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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1935

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Schooner Lost at Sea Man And His Wife Rescued MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 August 1935 · page 1

An officiai report received here gives detaiU of the sinking of a schooner in Torres Strait. The occurrence took place on July 6. Light…

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Fatal Air Crash Wylie Post & Will Rogers Both Dead in Wreck (Special to "The Miner.")

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 August 1935 · page 1

POINT-BARROW (Alnska), August' 16.— Wylie Post, the noted airman, and Will Rogers, screen actor and humorist, were killed when their…

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Fatal Air Crash Wylie Post & Will Rogers Both Dead in Wreck (Special to "The Miner.")

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 August 1935 · page 7

POINT BARROW (Alaska), August 16.— Wylie Post, the noted airman, and Will Rogers, screen actor and humorist, were killed when their…

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Steamer Dixie on Reef 360 Passengers On Vessel (Special to "The Miner")

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 September 1935 · page 5

MIAMI (Florida), September 3. Heavy seas are pounding the steamer Dixie (8188 tons) which was driven on to a reef by a hurricane…

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Dieting Made Her a Wreck Then She Found a Better Way to Reduce Took Off 15 lbs. With Knuschen

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 September 1935 · page 4

This woman's first effort at reducing did reduce her—but not, in the right way. She says it "reduced her to a nervous wreck"! Then she tried…

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Dieting Made Her a Wreck Then She Found a Better Way to Reduce Took Off 15 lbs. With Kruschen

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 September 1935 · page 4

This woman's first effort at reducing did reduce her—but not in the right way. She says it "reduced her to a nervous wreek"! Than she tried…

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Wreckage of Air Liner Much Found Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 October 1935 · page 6

A large patch of oil and what appears to be part of the wing of the aeroplane Loma has been seen half a mile off the shore of Flinders Island…

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Air Liner Wreckage Sighted Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 October 1935 · page 1

An aeroplane containing officials of Holyman's Airways Pty. Ltd. has sighted the wreckage of the lost air liner Loina lying two miles off…

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Air Liner Wreckage Sighted Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 October 1935 · page 3

An aeroplane containing officials of Holyman's Airways Pty. Ltd. has sighted the wreckage of the lost air liner Loina lying two miles off…

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Air Liner Crash Search Goes On For Wreckage MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 October 1935 · page 3

Because it is considered imperative that the main wreckage of the illfated air liner Loina should be salvaged from the sea-bed, where it is…

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French Steamer to Sail Via the Cafe

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 October 1935 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—The French passenger steamer Ville d'Amiens has been diverted from the Suez Canal route to a route via the Cape of Good…

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Steamer Kurow Was Sunk in Storm

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 October 1935 · page 3

SYDNEY, Saturday.—The fate of the old Australian steamer Kurow (2625 tons), renamed Mabel Moller, which was a mystery following a…

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Steamer Kurow Was Sunk in Storm

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 October 1935 · page 7

SYDNEY, Saturday.— The fate of the old Australian steamer Kurow (2625 tons), renamed Mabel Moller, which was a mystery following a…

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Shipwrecked Marriages Family Courts Suggested

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 October 1935 · page 7

The British Divorce Law Reform Union considered a resolution at its annual meeting urging on the Home Secretary that when the proposed…

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Air Cadet Injured 'Plane Completely Wrecked

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 October 1935 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Thursday.— Air Cadet Brian Reginald Walker (22), attached to the R.A.A.F. at Point Cooke was seriously injured this…

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Assault and Robbery Alleged Threat To Wreck Building SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 November 1935 · page 4

Harry Wilson, or Harry Lee (34), a miner, was committed for trial at the Central Court yesterday on two charges of assault and robbery. Bail…

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Severe Storm in Melbourne Hailstones Wreck Glass Houses MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 November 1935 · page 3

Damage estimated at many thousands of pounds was caused to nurseries' and gardens, trees were destroyed, and a building in the city…

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22-Year-Old Student Wanders World Alone In Ketch SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 November 1935 · page 1

Dwight Long, a 22-year-old Washington University student, who is making a round-the-world cruise in a 22ft. ketch, to-day told what had…

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Woman Disappears From Steamer

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 November 1935 · page 2

AUCKLAND, Friday. — Mrs. E. Bevington, a first-class passenger from London, travelling with her husband on the Rangitata, en route to…

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Schooner Missing Fruitless Search (Special to "The Miner.")

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 November 1935 · page 3

RABAUL, November 27.—The Desikoko, which is searching for the missing schooner Hermes, has wirelessed that no trace of the schooner…

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