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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1932

82 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 5

Stop-press “Will Wreck Graziers.” Sydney, T[?]day Night

Leader · Wednesday 9 March 1932 · page 3

Mr. B[?]en[?]w. Country [?] [?]der b[?]terly appo[?] the La[?] E[?] Bill to the A[?]mbly to-night He declared that [?] was either a…

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Steamer's Back Broken Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 1

Moved by a heavy casterly swell, the wrecked steamer Northern Firth, which lies off Brush Island on the South Coast, yesterday broke…

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Wrecked Northern Firth Salvage Work Started SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 4

Battered incessantly by the heavy seas, the cargo steamer, Northern Firth which ran aground at Brush Island some weeks ago is commencing to [?]w…

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Yacht Wrecked Family's Narrow Escape AUCKLAND

National Advocate · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 2

After dinning to pieces of wreckage for some time a man and his family were rescued in the nick of time by a launch after their yacht had been…

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Disappearing Northern Firth Wreck Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1932 · page 4

At high tide there is little visible of the Northern Firth wreck at Brash Island other than the forecast, the remnant of the hull being…

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Disabled Steamer Vessels Race to Assistance All Danger Passed Melbourne

National Advocate · Tuesday 29 March 1932 · page 1

ALTHOUGH earlier messages presaged serious trouble on board the 600 ton cargo steamer Marrawa which developed engine trouble in…

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Jewellery Stolen. From Steamer "Sierra" SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 1

On arrival at Auckland from Sydney officers of the American liner. "The Storr[?]," reported to the police that jewellery worth £1200 was…

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Dashed Into Fence Aeroplane Wrecked BRISBANE

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 18 April 1932 · page 1

Attempting to take oil from the Archerfield Aerodrome in a heavy log early, yesterday morning, T. H. MacDonald, flying a Gypsy Moth…

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Steamer Ashore New Hebrides

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 28 April 1932 · page 1

The Burns Ph[?]p steamer the Malitnoa ran ashore on a reef on the Island of A[?]va during a cyclone. but the passengers. mail and…

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Cyclone New Hebrides Damage Steamer Ashore

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 28 April 1932 · page 1

PORT VILLA (N. Hebrides), Wed. A cyclone passed over here on Monday and Tuesday. Houses and stores were unroofed and goods damaged…

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Island Simmer Ashore. Passengers and Mads Safe. New Hebrides

Leader · Friday 29 April 1932 · page 2

A message from Port Village [?]tates that the Bur[?] Ph[?]p ste[?]mer ma[?]no[?] ran [?]hore on a reef on the Island of O[?]o during a cyclone, but…

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New Hebrides Cyclone Steamer Breaking Up Salvaging Impossible SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 30 April 1932 · page 4

THE Burns, Philp steamer Malinoa, which was driven ashort at Villa, New Hebrides, on Tuesday, during the hurricane, is now reported…

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Wrecker and Revolutionary Mr Stevens Attacks Premier Appeal to Government Members Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1932 · page 3

SPEAKING at Darlinghurst to-night the leader of the Opposition, Mr. Stovens, said that the Premier by his resistance to the Federal…

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Missing Passengers Loss of Burning Steamer Stewardess Bravery Paris

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 19 May 1932 · page 1

The arrival of the steamer Andre Lebon at Djibouti with the survivors of the Georges Philippar, including Captain Vicq, enabled the…

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150 Still Missing Big Steamer Fire Tragedy Statements by Survivors PARIS

National Advocate · Thursday 19 May 1932 · page 1

THE captain scouts tho suggestion that some passengers were trapped in the cabins of the French liner Georges Phillipar, which was…

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The Wrecker Labor Paper Condemns Lang Biggest Bluff in History

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 19 May 1932 · page 14

The following' clipping is from the "National Advocate." Bathurst. the strongest supporter of Labor in the west…

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"Wreckers" Lang Government Attacked Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 19 May 1932 · page 1

At the conclusion of a meeting of the Federal A.L.P. executive last night, Mr. Coates,. M.L.C., said the Scullin Governhad cleaned up the awful conditions caused by the Bruce Government. and the Federal Labor Party. if returned. will…

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A Funeral Pyre the Stricken French Steamer 70 Still Missing Aden

National Advocate · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 3

FIVE HUNDRED feet of roaring ruins the Georges Philippar is aimlessly drifting back into the open waters of the Peralan Gulf,…

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50 Still Missing French Steamer Disaster Awful Experiences Paris

National Advocate · Saturday 21 May 1932 · page 2

Captain Vice's report to the Minister for Marino to-day on the destruction of the Georges Phillipar, stated:…

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The French Steamer Was the Fire Deliberately Caused? Concern in France Paris

National Advocate · Monday 23 May 1932 · page 3

Public opinion throughout France is gravely disturbed at the Georges Phil[?]par tragedy and there is insistent demands for a searching inquiry as to…

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