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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1928

62 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 4

With All Hands Dutch Steamer Sunk VANCOUVER

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 May 1928 · page 2

The Dutch steamer Callisto broke up and sunk with all hands after running aground in a thick fog on Saturday on the shores of Nova Scotia…

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'Plane Wrecked Dives From 100 FEET Bad Crash Near Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 May 1928 · page 2

Nose diving from an altitude of 100 feet, a DH9 Air Force machine crashed to the ground on Gundary Plains, three miles…

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Ship Lost with Crew. Wreckage Found. Vancouver

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 1 May 1928 · page 2

The steamer Callista broke up and sank with all the crew after running aground in a thick fog on Saturday…

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Items of Interest Wrecked Steamer Refloated

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 4

The steamer yarra which sunk after catching fire in the Solomon Islands has been refloated, according to a cab's message which reached Sydney…

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Steamer Sinking Tow Line Breaks in Gale ROCKHAMPTON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 7 May 1928 · page 2

The steamer Canonbar returned to Gladstone (SO miles south of Rockhampton) this morning and reported that while she was towing the…

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V.Cs. of the Lifeboat Three Given Last Year

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 4

Coast. Three motor lifeboats went during the year just ended has been recognised by the award of three gold medals—the V.C. of this particular…

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S.S. Merimbula a South Coast Wreck

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 1

In 1908-1909 one more vessel was added to this world of wonders. With a crash, the champagne bottle broke upon her bows; then, with a gradual…

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Wrecked 'Plane Accessories Stolen by Boy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 14 May 1928 · page 2

A sequel to the crash of a de Haviland aeroplane near Goulburn several days ago, was the appearance , of a youth at the Goulburn Children's…

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"Italia" Wrecked Crew Ice Bound Rescuers Faced With Difficulties LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 11 June 1928 · page 2

Wireless messages received at King's Bay, from the supply ship' Citta di Milano state that she has been in touch with the airship…

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Trawler Goes Ashore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 June 1928 · page 4

The fish-Taden trawler, Thomas Bryan, owned by Sanford, Limited, Auckland (N.Z.), went ashore on the rocky coast outside Coromandel…

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Wrecked "Italia" Crew's Desperate Plight Hope of Rescue Waning LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 13 June 1928 · page 2

Another day has passed, with help virtually as far away from the "Italia's" crew as ever, and although fully a dozen…

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Uralla Ashore Newcastle

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 8

At 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, while the police and members of the Stockton Rocket Brigade were patrolling Stockton Beach, following the…

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V.C's. of the Lifeboat Three Given Last Year

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 1

Supreme heroism by lifeboatmen during the year just ended has been recognised by the award of three gold medals—the V.C. of this particular…

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Collier Wrecked Seven Lives Lost Victims of Thursday's Storm NEWCASTLE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 8

Seven lives are believed to have been lost when the small collier steamer White Bay was wrecked on the beach at Stockton Bight, 12…

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Wreck of the White Bay. Sole Survivor's Story. Sydney

The Young Chronicle · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 2

Apparently the only survivor of the wrecked steamer While Bay in Stockton Bight is Dra[?]dse Guiseppi (36), who was found lying exhausted on…

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Cruiser Ashore Vancouver

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 4 July 1928 · page 2

Steaming slowly into Halifax Harbour ill a dense fog on Monday, the British cruiser Dauntless crashed ashore, well inside the harbour…

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"Shipwrecked" To-morrow

The Young Chronicle · Friday 6 July 1928 · page 2

"Shipwrecked," a Metropolitan picture in which Seena Owen and Joseph Schildkraut are featured, will be the main feature at the Strand…

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Bunkers on Fire Steamer Beached in Thames LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 9 July 1928 · page 2

The steamer Carmarthenshire was descending the Thames when the oil bunkers were found to be seriously on fire. The ship had to be beached…

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Dive to Earth 'Plane Wrecked Two Hurt Near Mascot

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 July 1928 · page 2

The pilot of a D.H. Moth aeroplane and a passenger, were seriously injured yesterday afternoon when the machine got out of…

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General Cables Schooner Wrecked Suva

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 16 July 1928 · page 2

The schooner Malaya, owned by the Fiji Shipping Company, a former British yacht, became a total wreck on the Horse Shoe Reef in the Koro…

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