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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1927

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Plane Wrecked Capt. Williams' Flight Smash at Armidale Racecourse ARMIDALE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 July 1927 · page 4

Air Staff Group Captain Williams accompanied by Sergeant Owen, and Corporal Endean, landed at Armidale Racecourse yesterday at 2.20 p.m., on…

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Thrilling Rescue of Ship Wrecked Sailors Rope Dropped From Seaplane

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 10 August 1927 · page 1

thirty British seamen have been rescued from a wreak on the Moroccan coast after a destroyer and se[?] plane had been sent to their…

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Destroyer Damaged. Collided With Schooner HOBART

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 2

The destroyer Huon collided with the schooner alma Doetel, While leaving Queen's pier last night for Melbourne. Portion of the schooner's…

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Steamer Missing Seizure By Bolsheviks? BUCHAREST

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 19 August 1927 · page 4

The Egyptlan steamer "Costs" enroute from Galatz to Alexandria mysteriously disappeared and has not been heard of since August 3. it is…

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Leaking Steamer in Port Aden

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 September 1927 · page 2

The steamer Nirdana, which is leaking badly, arrived here this afternoon. By special arrangement Reuter's world service in addition to other special…

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Missing Airman Sighted by Steamer KINGSTON (Jamaica), Wed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 September 1927 · page 2

The Norwegian steamer Christian Krohg has reported sighting Captain Paul Redfern 24 hours after his departure on a non-stop flight to Brazil…

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Leaking Steamer Aden

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 2 September 1927 · page 6

Divers did not discover the steamer Nirvana's leak, and have recommended the shifting of her cargo in order to enable them to locate it from the…

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Off Cornish Coast Wreckage of 'Plane Is It The "Sir John Garling ?" LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 14 September 1927 · page 2

A search is being made on the coast of Cornwall for a wrecked plane sighted about two miles out at sea yesterday…

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Is the Steamer Doomed ? Most Op the Ships Now Built Are Motor Driven

The Yass Courier · Monday 26 September 1927 · page 1

The largest motor-driven vessel in the world, the 22,500 ton Asturias, of the South American service of the Roynl Mail Steam Packet Company,…

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War Wrecks Work of Red Cross

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 5 October 1927 · page 5

Now that the war is only a memory there are many people who wonder what the Red Cross stands for today and what it is doing. little doubt is…

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War Wrecks Work of Red Cross

Taralga Echo · Friday 7 October 1927 · page 2

Now that the war is only a memory there are many people who wonder what the Red Cross stands for to-day and what it is doing. Iittle doubt is…

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War Wrecks Work of Red Cross

The Burrowa News · Friday 14 October 1927 · page 1

Now that the war is only a memory, there are many people who wonder that the Red Cross stands for to-day, and what it is doing…

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Steamer Interfered with Hydraulic Pipes Cut Through SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 19 October 1927 · page 2

A determined attempt was made yesterday to prevent the steamer Corrimal leaving for Melbourne with a general cargo. Hydraulic pipes, connected…

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Stranded Steamer Rescued by a Tug Las Palmas

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 19 October 1927 · page 2

A tug located at steamer from which it had received an S.O.S. message on October 15, and identified it as the French steamer Sybil. The tug towed…

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Items of Interest Steamer Hits Wharf

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 October 1927 · page 2

While entering Burnie Harbour Tasmania. the steamer Ulooloo collided with the Ocean wharf causing damage to the extent of £300…

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Lost at Sea Italian Steamer Founders Fears for 1,600 Passengers Rio De Janeiro

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 October 1927 · page 2

With 1600 passengers on board, the Italian steamer Principessa Mafalda foundered at sea south-east of Bahia. Up till Tuesday night fewer than half or her huge complement of passenger's had been accounted for…

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Horrible Discovery Shipwrecked Men Eaten Port Townshend, Wash., U.S.A.

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 2 November 1927 · page 2

A Japanese fishing boat which was picked up yesterday containing the frozen bodies of two Japanese has been identified as belonging to the…

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Harbour Disaster Ferry Steamer Rammed by Liner Heavy Casualty List Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 6

A shocking disaster occurred on Sydney Harbour yesterday afternoon, when the R.M.S. Tahiti, which was clearing for San Francisco, ran into the Watson's Bay ferry boat Greycliffe, cutting, her in halves and sinking her…

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Search for Bodies Diver Inspects Wreck SYDNEY, Friday Afternoon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 6

It is now believed that the casualties in yesterday's Harbour tragedy number 86, including 11 dead, 29 missing and 46 injured…

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Greycliffe Wreck Divers Attempt to Raise Hull Search for Bodies Goes on Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 7 November 1927 · page 2

Efforts were made this morning to raise to the wreak of the Grey Cliff ship. Shortly after 11 O'clock one of the divers went down and a few minutes later he came to the surface again and gave instructions as to the manner in which the salvage tackle was to be lowered…

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