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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1933

14 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers

Wealth Beneath Sea Cargoes From Wrecks Salvaging Syndicate Capetown

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 2

Sunken wealth which has long lain beneath the waters of Table Bay, Capetown, will soon, it is expected, be reclaimed, for work…

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BANK-WRECKING Communist Campaign

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 5

Police officials are declaring that there is a nation-wide Left-extremist campaign for the purpose of destroying confidence in the banks, states…

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Violent Shake Gunning Damage Home Wrecked

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 5

Gunning, where considerable damage was done, apears to have caught the full force of the earth tremor which rocked parts of…

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Air Liner Wreck King's Sympathy with Relatives Chairman's Statement. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday. An examination and removal of the wreckage of the air liner, City of Liverpool, which…

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Sea Horror Soviet Steamer Sinks Survivors' Sufferings Oslo

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 May 1933 · page 3

The Norwegian sealer rescued three survivors from the Soviet salvage steamer Rc[?]usian, which foundered with her crew of 23…

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Ted Phelps Turns Steamer Skipper London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 June 1933 · page 3

Despairing of finding anyone to contest his world professional sculling title on suitable terms, Ted Phelps has become captain…

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Men And Machines Albury Mail Wreckage Salvaged Big Day’s Work

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 17 July 1933 · page 2

Those who saw the railway carriages strewn down the embankment al Bowning as a result of the Albury mail train derailment…

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Hotel Wrecked And Four Persons Killed

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 August 1933 · page 6

At Prague, Hungary, a woman suicided by exploding a bomb, which wrecked a four-storeyed hotel, killing at least four persons including a…

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'Plane Crashes Three Occupants Escape Injury 'Plane Wrecked

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 9 August 1933 · page 7

A light aeroplane piloted by Mr. Jack Clifford Carpenter, of Cremorne, crashed whilst attempting to take off from the…

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Finland Annoyed Whisky on a Steamer HELSINGFORS

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 August 1933 · page 3

Declaring, that 1500 gallons of alcohol had risen to the surface above the British steamer, Achill, which sank in the Gulf of Borthnia…

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Just in Time Story of the Sea Schooner on Fire Amsterdam

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 21 August 1933 · page 3

A wireless message from the Dutch steamer, Hercules, tells a thrilling story of the f rescue of 46 me, being the chew and…

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Plane Wrecked Reykjavik

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 21 August 1933 · page 3

The British aviator, Grierson, had a narrow escape to-day when his seaplane was wrecked. As he was taking off for Greenland his machine…

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Steamer Ashore Captain Commits Suicide LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 December 1933 · page 3

The steamer Exarbah ran ashore at midnight on Saturday near Cape Plakoti, Cyprus. The. captain committed suicide on Sunday…

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Steamer on Fire London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 20 December 1933 · page 3

The American steamship, Topatopa, 5356 tons, carrying cotton and timber from Florida to London, arrived in the Thames to-day with a…

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