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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1930

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Night of Horror Tanker and Steamer Sea of Fire Round Ships Death Roll Over 40 BOSTON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 June 1930 · page 3

Throughout the early hours of the morning details came trickling in here of a collision between the coastal steamer Fairfax, carrying 70 passengers, and a tanker believed to be the Pinthis, carrying a crew of 19, of the Shell…

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Plane Wrecked Passenger Killed Pilot Seriously Hurt Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 7 July 1930 · page 2

Crashing into a fence in a blinding rain squall at Manly on Saturday, a Junkers Junior monoplane, piloted by Mr. Goya Henry, was…

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"The Wreckers" Mad Vandals SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 July 1930 · page 3

Report during the past week show that vandals visited several firms at Erskineville and destroyed property valued at many…

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"Wreckers" at Work Damage and Theft Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 21 July 1930 · page 3

A gang signing themselves "The Wreckers" visited the premises of Cerruti Spillstead Co., Ltd., wood turners, at St. Peter's during the week-end and…

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Fire on Steamer Mauritius

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 15 August 1930 · page 5

The steamer Brookwood arrived with her No. 3 hold flooded. The fire is believed to be under control, but the damage so far cannot be…

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German Disaster Army Lorries Wrecked Soldiers Injured Berlin

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 August 1930 · page 4

Eighteen soldiers were injured, eight of them seriously, and fifteen, motor lorries, three motor cycles, and a touring car were…

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Another Wreck 6000 Ton Boat on Rocks London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 24 September 1930 · page 3

Early this morning, in a dense fog, the 6000 ton, liner, City of Osaka, struck a submerged reef about 15 miles north of Aberdeen, one of the…

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Japanese Steamer Has She Sunk? San Francisco

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 November 1930 · page 3

Mystery surrounds the fate of the Japanese freighter, Seye Maru, which was reported to be adrift in the North Pacific Nothing was heard…

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Plane Wrecked At Coff's Harbour SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 5 November 1930 · page 3

A three-engined monoplane, owned by a Brishane company and carrying a pilot mechanic, and six passengers, was partially wrecked late yesterday…

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Whales Driven Ashore Trapped—and Bellow Like Cattle

The Burrowa News · Friday 7 November 1930 · page 6

During a sale near Whangeri, New Zealand, nearly 100 small whales were driven ashore. When they they found themselves in shallow water…

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New Mord [?] Than Women Claims Sydney Barrister Husbands to Blame for Wives' Misdeeds, He Says Greatest Wrecker of Homes Is Man's Neglect

The Burrowa News · Friday 7 November 1930 · page 5

Busily throughout the year the legal mills of divorce grind out ever increasing numbers of decrees-nisi,…

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Terrible Hail Wrecks Building Scholars' Close Call Brisbane

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 12 November 1930 · page 3

A terrific hail storm at Ipswich yesterday was responsible for damage estimated at several thousand pounds…

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French Steamer's Wool Cargo Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 November 1930 · page 3

The French steamer Ceephee which leaves to-morrow for European ports will take about 20,000 bales of wool, valued at £260,000…

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Body Washed Ashore Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 November 1930 · page 3

The body of James Naulis, who was drowned on Sunday while going to the rescue of two girls at Woy Woy was washed ashore this morning…

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Explosion on Board Steamer Miami Beach

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 3

It is now revealed that as a result of an explosion on the glass-bottomed boat Eureka, four are dead and one is missing, while…

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