"Hoodoo" Launch Wrecked Melbourne
THE launch Cynara which was wrecked off Point Nepean at the head of Port Phillip Bay yesterday had…
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The Wall-eyed Wrecker
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The wreckage of the A.N.A. airliner Yorana which crashed while making a forced landing near Raglan Hill, six miles from Bathurst. The pilot was injured. Dr. J. G. Woods, flying doctor at Brokes Hill, and another passenger were unhurt…
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A man alleged to be one of Australia's best known confidence tricksters, returned by liner from America yesterday…
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The Greek steamer Ekaton tarchos Dracoulis (5329 tons) was torpedoed 50 miles off the south coast of Portugal…
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Construction of the new steamer Karuah is well advanced, states the "Newcastle Morning Herald." The vessel is being…
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Enrique Julaio, who was saved from the burned Italian liner Orazio, this week, was also a passenger by the Dutch steamer Simon Bolivar, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Japs Hold British Steamer London, Friday. Our Own Cable Service
IT is reported from Shanghai that the Japanese authorities there have ordered the British steamer Wingsang to postpone its departure…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nazis Lose U-boat and Steamer Submarines Seen with Ships in West Indies Neutrals Sunk London, Friday. Our Own Cable Service
DESTRUCTION of another German submarine and the scuttling of a German steamer to avoid capture are announced in a Paris communique. A New York message states that three German…
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LORD HOWE ISLAND, Saturday. -- The 30ft. ketch Hispaniola left today on her return trip to Sydney. Her skipper, G. O'Brien, is an…
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LONDON, Saturday. -- The Dutch steamer Ottoland (2202 tons) struck a mine off the east coast of England and sank, Berlin radio…
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LONDON, Saturday. -- The Dutch steamer Ottoland (2202 tons) struck a mine off the east coast of England and sank, Berlin radio…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Export Manifests Amended. British-india Steamer. Sailed Sydney
Macdonald Hamilton & Co., agents. Pick-Me-Up Condiment Co., Ltd., 40 cs fruit sauce. H. Jones & Co., 18 cs tnd groceries,…
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LAUNCESTON, Monday.--The 118 ton auxiliary ketch Aristides, which went aground off the Three Hummock Islands, in Boss Strait, is now…
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LAUNCESTON, Monday.--The 100-ton auxiliary ketch Aristides is a total wreck on Three Hummock Island, in the far north-west of Tasmania…
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Dashed on me rocks at Three Hummocks Island after kedge anchors had hulled her from a sandy beach, the Holyman ketch Aristides is now a…
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Fifteen bodies have been recovered from the British destroyer Exmouth, which was mined or torpedoed, off…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →News of World from Telegraph Correspondents Bombed Steamer Blocks Harbor Germans Attack 13 Ships London
One of 13 steamers bombed by German planes near Britain yesterday is blocking the entrance to a…
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Sailing sadly into seas swept by war, flying a flag that no longer represents proud independence, the Estonian schooner Ahto is continuing her world cruise, commanded by the owner, Captain Ahto Walter…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The War at Sea. Mines Washed Ashore. LONDON, Jan. 31. (A.A.P.)
The British steamer Bancrest (4,450 tons), formerly the Ambassador, sent out an S.O.S. north of Scotland. A nearby ship saved 32 of the crew of 33…
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