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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1930

136 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 6 of 7

Crash at Mascot Airman Dave Smith Killed Fell 350 Feet 'Plane Wrecked SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1930 · page 2

Hurled from a racing 'plane travelling at a speed of 160 miles an hour at Mascot this afternoon. Dave Smith, the well known…

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Five Tons of Oil Wrecked by Dynamite Charge Cairns, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 18 September 1930 · page 1

An explosion of dynamite wrecked a crude oil 5-ton truck at Mt. Molloy early this morning. The charge sent a large quantity of…

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Storm in England Gales in Channel Steamer Swept on to Rocks Vessels in Distress London

National Advocate · Monday 22 September 1930 · page 2

Gales all day yesterday made the Channel impassable except for the strongest and largest steamers, at least a dozen big vessels, including…

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Severed by Lighting Schooner Sinks After Strange Accident Ten Persons are Drowned North Sydney (Nova Scotia)

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 24 September 1930 · page 1

Eight passengers and two of the crew of the Newfoundland schooner, Caranza, which left here for Burinn last Thursday night, were lost when…

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Dramatic Escapes Steamer's Main Steam Pipe Bursts Excitement at Newcastle Newcastle

National Advocate · Wednesday 1 October 1930 · page 4

With appalling suddenness the main steam pipe of the German steamer Stassfurt burst as the vessel was proceeding down the harbor to-day…

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Two Killed Three Planes Wrecked London

National Advocate · Thursday 2 October 1930 · page 1

Flying close together over Arundel Park Sussex, in foggy weather, three R.A.F. 'planes struck the tops of the trees and crashed into the hill top…

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Army Lorries Wrecked 15 Crash Through Bridge German Disaster

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 2 October 1930 · page 5

Eighteen soldiers were injured, eight of them seriously, and fifteen motor lorries, theree motor cycles, and a touring car were…

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Bomb in Parcel? Mail Van Wrecked. LONDON

Leader · Monday 6 October 1930 · page 2

Postmen engaged loading a mall [?] at the Central London sporting office at Mount Pleasant, yesterday afternoon, threw in a…

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Plane Crashes Three Persons Perish Another Tragedy in Westralia 'Plane Completely Wrecked PERTH

National Advocate · Wednesday 15 October 1930 · page 2

The Pass Moth "Fleetwings," which had been missing since it passed over Woorooloo about 11 a.m. yesterday, was to-day located…

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Five Shots Fired Man on Hawkesbury Steamer Raid on Punt Takings "Alleged Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 16 October 1930 · page 1

Nightwatchman Lawrence discovered a man trying to break into the engineroom of the ferry steamer, "Francis Peat," at Moony Moony, on…

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Their Awful Record "Nationalism" Indicted Baddeleys Scathing Review of the Wreckers' Work People Robbed

National Advocate · Friday 17 October 1930 · page 4

Notwithstanding the abase of the Bavin Government, its Nationalist followers, the Conservative Press, and the finance of employers, the…

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Hill's Bad Luck 'Plane Wrecked Airman Uninjured WELTREVEDEN

National Advocate · Monday 20 October 1930 · page 2

Airman Hill, on the lost stage of his remarkable flight to Australia, in attempting to reach Atoraboea from Sourabaya yesterday was obliged to…

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Stranded Whales Hundred Driven Ashore WELLINGTON, N.Z.

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 October 1930 · page 2

During a gale near Whangarei nearly 100 small whales were driven ashore. When they found themselves in shallow water and…

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Express Wrecked. Fifteen People Killed. PARIS

Leader · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 4

Travelling [?] a down gradient at sixty miles par hoar, the Genera. Bor[?] Express, drawn by two [?]…

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Call for Help Japanese Steamer Wrecked San Francisco

National Advocate · Tuesday 4 November 1930 · page 2

The Japanese steamer Seylo Maru wallowed helplessly in the North Pacific south-west of the Aleutians on Sun day night, with the crew of 40…

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Wireless Again Wrecked Crew Saved Seattle (U.s.a.)

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 November 1930 · page 2

The naval radio station at Bramerton states that a wireless report from San Paulo this afternoon reported that the crew of the distressed…

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Steamer Fares Up Adverse Exchange Blamed

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 7 November 1930 · page 2

An increase of seven and a half per cent, in passage rates between Australian ports and England, in the form of a surcharge to compensate…

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Battered by Gale Steamer's Storm Ypassage London

National Advocate · Friday 7 November 1930 · page 4

The "Baradine" arrived to-day at Plymouth from Australia after a terrific gale in the Bay of Biscay in which she was hove to for fourteen…

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18 Drowned Schooner Wrecked Eureka. Calif

National Advocate · Monday 10 November 1930 · page 2

During a gale 18 men aboard the schooner Brooklyn mist their deaths when they attempted to steam out of Humboldt harbor late this afternoon,…

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Schooner Capsizes Eighteen Drowned VANCOUVER

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 10 November 1930 · page 2

A crew af 18 men were drowned when the schooner Brooklyn, struck by two mountainous waves, capsized and sank, while steaming…

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