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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1934

25 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 2

Goods Seized on English Schooner Sydney Sensation Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 6

An eighteen months' adventurous voyage by the 153-ton schooner Isabel had a sensational ending, late yesterday afternoon, when…

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Station Wrecked Thieves' Work SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 4

A violent explosion caused by safebreakers wrecked the office of the Mount Russell railway station, in the Inverell district, yesterday,…

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Mob Riots Night of Wrecking £30,000 Damage in Western Australia Perth

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 3

A night of wrecking, looting and burning of three hotels, a wine saloon, a two-storey boarding house, and thirteen…

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Mob Riots Night Of Wrecking In Western Australia

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 February 1934 · page 6

A night of wrecking, looting and burning of three hotels, a wine saloon, a two-storey boarding house, and thirteen shops,…

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Residents Alarmed Gunning Earth Tremors Houses Partly Wrecked

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 7 February 1934 · page 6

In our last issue we briefly reported a series of earth tremors which took place in the vicinity of Gunning on Tuesday of last week, the tail-ends…

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Trawler Wrecked Crew Saved SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 4

During a heavy fog last night, the Sydney trawler David Blake, struck the Mimosa flack near Tathra, on the South Coast…

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Steamer on Reef Suva

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 April 1934 · page 2

The attempt to refloat the steamer Waihemo which went aground in the Navua Passage on Sunday did not meet with success though there was…

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FEDERAL A.L.P. Lang Party "Band of Wreckers" Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 3

The annual conference of the State branch of the Federal Labour party last night carried a RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE…

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Wrecked Trawler Court's Decision SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 18 April 1934 · page 3

The Marine Court on Inquiry suspended for three months, dating from March 10 last the certificate of Moller, the mate of the stranded trawler,…

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Nambucca Crew Now Safe Total Wreck Likely Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 May 1934 · page 3

A message received in Sydney to-day states the crew of the coastal steamer Nanibucca, which went ashore yesterday, had left…

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Window Wrecked

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 30 May 1934 · page 3

Breaking free suddenly, one of the rear wheels of a passing car crashed through the window at the Auburn Street premises of…

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Liner Ashore Oslo

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 June 1934 · page 2

The German liner Dresden fan aground on Bokn Island, but it was refloated without assistance . The vessel was then beached on Karooe…

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Montoro Ashore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 August 1934 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Burns Philip passenger ship Montoro, 4057 tons, is ashore on the New Guinea coast at Fortification Point, 18 miles…

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Rubber Lifeboat Carried in Zipper Bag

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 August 1934 · page 5

New York: Carried in zipper bag, a new rubber frabric lifeboat for planes, balloons and, dirigibles has been tested in America which can be…

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Shocking Crime Chinese Piracy River Steamer Looted Shanghai

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 September 1934 · page 3

SHANGHAI, Wednesday.—The news of another shocking outrage in so-called Manchukuo has just reached here, this time involving…

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Steamer Ashore Towed Off By Tugs

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 24 September 1934 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Sunday: After cargo had been jettisoned the A.U.S.N. coal steamer Milora which went aground in Port Phillip Bay, Point Lonsdale,…

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French Election Cafe Wrecked Pandemonium Loose

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 3 October 1934 · page 3

TOULOUSE, Tuesday.—Hardly had a parliamentary candidate appealed to a cafe political meeting to observe a party truce than revolver shots…

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Mail Plane Found Seen From Air Charred Mass of Wreckage Passengers Fate

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 October 1934 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thurs: Reduced to a charred mass bf wreckage :by fire, the missing…

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On the Reef Loss of Cargo Steamer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 October 1934 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.—The cruiser, Suffolk, on Monday rescued six officers, three apprentices and 55 lascars, members' of the crew of the…

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Boy's Death On Steamer Ceramic

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 November 1934 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday: At the inquest to-day concerning the death of John Maxwell Parkinson, 6 who suffered an injury on board the steamer…

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