Storm Kills Two, Wrecks 500 Homes
NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Two people were killed, 65 injured, and 500 rendered homeless by floods and tornadoes which swept through the…
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Unsinkable Lifeboat New Swedish Design
Mr. E. Sivard, a well-known Swedish lifeboat constructor, who had already during the former World War designed a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Ly-ee-Moon
Some months ago, in reply to an inquirer particulars were given on this page of the career and wreck (with the loss of 80 lives) of the famous old inter-state liner,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Brilliant Allied Sortie at Anzio Deep Penotration Nazis Captured, Bases Wrecked
LONDON, Monday. --In one of the most successful raids made by Allied troops in the Anzio beachhead south of Rome a force of infantrymen…
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A new type of lifeboat now In production is specially designed for use in oil tankers. The boats are constructed of steel with a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Steamer Sold to Red Cross
To speed the delivery of war relief parcels to fighting men of the United Nations in German prison camps, the American Red Cross…
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Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railroad Wrecked in Burma
Top: A direct hit by a 1,000lb bomb on a railroad bridge spanning the Mu River, in Japanese-held territory in Burma. Lower: As a result of the attack, the centre span of the bridge is lying in the river and another section hangs…
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PERTH, Thursday.--A butcher's shop was nearly demolished in Fremantle today when a seven-ton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →65 Blackfish Whales Washed Ashore on Island
U.S. LIEUTENANT S. LOTT beside some of the 65 blackfish whales washed ashore on Bull's Island, off Charleston, South Carolina. Whales ranged from 6ft. to 22ft. in length…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Scorers Ran Hot Net Wreckers
THE Sure to Get It! got it yesterday when Adamstown made Grace Bros, look like tenth-raters. The Townies won as they liked 9-3…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →U.S. Destroyers Wreck Kavieng Harbour Five Japanese Ships Go Down
DARING the greatest concentration of guns yet encountered by warships in the South Pacific, an American destroyer division recently wrecked Kavieng Harbor, at the northern tip of New Ireland…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →New Lifeboat Engine Remarkable Swedish Invention
A lifeboat engine of an interesting and promising design has been developed by the well-known Swedish engne-builders, A/B…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman Drank Schooner of Neat Whisky
A woman told Redfern Court today that after drinking neat a schooner of whisky given her by a U.S. soldier, she…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman Drank Schooner of Neat Whisky
A woman told Redfern Court today that after drinking neat a schooner of whisky given her by a U.S. soldier, she…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →D.f.c. for Pilot of Wrecked Sunderland
LONDON, Wednesday. --Flying Officer F. H. Bunce, of Sydney, captain of the Sunderland flying boat M for Mike, has been awarded the…
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LONDON, Wednesday. --Flying Officer F. H. Bunce, of Sydney, captain of the Sunderland flying boat M for Mike, has been awarded the…
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LONDON, Wednesday. --Flying Officer F. H. Bunce, of Sydney, captain of the Sunderland flying boat M for Mike, has been awarded the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Sun" Spotlight News Behind the Names He stepped ashore . . . Stars of the past. . . Curtains! . . . Here's a real cobber . . . An inch of soap . . . Listen to the band . . . The weaver in the home
WHEN recently I asked boldly for the story of how his decoration was won, genial but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australiana Historic Schooner
AN island schooner with a history, which fell into the hands of the Japanese at the outbreak of war in the Pacific, was the "Sunbeam," once…
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