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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1933

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

Doomed Steamer No Hope of Saxilby 29 Lives Lost LONDON

National Advocate · Monday 20 November 1933 · page 2

The captain of the Cunard liner Berengaria which reached Southampton on Saturday morning 12 hours late, having encounetred the most…

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60 Drowned Chinese Troop Ship and Steamer Shanghai Wednesday

National Advocate · Friday 15 December 1933 · page 2

Sixty Chinese were drowned in the Yangtse River early yesterday morning when a small Chinese steamer, proceeding to Kang Kow crashed into…

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24 DROWNED Three Ships Wrecked Gale Sweeps England London

National Advocate · Saturday 16 December 1933 · page 5

Twenty-four, seamen were drowned in three shipwrecks in yesterday's heavy gale, A vessel which, was seen to sink at Aldeburg, off…

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Schooner on Fire Three Seamen Drowned Boston

National Advocate · Monday 18 December 1933 · page 2

Three seamen were drowned and 19 rescued early this morning when a fishing schooner was burnt at the water's edge and sank to a north east…

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Steamer Ashore. Captain Suicides. LONDON

Leader · Wednesday 20 December 1933 · page 5

The steamer [?]arch ran ashore at midnight on Saturday near Cape Pl[?]ti, Cyprus, and the captain committed suicide on Sunday…

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Seaman Badly Injured. a Steamer Delayed Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 22 December 1933 · page 4

The coastal steamer Cobargo was delayed nearly two hours this afternoon through an accident which occurred two miles from Sydney…

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Collision in North Sea Steamer Founders Stewardess and Six Seamen Lost London

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 22 December 1933 · page 1

The stewardess and six male members of the crew, who were asleep in their bunks, were drowned when the Swedish steamer Castor, of 569 tons…

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Runaway Aeroplane. Wrecks Smithy’s Machine. Several People Hart. SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 27 December 1933 · page 2

A [?] aeroplane [?] crowd in a panic at Mascot aerodrome this afternoon and before [?] stopped it injured three people and [?]…

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