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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937

160 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 4 of 8

To Test Blockade Empty British Steamer London

National Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1937 · page 2

According to the "Dally Telegraph's correspondent at St. Jean de Luz, the British steamer Leadgate, is preparing to leave Bayonne at 6 a.m. for…

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British Steamer Destroyers to Rescue

National Advocate · Tuesday 20 April 1937 · page 2

The Thorpe Hall, whose radio call brought British destroyers racing to her aid when she was menaced by rebel warships, left Bilbao at the…

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Wreckage Found Barnacle Covered Spar Maroubra Discover Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 April 1937 · page 1

Wreckage which for more than a week was drifting between Maroubra and Long Bay, has assumed a mysterious character…

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May Wreck Awards. a Magistrate’s Decision. SYDNEY. T[?]day

Leader · Wednesday 21 April 1937 · page 1

The secretary of the Meat Employees Union, Mr. F. Pollard, and [?] R. King, secretary of the Labor Council, declared to-day…

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War in Spain Beat the Blockade British Steamer Arrives At Bilbao a Delighted Populace London

National Advocate · Thursday 22 April 1937 · page 5

With the populate cheering and singing to greet the arrival of the Seven Seas Spray, the British blockade runner, at Bilbao with 400 tons…

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Launch Tragedy Three Men Feared Drowned Small Boats Wrecked on Rocks Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 26 April 1937 · page 3

Three men are believed to have lest their lives when a small 16ft. launch was smashed to pieces on the rocks at Yena Bay near Kurnell late yesterday…

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Rebel Warships Defied by British Steamer Cruiser in Charge London

National Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 2

Escorted to the three mille line by the cruiser Shropshire and the destroyer Fury, the British steamer. Oakgrove entered Santander harbor…

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Launch Disaster Foundering of the Voyager Coroner Peruses Pilot Steamer's Crew SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 29 April 1937 · page 2

Details of the heroic but successful efforts by the Pilot Steamer Captain Cook to rescue the passengers in the launch Voyager, which foundered near…

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Wreck Raised Scapa Flow Salvage LONDON

National Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 3

The German 25,000 ton battleship Friedrich der Grasse, which was settled at Scapa Flow in 1919 has been raised from a depth of 23 fat oms by…

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Vandals Wreck School Ultimo Outrage. SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 5

It has Just baen Iearned that youths broke Into Ultima Public School during the week-end, broke open drawers, smashed a valuable…

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"Reds" and Wreckers Lang Men at Conference (To the Editor)

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 16

SIR,—Some highlights from the recent Labor conference—Mr. Davidson (who, with 20 others, [?] expelled for attending a union…

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Drama of the Sea Steamer Badly Holed London

National Advocate · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 2

The steamer Willesden (4.563 tons) was badly holed in a collision with the Italian steamer Gianfranco (8.181 tons) in a thick fog in the English Channel…

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Collier Strikes in Botany Bay and Is Total Wreck Two Tragedies, Graphic Rescues Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 14 May 1937 · page 2

The collier Minmi (1455 tons), which left Melbourne on Saturday for Newcastle, struck rocks off Cape Banks on the northern side of the…

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Captain Drowned Ketch Founders Auckland

National Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1937 · page 3

A. E. Stenbcck, captain of the ketch Y[?]cnne, was drowned when the vessel foundered in a violent action last night…

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Two Dead Collier Ashore Terrible Experience. of Survivors a Night of Terror Graphic Stories SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1937 · page 2

Graphic stories of the night of terror aboard the wrecked collier Minmisere told to-day by survivors. Two of the crew of 25 lost their…

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Minmi Wreck Fittings to Be Salvaged Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 17 May 1937 · page 1

It is understood that a tender has been accepted for the salvage of fittings and other portable articles from the coaster Minmi, which was…

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Wrecked Minimi Battered by Seas Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 May 1937 · page 3

Heavy seas off Cape Hanks today further delayed salvage operations on the wrecked collier Minmi. The salvage crew has gone into [?] on…

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Minmi Wreck Stir at Inquiry Star Chamber Tactics Alleged SYDNEY, [?]

National Advocate · Wednesday 26 May 1937 · page 4

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Minmi Wreck Captain Exonerated Charge Not Sustained Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 27 May 1937 · page 3

[?] calling upon counsel for Captain R. C. Callum, the Marine Court of inquiry today found that the charge of failure of duty in…

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Jews Persecuted Five Hours' Orgy Houses Wrecked Shops Looted London

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 27 May 1937 · page 1

DETAILS are published of a Polish pogrom at Brest Litvosca last night—five hours during which the Jewish population…

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