Lifeboat Attacked by Shark Master's Good Work with Boathook
Armed only with a boathook, the master of a torpedoed ship fought and killed a large shark which attacked a lifeboat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shipwrecks & the sea, 1943
483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 25
Jap Base Wrecked in Big Air Raid Australians Hit Dobo
A rain of incendiary and demolition bombs from Dutch and Australian air units has wrecked Dobo, new Japanese supply base in the Aru Islands. Australian-manned Hudsons swept in at 3000ft. to find fires still…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commonwealth Export Manifests New South Wales Panamanian Steamer. Sailed Sydney
Millars Timber & Trading Co., Ltd., Agents. Millars T. & T. Co., Ltd., 1397 pcs sawn timber…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Torpedoed Steamer Sunk off the Australian Coast
Another vessel has been torpedoed off the east coast of Australia and 14 survivors were rescued from a raft, two of which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Misses Made Spray Fly Maitland Girl Wrecks Record
MYEE STEELE, Manly's aquatic speedster, had an easy win in the 440 yards title event at Manly Baths yesterday, and now, with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rowing Boat Hit by Steamer Man Unconscious When Rescued
Two men and a woman who were in an anchored rowing boat were hurled into the water under the Harbour Bridge yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Launching a Large Steamer at Whyalla
These two photographs show a cargo steamer of 8,050 tons deadweight which was recently launched at Whyalla, S.A. In the upper view the vessel is being shepherded by tugs in the turning basin…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Row Boat Hit by Steamer. Kingsgrove Couple's Experience
Two men and a woman who were in an anchored rowing boat were hurled into the water under the Sydney Harbour Bridge last Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Overseas Export Manifests West Australia Steamer. Sailed Fremantle
Macdonald, Hamilton & Co., agents. Australian Wheat Board, 6437 bgs wheat Nestle & Anglo-Swiss Condensed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.s. Club for Shipwrecked Seamen
News received from Washington states that a special club is to be formed to provide recognition for men of the United…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Overseas Export Manifests West Australia Steamer. Sailed Fremantle
Macdonald, Hamilton &. Co., agents. Australian Wheat Board, 6437 bgs ? wheat Nestle & Anglo-Swiss Condensed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great French Cruiser a Wreck In Harbor Of Toulon
Scuttled Cruiser. One of the first ground- level views of the scuttled French fleet at Toulon to reach the United States. This picture shows a heavy French cruiser lying on her side partly submerged at her moorings. Midships section appears to have been badly damaged by an explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Airman's body on raft washed ashore
NATAL (Brazil), Sat.--A small rubber raft bearing an American airman's body, has been washed up after having drifted probably mere than 1000 miles across the Atlantic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wrecked Jap Plans Strew Lae Airfield
AN ATTACK PLANE PILOT swooped down to within 60 feet of the ground to get this view of three smashed medium bombers and four or five Zeros that will never fly again. They are just a few of the 50 or more Japanese planes littering the airfield at Lae as a result of effective Allied bombing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Long-markers wreck par; Llewellyn 12 under
Long-markers played havoc with par in yesterday's golf competitions. C. H. Llewellyn topped the list with net 59--12 under par. FROM handicap 23 in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lae wrecked in many raids by Allied bombers
Persistently pounded by Allied bombing planes, the Japanese base at Lae now looks like this. The aerial photograph shows how the Japanese have attempted to disperse planes and supplies over the surrounding countryside and have mounted anti-aircraft guns. All planes on the ground have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Overseas Export Manifests West Australia Steamer. Sailed Fremantle
Macdonald, Hamilton & Co., agents. Australian Wheat Board, 6437 bgs wheat Nestle & Anglo-Swiss Condensed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Wrecks Big Factory
Big Fire Dramatic picture taken soon after the start of the fire which gutted a furniture factory at Annandale today. The fire spread so rapidly that employees had to run for their lives…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Overseas Export Manifests West Australia Steamer. Sailed Fremantle. Macdonald, Hamilton & Co.. agents
Australian Wheat Board, 6437 bgs wheat Nestle & Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co. (Aust.). Ltd., 10,000 cs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →1000 lb. Bombs Wreck Lae Villages Held by Japs Allied Planes "Play Hell"
Thousand-pound bombs crashed on enemy-held villages in the Lae area in heavy co - ordinated Allied raids yesterday…
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