Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Shipwrecks & the sea, all years

Sydney · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1946

617 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 31

Magnetic Mine Blast Sinks British Ship 8 Men Die In Wreck

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 July 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.-- In the worst British sea disaster since the end of the war, eight men were killed when the…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Magnetic Mine Blast Sinks British Ship 8 Men Die In Wreck

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 July 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.--In the worst British sea disaster since the end of the war, eight men were killed when the…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Story of human wreckage the Autobiography of David -- Edited by Ernest Raymond. London: Gollancz

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 July 1946 · page 16

THIS is an unusual book. Plenty of psychopaths, exhibitionists, and neurotics have written autobiographies and other books…

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

Wreckage Left After Taverner's Hill Smash

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 July 1946 · page 2

TOP: Tangled wreckage, all that remains of the motor-cycle involved in the spectacular crash on Taverner's Hill, Petersham, last…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Wreckage Left After Taverner's Hill Smash

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 July 1946 · page 8

TOP: Tangled wreckage, all that remains of the motor-cycle invoiced in the spectacular crash on Taverner's Hill, Petersham, last…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Wreckage Left After Taverner's Hill Smash

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 July 1946 · page 8

TOP: Tangled wreckage, all that remains of the motor-cycle involved in the spectacular crash on Taverner's Hill, Petersham, last…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Wreckage Left After Taverner's Hill Smash

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 July 1946 · page 8

TOP: Tangled wreckage, all that remains of the motor-cycle involved in the spectacular crash on Taverner's Hill, Petersham, last…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Wreckage Left After Taverner's Hill Smash

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 July 1946 · page 2

TOP: Tangled, wreckage, all that remains of the motor-cycle involved in the spectacular crash on Taverner's Hill, Petersham, last…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Steamer Is Searched for Missing Gunman

Truth · Sunday 21 July 1946 · page 30

Before the steamer Bloemfontein sailed from Sydney yesterday for Rotterdam, police combed the ship in an unsuccessful search for Antonio Martini. Police believe Martini is trying to leave Australia…

Continued on Trove, page 30 →

Shaw Savill Steamer Pakeha War-time Career

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 24 July 1946 · page 1

The Shaw Savill steamer Pakeha, known at present under her war-time name of Empire Pakeha, has been handed back to her owners, and on return to the United Kingdom will resume the name by which she was so well known in…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Rabbit Madness Wrecks Pastures

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 27 July 1946 · page 5

HIGH prices offered for rabbitskins over the past three years have created, in many NSW farmers, graziers, and dairymen a money-grabbing madness…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

500 wrecks ringed Britain's coasts

The Sun · Sunday 28 July 1946 · page 3

The coasts of Britain were ringed with the wrecks of more than 500 ships, it was revealed in the House of Commons…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Stall Wrecked

The Sun · Monday 29 July 1946 · page 3

WRECKAGE OF STALL in Railway-square, after a mystery explosion during the night had hurled debris over a wide area. Glass indicators on top of petrol pumps 20ft. from the explosion were shattered, and tramway wires brought down. (See story)…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Mystery Explosion Wrecks City Stall

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 July 1946 · page 1

A mysterious explosion wrecked a hamburger stall in Railway Square. The explosion was heard a mile away…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Mystery Blast Wrecks City Stall Fire Completes Work Of Destruction Midnight Stir in Central Square

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 July 1946 · page 2

A MYSTERIOUS explosion wrecked a hamburger stall in Railway Square, City, at 12.50 a.m. today, and nearly caused a major disaster…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Wreckage Follows Explosion

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 July 1946 · page 1

WRECKAGE of a hamburger stall in Railway Square, wrecked last night by an explosion, heard a mile away. Central Ambulance…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Wreckage Follows Explosion

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 July 1946 · page 1

WRECKAGE of a hamburger stall in Railway Square, wrecked last night by an explosion, heard a mile away. Central Ambulance…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Mystery Blast Wrecks City Stall Fire Completes Work Of Destruction Midnight Stir in Central Square

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 July 1946 · page 2

A MYSTERIOUS explosion wrecked a hamburger stall in Railway Square, City, of 12.50 a.m. today, and nearly caused a major disaster…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Ration Books Delay Steamer

The Sun · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 7

Collection of ration books to comply with Australian regulations today delayed for two hours the departure from Sydney…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Moslems to Wreck India Plan Angry Meeting Calls For Direct Action

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 2

NEW DELHI, Monday.--The Moslem League today decided to attempt to wreck British plans for Indian independence. At a wild meeting the League decided by…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →