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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 2 of 2

DERAILMENT Clearing Wreckage 3000 Bags of Wheat Recovered

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 August 1936 · page 2

The Railway Department had a busy day last Sunday, when the work of clearing the derailed trucks of last week’s accident between…

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Derailment Clearing Wreckage 3000 Bags of Wheat Recovered

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 September 1936 · page 1

The Railway Department had a busy day last Sunday, when the work of clearing the derailed trucks of last week's accident between…

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All Lost But One Science Ship Is Wrecked

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 September 1936 · page 1

COPENHAGEN, Wednesday: Dr. Charcot, leader of the French Polar expedition aboard the vessel Pourquoi Pas? and the crew were…

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Steamer Turns Turtle Only Two Men Escape Another Mystery of the Sea

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 October 1936 · page 1

PARIS: The loss of the French steamer Oronaise (1800 tons) with ten passengers and twenty-one of the crew may go down in history as one of the sea's great unsolved mysteries. Three escaped from the ship—only…

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Captain Halse Crashes When Within Four Hours of Air Race Victory Pilot Hurt: Is Safe Aeroplane Believed To Be Wrecked Scott and Llewellyn Lead

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 October 1936 · page 5

JOHANNESBURG, Wednesday: With little more than four hours' flight to victory, Captain S. S. Halse, after leading all the way in the Portsmouth Johannesburg air…

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RUTHLESS Houses Almost Wrecked Boys' Work

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 9 October 1936 · page 5

Four untenanted houses in Back Street have been practically wrecked in the last fortnight by the wanton…

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Cycling Record Wrecked by Opperman

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 22 October 1936 · page 1

Displaying remarkable stamina, a defiance of accumulative fatigue and powerful demands for rest, Hubert Opperman, Australia's No. 1 cyclist,…

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On Fire Blazing Ferry Steamer. Five Men Trapped--one Dies. Harbor Sensations

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 17 November 1936 · page 3

Thousands of people lining the northern foreshores of Sydney Harbor yesterday watched a desperate battle by an asbestos-clad fireman to rescue…

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Storms in North Sea Ships Are Driven Ashore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 December 1936 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday: Stormy weather continues along the east coast. Two men were drowned to-day when the drifter Margaret and Francis…

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Attack Made on Madrid Heavy Losses on Both Sides German Ultimatum Spanish Government Seizes Freight Steamer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 28 December 1936 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday: the loyalist defenders of Madrid to-night repulsed a combined infantry and artillery attack by the insurgents on Madrid. The attack began at 4 o'clock this morning and…

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KETCH-CAT Whittington Story

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 December 1936 · page 2

On Monday, November 9, all over England and Wales mayors for the ensuing year were elected by the corporations under an Act passed by…

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