Sea Drama in Gale Off South Coast Injured Man Taken off Ketch
WOLLONGONG, Tuesday: At the height of a gale off Part Macquarie late on Sunday night the motor vessel Glenbank hove-to in response…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1946
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Jews Begin Wrecking Public Buildings Airborne Forces Enter Tel Aviv
LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.): Several thousand British Airborne Division troops began moving into Tel Aviv this morning, while the police carried out a house-to-house search for arms. This move follows the new outbreak of Jewish…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Survivors Seen Near Plane Wreck 44 Passengers in Crash
NEW YORK, Friday: The Belgian Sabena Company has confirmed reports that wreckage of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Unsinkable Lifeboat
A lifeboat that is claimed to be unsinkable, uncapsizeable and self-emlying has been invented by Mr. H. A. Gaskin, of London. A [?] has successfully passed stringent tests by the British Board of Trade. The craft is described as two boats fashioned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wagga Children Slept As Whirlwind Wrecked Verandah
A two-year-old boy and his six-months-old sister slept through a violent whirlwind which wrecked the front verandah roof and supporting pillars of their parents' home in Meurant Avenue, Wagga, about 2 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Naval Tug Forced Ashore in Cyclone
SYDNEY, Thursday: Battered by terrific sea, whipped up by a Motherly cyclone, the Australian naval tug Waree (233 tons) was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late P./O. Black Plane Wreckage Found
MR. R. L. BLACK has received a letter from the secretary of the Department of Air Informing him that the wreckage of the Hudson…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ordeal in Pacific Ketch's 1000 Mile Horror Trip; One of Four Survives
SYDNEY, Friday: The 45ft. 150-ton auxiliary ketch Nova, which disappeared from the coast of New South Wales nearly five months ago, was wrecked on the Isle of…
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BRISBANE, Monday: Two of the men on board the ketch Nova died when within eight miles of land. [Nova, a 45ft. 150-ton ketch, disappeared from the coast of New South Wales five months ago with…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: Detectives in New South Wales and Queensland have begun an investigation of the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: Queensland doctors have ordered that James Cush, sole survivor of the crew of four of the auxiliary ketch Nova,…
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A long single-handed voyage from Panama ended this month when John Caldwell, an American, was rescued from the wreck of his 300-ft…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hail, Wind Wreck Crops. Damage Property Stampede at Humula
While Wagga was shrouded in heavy dust yesterday afternoon, surrounding districts were being peppered by some of the worst hailstorms in memory…
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MADRID, Monday: Bombs wrecked the front of the Spanish Youth Organisation headquarters at Barcelona, and others exploded in different parts…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Explosion Wrecks U.S. TENEMENT Heavy Casualty List
NEW YORK, Friday: At least seven persons were killed and 40 others missing in an explosion which wrecked the seven floors of a tenement on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreckage After Storm in Sydney
This is some of the wreckage left after the big week-end storm in Sydney. This picture was taken In Victoria Road, Marrickville…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lifeboat Men Have Xmas Day at Shipwreck
LONDON, Friday: Walmer life-boat men spent Christmas Eve afloat over Goodwin Sands, but they did not miss the good cheer, states…
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