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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1929

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Mysterious Explosion Sydney Shop Wrecked SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 2

A violent explosion occurred in a boot shop adjoining a picture, theatre at three o'clock this morning. The shop was wrecked and the road was…

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"Hootch" War Saloons Raided And Wrecked New York

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 4

New York's new aind vigorous Police Commissioner, Grover Whaien is Continuing his drastic measures to reorganise the police department and…

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Wreck Survivors Rescue After Terrible Time MARSEILLES

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 4

Three survivors have been landed from the steamer Malakoff. which sank on January 4. When the lifeboat sank three men climbed into a…

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Chinese Wreck Search for Survivors SHANGHAI

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 4

The search for the survivors of the Ill-fated Chinese coaster Hsin Wah which sank outside Hong Kong early yesterday, continues fruitlessly. All…

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Pacific Cyclones Steamer in Heavy Gale SUVA

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 2

During the last two days there has been cyclonic disturbance,in the. Pacific,Yesterday the cyclone was approaching Fiji .from New…

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Steamer to Rescue Light-keeper's Wife Takes Iii Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 4

When .12 hours steam. from Gabo Island on Sunday, morning the interstate passenger steamer Katoomba recived a wireless call that medical…

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On the Rocks Steamer's Close Call Port Moresby

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 4

The steamer Montoro was concerned in an unusual incident on Saturday night, when clearing Port Moresby for the south…

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Violent Gipsies Wreck German Inn BERLIN

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 February 1929 · page 2

One hundred gipsies and 25 per. forming bears, touring the villages in the neighbourhood of Cassel, arrived at Gamdach and demanded…

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Shipwrecked Smugglers Eat Dead Comrade HELSINGFORS

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 2

The Newspaper, Hufvudstadbladet reports that four suspected alcohol smugglers were shipwrecked in an ice gulf on the coast…

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Air Fatality Inquest on Monday 'Plane Wrecked Beyond Repair

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 2

An inquiry into the death of Captain E. W. Cornish and Mr. G. K. Wride, the victims of the 'plane fatality near Marulan…

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Steamer Ashore Kanowna's Plight Passengers Taken Off SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 18 February 1929 · page 2

The interstate passenger steamer Kanowna went ashore on Cleft Island, several miles east of Wilson's Promontory, at 7 o'clock last…

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Steamer Drifting Brisbane

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 2

A radio message from the steamer Arafura. which is drifting off the Queensland coast, this morning stated that the vessel still had sufficient…

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Items of Interest Disabled Steamer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 February 1929 · page 2

A radio message from the disabled steamer Arahura, which is adrift off the Queensland coast, received ,this morning slates that she is expected to…

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Lifeboat Woman First to Pass Test

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 1

Miss. Blanche Tucker of London, aged [?] the chief cashier in the French restaurant of the White Star liner, has passed the Board of Trade…

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Lost Annie Miller Steamer Was Overloaded SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 March 1929 · page 2

A court of marine inquiry to investigate the foundering of the coasts steamer Annie Miller, opened in Sydney this morning…

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Kanowna Wreck Master Blamed and Praised MELBOURNE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 March 1929 · page 3

The Court of Marine Inquiry which investigated the loss of the steamer Kanowna yesterday found that the ship was not navigated with proper…

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A Lifeboat Veteran

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 3

Fifty-four years a lifeboatman is fine record of Coxswain George Jones of Holyhead who has retired from active service. Mr. Jones, who is…

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General Cables Moth 'Plane Wrecked London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 2

A German steamer towed into Hull the wreckage of a Moth aeroplane picked up in the North Sea near the Dutch Coast. It has been established…

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Coolies Riot On Steamer at Colombo COLOMBO

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 2

An affray occurred yesterday afternoon aboard the steamer Bimulberra while the officers were at lunch. A cadet ordered coolies who were…

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Kanowna Wreck Company Dismisses Captain MELBOURNE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 2

The A.U.S.N. Company has terminated the engagement of Captain A. W. Newberry, master of the steamer Kanowan which was lost near…

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