Mediterranean
BATAVIA, Wednesday.—It is officially stated that the former 11,636 tons Netherlands passenger steamer Slamat is a total loss in the Mediterranean as a result of…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—A missing British ferry transport plane was found wrecked in an isolated and mountain-ous district of the west coast with…
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