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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1931

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

Floated Away After Being Wrecked SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 September 1931 · page 3

The trawler, "Koraaga," went ashore on a reef at Jervis Bay late last night. Within a short time there was 10 feet of water in…

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"MYSTERIOUS" Loss of Motor Ketch Evidence at Inquiry London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 23 September 1931 · page 1

"The circumstances of the loss of this vessel were mysterious," said Mr. G. St. Clair Pilcher, Counsel for the Board of Trade, at…

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'Planes Wrecked

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 3

Two R.A. F. bombers belonging, by an odd concidence, to the same squadron, were wrecked at places 160 miles apart. There…

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Houses Wrecked at Grabben Gullen

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 9 November 1931 · page 3

Grabben Gullen and Kialla, reports our Crookwell correspondent, apparently caught the full force of the storm, which was of…

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Steamer Wrecked Suva

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 November 1931 · page 3

The steamer Beulah was wrecked Yesterday at the entrance to the [?]goon at Fanning Island and is believed to be a total lose. No…

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EXPLOSION Shops Wrecked Fire Follows Melbourne

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 November 1931 · page 3

Two brick shops in Queens, Parade, Clifton Hill, were completely wrecked and a third was extensively damaged, at 12.30 this…

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