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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937

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Belgium Steamer Arrested Gibralter

National Advocate · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 2

The Belgian steamer Navex, bound for the East, was stopped in the Straits, and was taken to Ceuta by an insurgent armed trawler…

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German Steamer Naval Demand Basque Government's Refusal Loyalist Embassy Disclosures London

National Advocate · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 2

The Spanish Embassy in Paris announces today that the Commander of the German cruiser Koenigsberg in "the name of the German navy"…

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Soviet Steamer Detained Moscow

National Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 2

It is reported an insurgent warship stopped a Soviet steamer, the Krasny Profintern, near Gibraltar, on January l. The steamer has released an…

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The Steamer Palos Time Limit Expires To-day BERLIN

National Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 2

The time limit for the release of the passenger and cargo taken from the German steamer Palos, by Spanish loyalists, expires in the morning…

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Human Wreckage When Holidays are Over Toll of the Road Auckland

National Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 1

"The Monday rush is over. Perhaps we can now survey the mass of human wreckage that remains as part of the litter resultant from the…

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Fired on British Steamer Questioned by Spanish Trawler London

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 1

The British ship, Bramhill, of Cardiff, on a voyage from Gibraltar to Bilbao, was fired at off Cape Tarisa yesterday afternoon…

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Tragic Wreck Thirty-two Drowned Finnish Ship Strikes Reef LONDON

National Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 1

Thirty two persons, including two women and two children, have perished in a wreck in the stormy Pentland Pirth, between Caithness and the…

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30 Dead From Wreck. Tragedy in Lifeboat. LONDON

Leader · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 4

[?] has been [?] that 30 [?] In the wreck of the [?] A lifeboat in which [?] 2[?] persons was…

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British Steamer Fired on By Spanish Trawler LONDON

National Advocate · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 3

Evidence suggests that the British ship Bramhill (fired at off Cape Tarifa by a Spanish armed trawler and held up while her master was…

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Fighting Continues American Consulate Wrecked GIBRALTAR

National Advocate · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 2

The insurgents are still fighting on the outskirts of Marbella. which the cruisers are shelling. The rebels bombed Malaga,…

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Tornado's Terror Wrecks Churches and Homes in Cessnock District Cessnock

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 1

Three churches, two public halls and three homes were wrecked and many houses unroofed at Kearsley, which was the storm centre of the…

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Prison Riot Many Convicts at Large American Reformatory Wrecked GEULPH, U. S. A.

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 2

Provincial and city police rushed to the Ontario Reformatory, where the prisoners were reported to have seized complete control following a fight…

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Crew of 20 Perish Finnish Steamer Fishermen's Grim Find Oslo

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 1

The crew of 20 of the Finnish steamer Aavonia, which grounded near Kristiansand (Norway) are believed to have perished…

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20 Missing Wreck Found Oslo

National Advocate · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 2

It is feared that the crew of 20 of the Finnish steamer Savenia (1800 tons), which grounded near Kristian-sand. have perished…

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Wrecked Steamer Crew Rescued Oslo

National Advocate · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 2

The crew of 20 of the Norwegian steamer Karmp which has been battered by heavy seas for four days was rescued by means of the breeches…

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Now in Tow. Norwegian Steamer Safe. OSLOW

Leader · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 5

The Norwog[?] Yent [?] tonds which was in [?] seas is now in low by the [?] (2600 lons.)…

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Three Shops Wrecked Gas Main Explodes Brisbane

National Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 3

When a gas main exploded in Queen St., city, this afternoon, three shops were wrecked. Three women were injured…

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Ketch Missing Court Inquiries Into Man's Disappearance SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 1

Returning from Madang on leave, Francis Barclay, a radio telegraphist, joined the 32-ton ketch, Hermes, as a passenger. Neither Barclay nor…

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Tourists Marooned Steamer Delayed Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 1

Fifty tourists mostly from Sydney and Melbourne, are marooned on Lord Howe Island as a result of the delay to the Island steamer,…

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