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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 7 of 7

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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Schooner Capsized. All Hands Drowned. EUREKA (Calif.)

Leader · Monday 10 November 1930 · page 2

Struck by two mountainous waves whilst endeavoring to steam out of Humboldt Harbor, yesterday afternoon. the little schooner, Brooklyn,…

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Street Landslide Many Houses Wrecked 70 Killed Scenes of Panic LYONS (France)

National Advocate · Saturday 15 November 1930 · page 5

seventy are believed to hive been killed in the densely-populated St. Jean district of Lyons (Southern France) early this morning, when two…

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The Dornier Delayed by Fog Rescue Ship Wrecked Paris

National Advocate · Monday 17 November 1930 · page 2

The German airship Doruler D.O.X alighted 100 miles from Bordeaux and taxied 50 miles to the River Gironde, but did not attempt to reach Bordeaux…

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Washed Ashore Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 20 November 1930 · page 1

The body of James Naulls, who was drowned whilst attempting to rescue two girls at Ocean Beach, Woy Woy, on Sunday, was washed ashore this…

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Crew Rescued Swedish Steamer Abandoned New York

National Advocate · Friday 21 November 1930 · page 4

The steamer Mauretania, rescued the crew of the 1.800 ton Swedish Steamer Ovldia to-day after it had abandoned the ship 400 miles south of Cape Race…

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5 Drowned Steamer and Freighter Collide Antwerp

National Advocate · Friday 21 November 1930 · page 5

Five persons were drowned in the River Scheldt when the British steamer Hebble and a Continental freighter collided. The latter sank in a few…

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Steamer on Reef 100 Passengers in Peril Lisbon

National Advocate · Friday 21 November 1930 · page 4

One hundred passengers, mostly half dressed in nightclothes, took to the boats when the 14,000 ton British motorship Highland Hope, struck a…

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Bandits on Steamer Over £250 Stolen No Arrests Yet Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 25 November 1930 · page 2

The two bandits who early yesterday morning forced an entrance to the purser's cabin on the P. and O. liner Cathay, viciously assaulted the purser,…

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ANTI-LANG. Communists Wreck Meeting SYDNEY. Thursday [?]

Leader · Friday 28 November 1930 · page 5

censed by the refusal of tonight [?] of the Trades and Labour Council in consider a motion cond[?] the Lang Government and the…

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Attempt to Wreck Master Butcher's Barracks at Aberdeen Last Year's Birth-Rate Lowest in History of Australia Night Attack Attempt To Wreck Barracks Trouble at Aberdeen SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 1 December 1930 · page 2

An attempt to wreck the barracks occupied by the master butchers at Aberdeen, who are killing stock for the Sydney trade, was made…

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Steamer Founders 300 Chinese Drowned Shanghai

National Advocate · Monday 8 December 1930 · page 2

Over 300 Chinese were drowned in the Yangtse near Hankow when a rative steamer foundered. The passengers became panic stricken and the…

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German Steamer Wrecked Tokio

National Advocate · Saturday 13 December 1930 · page 5

The German steamer Sch[?]sien, travelling from Yokahnma to Kob[?] was wrecked at Aawaji. It is fear[?] that the vessel is a total loss. The…

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Johnnie Douglas Believed to Be Drowned Steamer Sinks After Collision LONDON

National Advocate · Monday 22 December 1930 · page 2

FORTY PASSENGERS, including J. W. H. T. Dougins, the famous English cricket captain—are missing, and are believed to have been…

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Steamer on Rocks a Harbor Incindent Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 31 December 1930 · page 5

The ferry steamer Kirrib[?] ran on the rocks near Cremorne to-day but was subsequently pulled off practically undamaged. None of the passengers…

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Doomed Crew Orgy on Stranded Steamer Rescue in Storm RIGA

National Advocate · Wednesday 31 December 1930 · page 3

When a Finnish steamer was stranded in a severe storm in the Baltic, the crew of 48, giving up hope of rescue, looted a number of cases of…

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Shipwrecked Sailors’ Orgy. One Man Killed. RIGA

Leader · Wednesday 31 December 1930 · page 5

On a Finnish steamer, stranded during a severe storm in the Baltic Sea, the crew of [?] giving up all hope of being rescued, [?] a number of…

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