You Can't Make a Fortune Salvaging Wrecked Ships To the merchant seamen, salvage money is what prixe-nioney is to seamen in the Royal Navy. Generally it comes to him once or twice in his sea career in a welcome surprise packet at the pay-table, probably after he has forgotten the incident for which it was earned. It may amount to a small fortune, but more often than not it does not exceed one or two months' pay
The World's News · Saturday 15 February 1947 · page 10
IT is not every seaman's luck to stumble across a big steamer lying derelict in mid-ocean, with a valuable cargo…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →One Dead, One Hurt in Wreck of Launch Middle Hd. Tragedy
Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 February 1947 · page 1
ONE man was killed and another injured, this afternoon when a 30-ft. launch was dashed on rocks at Middle Head by immense seas…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Export Trade Is Wrecked By Civil War London "Observer" Special Correspondent
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 February 1947 · page 8
CHINA is labouring under a disastrous adverse trade balance. During the first eleven months of 1946 British exports to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ketch Towed Into Harbor
Truth · Sunday 16 February 1947 · page 32
After battling for three days against strong winds and rough seas the 40ft, two-masted ketch, Unis J, was in distress outside the…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Rudderless Ketch Battles Heavy Seas
The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 16 February 1947 · page 48
After having battled through heavy seas without a rudder for two days the 40ft. ketch Unis J. was towed into Watson's Bay late yesterday afternoon. The ketch was battered by…
Continued on Trove, page 48 →Sailed ketch in gale minus rudder
The Sun · Sunday 16 February 1947 · page 3
FOR two days a crew of three fought mountainous seas and a furious gale to bring a rudderless 40ft…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →When two women stepped ashore
The Sun · Sunday 16 February 1947 · page 1
Two women walked down a gangplank into America this week -- one to fulfil her fondest dream -- the other to death…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stop Press Steamer Aground
Truth · Sunday 16 February 1947 · page 56
BRISBANE, Saturday.—900-ton A.U.S.N. coastal steamer River Derwent ran aground on the upriver side of Cameron Rocks, and…
Continued on Trove, page 56 →Man Dies in Boat Wreck
Truth · Sunday 16 February 1947 · page 1
Pounded by heavy seas, the launch which was dashed onto the rocks at Middle Head yesterday, causing the death of one man and injuries to another, is shown held fast. Navy men (below) are carrying the body of Ray Cox (30), Parramatta Rd., Haberfield, who was killed when he was swept from the rocks into the boiling surf. (See Story P.34)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man drowned, 2 saved in launch wreck
The Sun · Sunday 16 February 1947 · page 1
HEROIC rescue efforts failed to save one of three men thrown into a boiling sea when a launch was wrecked off Middle Head cliffs yesterday. Many clifftop watchers saw the three men first…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Huge seas wreck launch Man drowns near Heads as boat breaks up
The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 16 February 1947 · page 48
One man was drowned and another injured yesterday when huge seas smashed their disabled 22ft. launch against the rocks at Middle Head. The launch was wrecked at…
Continued on Trove, page 48 →Waves Break Up Wrecked Launch
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 4
Heavy seas yesterday smashed to pieces the 22ft. launch which was driven on to the rocks at the base of Middle Head on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gale Damages Three Towns Buildings Wrecked
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 10
A 55 m.p.h. gale on Saturday unroofed buildings and broke down telephone lines in three towns outside Junee. The gale wrecked sheds and fences and unroofed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Rescues By Pilot Steamer Seldom Paid For
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 7
Attempts to recover the expense of rescues of pleasure craft outside Sydney Heads by the pilot steamer Captain Cook were seldom…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Men Wreck Milk Bar Bankstown Scene
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 3
Young men wrecked the Florida milk bar in South Terrace, Bankstown, last night. The men first ordered soft drinks…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →48,000 U. S. Cigarettes Seized Customs Raid On Steamer Men Bolt in Waiting Car
Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 6
SWOOPING on the liner Taiping in two raids last night and early this morning, Customs officers seized 48,000 American cigarettes, which apparently had been concealed under…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →48,000 U.S. Cigarettes Seized Customs Raid On Steamer Men Bolt in Waiting Car
Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 6
SWOOPING on the liner Taiping in two raids last night and early this morning, Customs officers seized 48,000 American cigarettes, which apparently had been concealed under…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →48,000 U.S. Cigarettes Seized Customs Raid On Steamer Men Bolt in Waiting Car
Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 6
SWOOPING on the liner Taiping in two raids last night and early this morning, Customs officers seized 48,000 American cigarettes, which apparently had been concealed under…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →48,000 U.S. Cigarettes Seized Customs Raid On Steamer Men Bolt in Waiting Car
Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 6
SWOOPING on the liner Taiping in two raids last night and early this morning, Customs officers seized 48,000 American cigarettes, which apparently had been concealed under…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bevin's Statement to Commons Goldman Denies That Truman Wrecked Agreement
The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 1
LONDON, Feb. 26 (JTA).—Speaking at a Press conference here today, Mr. Goldman, of the Agency Executive, flatly denied Mr. Bevin's statement that President Truman, by pressing for the admission of 100,000 DP's into Palestine, had caused "tie collapse of hopes for an agreement…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →