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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 6 of 8

Spanish War Escapee Sails Steamer Unaided. PARIS

Leader · Monday 26 July 1937 · page 2

With one man for skipper, pilot, stoker and crew, and flying a tattered Republican flag, a large steam sardine…

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Pilot Drowned Two Others Escape Pilot Steamer Disaster SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 30 July 1937 · page 4

Overwhelmed by a heavy sea at Macquarie to-day the pilot, vessel Hastings, was forced on her beam ends, and the three occupants were…

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Dunbar Wreck Recalled Death of Mr. D. O N[?]ill

Leader · Friday 30 July 1937 · page 3

The death of Mr. Da[?] O’N[?] of [?] Park, Car[?] Y[?]terday [?] one of the [?]reat[?] in Australian…

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Insurgent Attack Temporary Success British Steamer Runs Blockade London

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 4 August 1937 · page 1

The insurgents launched a determined attack around Carataanchel, south-west of Madrid. It is reported that Government…

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Channel Collision Excursion Steamer Beaching Saves Disaster London

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 9 August 1937 · page 1

The freighter, Clan Macneil, collided with a Channel excursion steamer, the Marie Jose, in a slight fog off Dunkirk to-day…

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Submarine Attack French Steamer Assailed Paris

National Advocate · Monday 16 August 1937 · page 2

An unknown submarine tried to torpedo the French steamer Perame off Bizerta. Crews of French steamers at Tunis…

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Spanish Steamer Sunk London

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1937 · page 2

The Spanish steamer Ceudad de Cadiz on its way to Barcelona, was sunk off Gallipoli by shell fire and torpedoes from a submarine marked…

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Spanish Steamer Sunk. LONDON, Monday

Leader · Wednesday 18 August 1937 · page 5

A report from Chanak. Ln Turkey state that the Spanish t[?]steamer, Mar segro was torpedoed and [?] with all hands…

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Spanish Steamer Sunk LONDON

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 August 1937 · page 2

A report from Chanak, in Africa states that a Spanish armed steamer the Mar Negro, was torpedoed and sunk with all hands…

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British Steamer Attacked a Serious Outrage London

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 August 1937 · page 2

The British steamer Noemi Julia, which was attacked by foreign aircraft, this morning arrived, at Port Vendres…

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Japanese Steamer Held Up By Soviet Destroyer TOKIO

National Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 5

Soviet destroyers and submarines allegedly held up the steamer, Kasugu Maru for half an hour off North Korea near the Siberian border…

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Ship Ashore Crew in Danger Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 1 September 1937 · page 5

The North Coast Steamship Company's motor ship, Melinga, was reported to have some ashore to-night at the entrance to the Manning River…

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Total Wreck in Manning River Steamer's Hopeless Plight Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 1 September 1937 · page 1

Further particulars of the wreck of the steamer Urana. off Old Bar, Manning River, show that the fog was so thick that witnesses of the…

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Wrecked Steamer Terrific Seas Chew Saved Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 2 September 1937 · page 3

Further particulars of the wreck of the North Coast Steam Navigation company's steamer Urana at Old Bar it the entrance to the Manning River,…

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Bombed Steamer Chinese Apology To U.S.A. WASHINGTON

National Advocate · Thursday 2 September 1937 · page 2

The Chinese Ambassador. Dr. Wong, conveyed to the Secretary of State (Mr. Cordell Hull) his Government's regret over the bombing of the…

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Soviet Steamer Sunk by Submarine British Steamers' Dangers Mysterious Submarine At Work LONDON

National Advocate · Thursday 2 September 1937 · page 2

An unknown submarine torpedoed and sank the Soviet steamer Timerganzev in the Mediterranean near Tigsirt. Algerian fishermen rescued…

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Submarine Pirate Further Outrages Soviet Steamer Sunk French Warships to Rescue London

National Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1937 · page 5

While the British Cabinet was according deciding measures to meet the cases of piracy in the Mediterarean a Soviet steamer was sunk off…

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SWAM 25 MILES Wrecked Sailor's Experience Panama City (Florida), Thurs

National Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1937 · page 3

After swimming 25 miles in raging seas Addley Baker, 29, a seaman, staggered ashore and reported that the coastal steamer Tarpon had been lost…

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Engineer Killed Explosion on Steamer London

National Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1937 · page 1

An explosion at Las Palmas in the engineroom of the steamer Sydney Star bound from Australian to England, caused fatal injuries to the…

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British Steamer Captured Warships Look on London

National Advocate · Saturday 11 September 1937 · page 5

The British steamer Stamwold [?]019 tons was captured by a Span[?] rebel torpedo boat off the Basque [?]cast…

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