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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1934

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Iron Monarch Steamer Again Aground Near Stockton Breakwater Third Time in 18 Months. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 November 1934 · page 4

Laden with 6600 tons of ironstone, to be discharged at the steelworks, the Interstate steamer, Iron Monarch, went aground outside Stockton…

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'Flying Scotsman' New Speed Record Steamer Versus Diesel. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 December 1934 · page 5

A new British railway long-distance speed record was established by the London North-Easter[?] railway 'Flying Scotsman" engine with four coaches…

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Missing From Steamer Wife of Missionary Stool Near Porthole. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 December 1934 · page 5

Mrs. Adamson, a cabin class passenger, on the Monterey, en route to Melbourne, who embarked at Suva, disappeared from the vessel on "Wednesday morning. She…

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Steamer Lost With All Hands CORAMBA On Victorian Coast 17 Lives Believed Lost Two Bodies Washed Up Fruitless Search by Plane and Ships. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 December 1934 · page 5

Helpless in raging seas during a terrific storm, the coastal steamer, Coramba, 531 tons gross, was wrecked off Newhaven, Phillip Island, on the…

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Iron Chief Sold North Coast Steamer. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 December 1934 · page 2

The Interstate Steamships' steamer. Iron Chief, which has been tied up here for many months, has been sold to the Essex Oak Company, Ltd. After going…

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Duke in Brisbane Leaves For N.Z. Monday Steamer Launched by Wireless Merry Chat with Journalists Impressions Given at Rotary Luncheon. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 December 1934 · page 5

An exceptionally heavy programme fell to the lot of the Duke of Gloucester to-day, commencing with a public reception in the University grounds…

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Sea Drama In North Atlanic in Gale British Steamer Sinks Seventeen Lives Lost Magnificent Seamanship Courageous Rescuers Drowned. New York

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 December 1934 · page 5

Capt. J. G. P. Bissett, master of the Cunard White Star liner Ascania to-day wirelessed the "New York times" a detailed account of the…

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Steamer Ccombar to Replace the Lost Coramba

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 December 1934 · page 4

The North Coast S.N. Company's steamer, Coombar, has been chartered to replace the ill-fated Coramba, which was lost off Newhaven on the Victorian…

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FED. £5000 Mrs. Ulm Will Use It. Searching for Missing Airmen Schooner to Search Islands. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 December 1934 · page 5

Despite the fact that the official search for the missing airmen has been abandoned, Mrs. Ulm believes her husband is still alive…

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Deliberately Wrecked Rangoon-mandalay Express Woman Killed, Many Injured. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 December 1934 · page 5

A woman passenger was killed and many were seriously injured, including the driver and the fireman of the Rangoon-Maridalay express, which was…

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In Gale Orford's Rough Trip Seaman Lost Overboard Crockery Smashed--barber's Shop Wrecked. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 December 1934 · page 5

The Orient liner, Orford, arrived at Plymouth to-day only half an hour late on its voyage from Australia, after battling with an eighty miles an…

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Washed Up Wreckage From Ulm's Plane? Found on Island Beach Strut and Veneer Board. Honolulu

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 December 1934 · page 5

Two pieces of aeroplane wreckage, possibly belonging to the ill-fated Star of Australia, were found this morning on a beach on the island of…

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Not Ulm's Plane Wreckage at Niihau Island Piece of Condemned Machine. Honolulu

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 December 1934 · page 5

Navy authorities believe that the pieces of aircraft wreckage found on the Beach of Niihau Island are part of a condemned navy plane, and not of Ulm's…

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Burnt To Cinders K.L.M. DOUGLAS Famous Liner Crashed Seven Lives Lost R.A.F. 'Planes Locate Wreckage Cairo

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 December 1934 · page 5

The K.L.M. Douglas, "the flying hotel," was located 10 miles south of Rutbah Wells, by R.A.F. 'planes, near the spot from where she wirelessed and…

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