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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1935

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

Shop Wrecked Albury Explosion

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 4

ALBURY, Monday: A violent explosion, of mysterious origin, shattered a baker's shop in Wilson Street early yesterday…

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Steamer Ashore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Friday: All efforts to move the inter-State steamer, Coolana, which went aground on a mudbank in the Newcastle Harbour…

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Steamer Held Up

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 February 1935 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The steamer Wanganella is still held up but efforts will be made during the day to settle the dispute caused by the…

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Germany's Conscription Britain Makes Her Protest Berlin Desires Visit to Proceed Note on Wreck of Plans

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 3

LONDON, Monday: "Germany still desires the visit to Berlin of the British Foreign Secretary, Sir John Simon, and the Lord of the Privy Scal, Mr. R. A. Eden, to the place within the scope and for the purpose already…

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Alderman's Home Wrecked

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 2 May 1935 · page 1

At Parkes, a terrific explosion wrecked the house of Aid. Mazanier at 10 o'clock on Saturday night and the ruins were then completely…

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On the Ocean Wave Motor Boat Wrecked

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 17 June 1935 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: "The Puppy," a 16-foot motor boat in which Gordon [?] is making an ocean voyage of 4000 miles, was driven ashore this…

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'Plane Wrecked Pilot Forced Down Crashed in Snowstorm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 June 1935 · page 5

Driven off Its course in a blinding snow storm late yesterday afternoon, a Gipsy Moth aeroplane, piloted by Frederick Arthur Trainer…

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From Everywhere Tree-Guard Wrecked

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 August 1935 · page 2

One of the nine tree-guards recently placed in Nicholson Street, Ifield, suffered considerable damage when struck with considerable force…

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Carts Wrecked Milk Vendors' Loss

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 30 August 1935 · page 1

Two carts owned by Goulburn milk vendors were wrecked shortly after eight o'clock this morning as a result of the horses…

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Steamer Wrecked

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 4 September 1935 · page 5

MIAMI, Florida Tuesday: The steamer Dixie, with 250 passengers on board, is still on the reef. Huge waves, whipped up by the…

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Eleven Drowned Trawler Wrecked Entire Crew Lost

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 September 1935 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday: Eleven members of the crew of the trawler Skegness, were drowned to-day when the Coast ,Guards from Scarborough…

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Women on Schooner

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 October 1935 · page 5

The French schooner Femme sailed into Vigo Harbour (Spain) recently manned entirely by a crew of the crew without a man or boy to…

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Schooner Missing In New Guinea

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 November 1935 · page 2

RABAUL, Tuesday: Anxiety is felt in Rabaul for the safety of the Administration's schooner Hermes, which is now considerably overdue…

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Wrecked Government

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 18 December 1935 · page 9

On March 3, 1910, appears a statement that only Peter Bowling had leg-irons. He was one of the coal strike leaders and was sent to…

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Missing Steamer Victorian Concern No Word Since

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 30 December 1935 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday: Lack of news about the steamer Paringa, which is missing off the Victorian coast, is causing grave alarm in…

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Yacht Wrecked During Storm Thrilling Account

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 30 December 1935 · page 3

MELBOURN, Sunday: Messrs Septimus Stephens, W. Clark, and G. Clark, the Sydney yatchsmen whose auxiliary yacht, the Maluka, was…

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