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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938

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

U.S.A. Flying Boat Lost with All Hands Fate of Samoan Clipper Commander Musick and Crew Perish Plane Destroyed by Fire at Sea: Wreckage Near Pago Pago

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 5

Fate of Samoan Clipper COMMANDER MUSICK AND CREW PERISH Plane Destroyed by Fire At Sea:…

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Plane Wrecked in Surf

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday: Mr. H. C. Durant, flying a Gipsy Moth plane, crashed into the surf while carrying out "crazy"' flying…

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Taken to Task Master of Wrecked Steamer Court Verdict

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday: The Court of Marine Inquiry found yesterday that the stranding of the interstate steamer Saros near Cape…

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Airship Wreck Survivors' Stories

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 7

MOSCOW, Thursday: The survivors of the wreck of the Soviet airship V6 have recovered sufficiently to give a brief story of the disaster…

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Fire Breaks Out on Steamer Passengers Knew Nothing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 February 1938 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A fire was discovered in the No. 1 hatch of' the steamer Hunter, about 5 o'clock this morning, when the…

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Mysterious Schooner Report From Lord Howe Island

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 5

SYDNEY. Monday: While camping on Lord Howe Island, L. Faintley, of Sydney, and his companion saw a mysterious black schooner which came…

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Franco's Guns Are Heard Booming at Barcelona British Steamer Bombed Nazi Planes Assist Rebels?

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 5

BARCELONA, Wednesday: The booming of Franco's guns is clearly heard as the Nationalists sweep forward within a few miles of the Catalonian border…

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Ashore Island Steamer on Reef

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Burns, Philp steamer, Morinda. 2325 tons, which is ashore on Malo Island in the New Hebrides, is bumping heavily…

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Romances Wrecked in the Kitchen

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 27 April 1938 · page 1

CANADA: Poor cooking by wives is put forward by Dr. J. F. Davidson, new medical officer for health, as the chief reason why so many marriages…

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Motor Vessel Ashore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday: A message from Brisbane to-day stated that the coastal motor vessel Bingera is ashore and badly hulled at Spitfire Head, 540…

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Steamer Vanishes With 38 Men May Have Struck Floating Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 5

LONDON, Monday: Without even a wireless call for help, the British tramp steamer Anglo Australian (5456 tons) has…

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Smithy's Plane. Wreckage Identified

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 4

CANBERRA, Wednesday: A quantity of aircraft wreckage found on the southern shore of Aye Island, near Barns, in May, 1937, has been…

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5 Killed on British Steamer Rebel Bombs Do Their Deadly Work

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 June 1938 · page 5

VALENCIA, Monday: Rebel planes bombed the British steamer St. Winifred in Alicante Harbour, killing five members of the crew…

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Still They Go Another Steamer is Sunk

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 5

VALENCIA, Wednesday: The British steamer Thorpeness, 4789 tons, which was damaged by Rebel bombs…

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Tug And Steamer On The Reef

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 7

BRISBANE Wednesday: The former Melbourne Harbour Trust tug, J. A. Boyd, and the old coastal steamer, Ready which it had in tow for…

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British Steamer Bombed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 20 July 1938 · page 4

VALENCIA, Tuesday: Five rebel planes participated in the bombing of the British steamer Staniland. Eight dockers were killed and the…

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Bombs for British Steamer Rebel Activity Continues

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday: The British steamer Dellwyn has been sunk by rebel aircraft at the British-owned port of Gandia, 40 miles south of…

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Heroic Rescue of Boy by Two Policemen Swam 200 Yards Through Seas From Cliffs To Lifeboat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Holding an injured boy between them, Constables H. Pierce and Lechleitner swam 200 yards through rough seas, from the foot of the cliffs at Rose Bay Heights, to a lifeboat of the pilot steamer,…

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Great War Drama Wrecked Ship For Girl

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 5 September 1938 · page 2

The young beautiful brunette danced in a cloud of gossamer veils in the little Constantinople cafe. She was Despina Nezie. She…

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Shells Found in Wreck

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 September 1938 · page 7

Shells sent from the United States 20 year's ago, for use in France, were landed at Plymouth recently, from the Italian salvage…

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