Steamer Chagres Sunk After An Attack
The British steamer Chagres, which was sunk a few clays ago after an attack off the north-west coast of Great Britain, was a…
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Fierce Indignation in Holland Third Steamer Torpedoed Victim Of U-Boat LONDON
Holland is seething with indignation at the sinking of the steamer Burgerdijk (6853 tons). The Burgerdijk was stopped by a U-boat, which torpedoed her without giving any reason…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burnie Melbourne Trade Fewer Passengers By Steamer
The number of passengers travelling by the Bass Strait steamer between Burnie and Melbourne during January was fewer than…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales Amended. Matson-oceanic Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Dalgety & Co., Ltd., agents
Allen Taylor & Co., Ltd., 13 pes hardwood, rough sawn (1076 super ft.) Mr. A. E. Tozer, 1 cs Christmas gifts Burns, Philp & Co., Ltd. 1 cs maga…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Civil Aviation. "Neglected and Almost Wrecked." Result of the War. From Our Own Correspondent. London, Feb. 15
"In the past few months, British air transport has not only been neglected, but almost wrecked," says "The Aeroplane" in a leading article…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Iron Cross Man Visits Another Naval Yard Secures Permission to Go Ashore at Cockatoo Dockyard
WALTER MICHAEL GORE, German Jew refugee and Iron Cross winner in the Great War, who was recently permitted to go on Garden Island, Australian Navy Headquarters in Sydney Harbor, was allowed to visit Cockatoo Island last week…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Adverse Weather Delays Schooner LAUNCESTON
The auxiliary schooner, Henrietta (120 tons) has reached Devonport after a voyage from Sydney lasting 28 days…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German "Hell-ship" Is Forced Ashore in Norwegian Fjord Dramatic Swoop by Destroyers; 4 of Crew Dead Prisoners Rescued LONDON
Between 300 and 400 seamen of ships captured or sunk by the Graf Spee have been rescued from the Graf Spee's prison-ship, Altmarck, which has been held up and forced ashore by the British destroyer, Cossack, in a Norwegian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →350 Seamen Rescued From Nazis Prison ship driven ashore in Norway by British warships Four Germans Killed in Boarding Party's Fight
LONDON, Saturday. -- The British destroyers Intrepid and Cossack have rescued 350 British prisoners from the armed merchantman Altmark, former supply ship to the Admiral Graf Spee…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Worry Wrecked Her Nerves a Tired-out Colourless Girl
"I have a responsible position where I am employed, and business worries made my nerves a wreck," states Miss N. S., of Thornbury, Melbourne. "I got…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →"Cookie" Nearly Wreck After Rousing Rex Ride
RATED one of the biggest "dogs" in the racing game, Rex's bite proved much worse than his bark in yesterday's Ascot Welter Mile, which he won by a head after a hectic tussle from Sign On. But for Billy Cook's vigorous tactics…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cronulla Romance Wrecked
HE was only a Cronulla lifesaver. But he sure knew his mermaids. S'fact. There's divorce court evidence to…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Altmarck Prisoners Tell Story of Dramatic Rescue Nazis Planned to Put Time Bombs in Steamer's Hold London, Sunday. Our Own Cable Service
GREATEST credit of the rescue of the Altmarck prisoners goes to an unknown officer of H.M.S. Cossack, who leapt across 12 feet of dark waters to grasp the Altmarck's rail…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Seize Nazi Steamer
LONDON, Monday.--The German steamer Morea (1698 tons), with a cargo of manganese ore, has been brought into a West…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New South Wales British-india Steamer. Sailed Sydney
Macdonald Hamilton & Co., agents. C. Geo. Kellaway & Sons, 38 cs turkeys. Jackson & Spring Pty., Ltd., 3 cs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Union Ban on Steamer Volunteer Licensed Crew Secured
Following a dispute between a shipping company and the Seamen's Union, an interstate freighter has left Sydney with a volunteer licensed…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Launch Wrecked; Occupant Missing
Daceyville police are still searching for the body of Claude Burr (38), Prince Edward Theatre commissionaire, believed to have been drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Missing After Wreck
A man is believed to have been drowned from a launch which was wrecked on rocks near Maroubra Beach early…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Physical Training for Army Instructors — Launching Margate Lifeboat — Plane Crash at Brisbane
Copies of all pictures taken by the Sydney Morning Herald staff photographers may be purchased from the Art Gallery At the "Herald" Office. The scale of charges may be obtained on application…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Steamer Hits Harbor Sandbar
A small coastal steamer, the Delli, grounded on a sandbar near Chinaman's Beach, Middle Harbor, yesterday afternoon…
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