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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1936

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

Wreckage Found Missing Schooner

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 1

RABAUL, Wednesday: The first definite result from the search for the missing. Government schooner, Hermes, was…

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Gas Bombs Abyssinian Protest Church Wrecked Duce's Son's Escape

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday: The Abyssinians, says the Addis Ababa correspondent of the Times, are repeating their…

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Lost Paringa Wreckage Found

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 1

MELBOURNE: The badly-battered half of one side of a lifeboat, bearing the name Paringa, was found washed up on…

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Vessel Ashore But Reaches Port

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 3

LONDON, Monday: The Union Castle liner, Winchester Castle, which went ashore near Portland Bill last night on the homeward journey from…

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Steamer Breaks Down

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A message was received at 3.25 this morning from the steamer Nalpa, at present between Brisbane and Bundaberg, to the effect…

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Steamer Adrift. Sydney

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 2

The small steamer "Malpa" is adrift at sea. the engines have broken down between Brisbane and Bundaberg. The vessel has sent out an S.O.S…

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Steamer Delayed Scarlet Fever On Board

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 March 1936 · page 1

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Tuesday: The Canadian-Australasian liner Niagara, on arrival at Auckland, was delayed in the stream for nearly two hours…

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Nine Lives Lost When Steamer Sinks

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 5

LONDON. Thursday: Nine lives were lost in the sinking of the French steamer Boree, of 1145 tons off Caen. in a fog near The Wash…

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Curl Ashore Fog in Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 3

SYDNEY. Tuesday: A fog enveloped the harbour to-day, being one of the densest on record. Many vessels had narrow escapes,…

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Yacht Wrecked Near Newcastle

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 20 April 1936 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Monday: The Sydney yacht, San Pan, with Messrs. L. P. Jones, of Louisa Street, Balmain and D. H. Jones, of Foucart Street,…

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Fire on Steamer Damage £10,000

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 11 May 1936 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday: Damage estimated at between £8000 and £10,000 was caused by a fire on the Bass Strait passenger…

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Sporting Letter From Sydney Verdun a Possibility for Southern Races. Big Cash Investment of Price-Wrecker A Sore Point with Fireman's Trainer. Young Jockey Overoes Front Running Tactics

The Young Chronicle · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 6

One of the most interesting developments of winter form is Verdun, who on Saturday won the Doomben Cup at a mile and a quarter. He beat…

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Run Ashore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 3 June 1936 · page 5

An Italian ship carrying munitions and drafts of men to East Africa was deliberately run ashore on the coast of Jugo-Slavia by its crew…

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Was It a Wreck? Off N.Z. Coast

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 June 1936 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.) Tuesday: The discovery on Porangahan beach of wreckage, and the appearance of a large patch of oil…

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Steamer in Tow

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 22 June 1936 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Monday: The cargo steamer, Mungana, which became disabled off the coast of South Australia yesterday, was taken in low today…

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Still Ashore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 1 July 1936 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Blaklava, Swedish oil-tanker, which grounded north of Cooktown (Q.), is still ashore. All attempts to refloat…

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Only One Saved When Ketch Sinks

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 1

SYDNEY. Friday: Swallowed by a waterspout off the papuan coast recently. the entire with the exception L[?]on perished. with the exception…

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Melrose Killed Double Tragedy Aeroplane Falls to Pieces Wreckage Scattered

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 6 July 1936 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday: Charles James Melrose, aged 22, of Glenelg. South Australia, who was the most popular airman, in Australia, and…

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Steamer Ashore Many Russians Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 July 1936 · page 3

SAPPORO (Japan), Monday: Nine hundred Russians mostly fishermanen route to the fishing grounds off Kamchatka aboard the Sovlet vessel…

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Japanese Steamer Goes Ashore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: While the steamer Nellore, which arrived in Sydney to-day from Japan, was near Meji[?]a collection with a Japanese…

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