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Blue Mountains · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1929

5 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

The Shipwreck

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 5

There was once a little boy who was fond of sailing and was always wishing that he owned a boat, so that he could sail anywhere he…

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Suggests Indifference Wrecked Building Medlow Bath

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 4

The church which was blown down at Medlow Bath some months ago, is to-day as the hurricane left it…

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"Filthy Lucre" Wrecked Noble Career Briber Gets 15 Months

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 1

In connection with the renowned "Bribery Case" at London, in which ex-Sergeant Goddard was found to be guilty and sentenced to 18 months…

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The Kanowna Wreck Crew Exceeded One Hundred Inquiry Evidence May Startle Public

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 7

The second big shipwreck in a fortnight occurred last Sunday night, when the Kanowna, on its voyage from Sydney to Melbourne, struck the rocks off Cleft Island, seven miles on the Melbourne side of Wilson's Promontory…

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Wrecked Church To be Re-built. Medlow Bath

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 23 March 1929 · page 4

St. Luke's Church of England, which was wrecked with the cyclone last year, will be rebuilt at an early date. Funds are coming…

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