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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1929

171 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 4 of 9

Launch Wrecked. One Passenger Missing. NEWCASTLE

Leader · Monday 3 June 1929 · page 1

Mr. Geoffrey Jacoby, the well-known journalist, Is believed to have been drowned, when a 25 ton launch was wrecked at Catherine Hill Bay early…

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Bladder Weakness Makes Life Misery! Daily Annoyance Trouble Some Nights Wrecking Lives of Thousands States Writer Who Tells What to Do For. Quick Relief

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 June 1929 · page 1

Backaches, Headaches, Pains in feet and legs, Nervousness, Restlessness, frequent but scanty urination with burning and pain,…

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Seamen's Union. "Nothing But Wreckage." Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 June 1929 · page 9

Mr Tcm Walsh, referring to the removal of Mr Jacob Johnson from the secretaryship of the Sydney branch of the Seamen's Union,…

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Northern Line Derailment, Signal Box Wrecked, SYDNEY

Leader · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 9

A [?] at Watermark, 21 miles from [?] to-day when a [?] to a passenger train [?] derailed and…

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South African Elections Labor Wrecked and Ruined. CAPETOWN

Leader · Saturday 8 June 1929 · page 1

The general [?] and [?] of the Labor Council advice sympn[?] to vote for the South African Party. He states that the Labor Party…

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Don't Let Bladder Weakness Wreck Your Life Days of Annoying Irritation, Nights of Broken Rest Sap Vitality and Ruin Health

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 June 1929 · page 1

Backaches, Headaches, Pains in feet wd legs, Nervousness, Restlessness, frequent but scanty urination with burning and pain,…

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Cargo Steamer Wrecked Astoria (Oregon)

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 June 1929 · page 2

The cargo steamer Laurel was wrecked at the mouth of the Columbia River during a storm. An attempt is being made to take off the crew of 32…

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Arrested on Steamer Alleged Assault on Horse Trainer Adelaide

National Advocate · Saturday 22 June 1929 · page 2

A passenger aboard the steamer Katoomba which reached Port Adelaide to-day was arrested in connection with the assault on William Tindall, horse…

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Explosion on a Steamer. Man Badly Burned. SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 26 June 1929 · page 2

A terrific explosion occurred on the American motor ship. Galveston, which is lying at No. 4 wharf, Woolloomooloo, at noon to-day. The explosion,…

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Steamer’s Rough Passage. Coal Supplies Run Out. SYDNEY

Leader · Saturday 29 June 1929 · page 1

The steamer Mak[?] arrived in Sydney to-day, after an exciting [?] from the New Ho[?]. [?] weather was [?] on the…

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Heavy Seas. Batter Swedish Steamer. SYDNEY, Sunday Night

Leader · Monday 1 July 1929 · page 3

The Swedish vessel, Osten, battled again terrific cyclones and heavy seae off the South Queensland coast. So severe had the situation become that…

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S.O.S. Call a Steamer in Distress Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 1 July 1929 · page 2

S.O.S. calls were sent out by the steamer Raxen, a vessel of 4258 tons, master of the Swedish-Australian Line when she was battling against a…

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Washed Ashore Launch Party Rescued Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 1

A fishing party off Palm Beach had an exciting time last night when the engine of their launch stalled. The boat was washed on to the rocks…

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Bendigo Aerial Disaster Police Take Charge of Wreck Melbourne

National Advocate · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 2

Acting under instructions from the Air Board the Bendigo police last night took charge of the wrecked Moth 'plane which crashed at Bendigo…

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North Sea Mystery Solved. Wrecked Steamer’s Crew Saved. LONDON

Leader · Wednesday 10 July 1929 · page 2

The mystery of the North Sea explosion was solved when the Dutch steamer. Gelderland, landed the entire crew of eighteen at immingham, in…

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Steamer Aground the Crew Landed London

National Advocate · Wednesday 10 July 1929 · page 3

The mysterious explosion in the North Sea last night followed by the report that a vessel was seen to have been stoking, has now been solved…

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Labor Unity A.W.U. and. Conference Proposals "Wrecked by Inner Circle" Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 22 July 1929 · page 3

Referring to the decision of the A.L.P. executive on Friday night not to have anything to do with the conference proposed to bo convened by…

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Whale Cut in Half Struck By Steamer SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 26 July 1929 · page 2

The steamer, Freichter Kooliga struck a large whale, cutting it in half, near Neptune Island lighthouse…

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Catarrh Dangerous Often Makes Victims Worn-out, Run-down Wrecks

National Advocate · Friday 26 July 1929 · page 1

To be able to breathe freely, hear clearly, smell taste, and arise in the morning refreshed and strong with head and throat clear and free from…

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Returned, Without Thanks. Stowaways on Steamer Roxen. SYDNEY, Sunday Night

Leader · Monday 29 July 1929 · page 2

Three men who stowed away in Melbourne on board the steamer, Roxen. bound for San Francisco, were lauded at Sydney to-day. The vessel…

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