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Riverina · Shipwrecks & the sea
49 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 3
LONDON, Monday: Jewish terrorists blew up the police station and adjoining post office at Haifa on Sunday afternoon. Official reports say it is believed that eight persons, including three British and two Arab policemen, were killed and 50 were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →DARWIN, Thursday: A Kitty-hawk plane has been found about 40 miles from Darwin. It is not known whether it is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON. Friday: Sixteen members of the crew and two passengers are reported to have been drowned following a fire on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →HONG KONG, Tuesday: The bodies of 130 persons have been removed from the scarred hulk of the river steamer. "Saigon,"…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CANBERRA, Wednesday: Grave concern that rising building costs might wreck the Commonwealth and State housing arrangement was expressed by the Minister for Works and Housing (Mr. Lemmon)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Ary foundered when on its way from Glamorgan to Eire, and 16 out of 17 of the crew are believed to be dead. The sole survivor in a state…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →HONOLULU, Sunday: Pacific Fleet Headquarters report that all 39 members of the crew who abandoned the American freighter Lase…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Wednesday: Referring to "wreckers from abroad," the Works Minister (Mr. Semple), to-day bitterly attacked…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Friday: When the Marine Phoenix arrived to-day from America with 500 passengers, 26 refugees were detained for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Monday: A mob of yoong men late to-night allegedly wrecked a milk ber, assaulted the prosprietor, and attacked…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW YORK, Wednesday: It was announced by Army Air Transport a four-engined Army transport plane landed beside the wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEW YORK, Tuesday: It was announced by Army Air Transport Command that a tour-engined Army transport plane landed beside the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →CHICAGO, Monday: Two explosions levelled a three storey building in the heart of the main business district, killing at least two…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →HONOLULU, Sunday: The steamer, China Victory, has found the missing lifeboat from the U.S. tanker. Fort Dearborn, which broke…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BRISBANE, Friday: The wreckage of the New Zealand Mosquito bomber is believed to have been found on Sydney Island, about 20…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BATAVIA, Sunday: The wreckage of a Dutch Dakota, missing on a half-hour flight between Batavia and Bandoeng (Timor) since March…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wing Commander B. R. O. B. Hoare, pilot of the R.N.Z.A.F. Mosquito bomber which crashed on desolate Sydney Island in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW YORK, Thursday: An unofficial report places the death roll in a series of explosions which almost wrecked Texas City as "around…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A terrific explosion in the chemical works at Rosebery early lost night almost wrecked the building, caused £50,000 damage, injured employees,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Wednesday: A terrific explosion in the chemical works at Rosebery early to-night almost wrecked the building, caused £50,000 damage, injured eight employees and shattered windows for a distance of a mile away…
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