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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1939

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

Coastal Boat Ashore Struck Rocks Near Maroubra

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The wooden coastal steamer Belbowrie, with ten persons on board, went ashore near Maroubra Point at about 9.40 last…

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British Mail In Plane Wreck

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday: The Postmaster-General's Department announces that mail for Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania…

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Wrecked Seaplane Rescuing The Survivors

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 5

NEW YORK, Monday: A storm is delaying the oil-tanker Esso Baytown, which is taking to New York the 10 survivors of the…

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Rescued Mobbed Survivors Of Cavalier Ashore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 5

NEW YORK, Tuesday: Scenes of wild disorder marked the arrival yesterday of the oil tanker Esso Baytown, which brought the 10…

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"Poison Pen" Widow a Home Wrecker Paris (By Air Mail)

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 3

An amazing "poison pen" campaign carried out for more than three years has been discovered by the police in the small country…

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Vandals Wreck Windows

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 4

CROOKWELL: Several people narrowly escaped injury [?] splintered glass at the Race Ball on Tuesday night, when one of…

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Wreck of Belbowrie

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Judgment was given to-day in the Marine Court concerning the stranding of the steamer Belbowrie off Maunubra on…

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The Post Wreck Of Elingamite In 1902 Tardy Justice [To the Editor]

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 2

[Our columns are open to al opinions, reasonably expressed, by we do not identify our views will those of correspondents.]…

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Two "Shipwrecked" Along Shoalhaven

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 5

When their canoe became swamped and sank in the flooded Shoalhaven River, Roy Edser, of Hurstville, and C. A. Fordham, of Rockdale, were forced to spend a night in the gorges clad only in swimming trunks, and next day…

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Hopes That Delude. Can Wreck A Girl's Life

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 5

There is nothing in the world so fair as a young girl's hopes and dreams. We feel that no blame is too…

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Hopes That Delude Can Wreck A Girl's Life

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 3

There is nothing in the world so fair as a young girl's hopes and dreams. We feel that no blame is too…

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Steamer Grounds

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 10 April 1939 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday: The steamer Hilary which went aground near Holy-head, has been re-floated. By special arrangement Reuter's World…

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Steamer Is "Arrested"

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 1 May 1939 · page 7

SYDNEY, Monday: An application for the release of the small steamer Regis, formerly known as the Rodney, which was arrested at Mosman…

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Artificial Wreaths Wrecked by Vandals

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 5

It has been reported to the police that considerable damage has been done at the general cemetery, where the glass coverings on artificial wreaths have been smashed by vandals…

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Steamer Wrecked

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 21 June 1939 · page 5

WRECK OF THE STEAMER ATLANTIC on Flinders Reef, near Cape Morton (Queensland) recently. One member of the crew was drowned and the eight others were rescued after they had set fire to the wheelhouse to attract help…

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Steamer Wrecked

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 3

WRECK OF THE STEAMER ATLANTIC on Flinders Reef, near Cape Morton (Queensland) recently. One member of the crew was drowned and the eight others were rescued after they had set fire to the wheelhouse to attract help. (Sydney Telegraph Block)…

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Japanese Vessel Ashore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 3 July 1939 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday: A message received this morning stated that the Japanese freighter Yamasimo Maru had failed to refloat the stranded…

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Liner Ashore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 19 July 1939 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The liner Port Bowen ran ashore early this morning at North Wanganul Heads, New Zealand…

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Narkunda Wreckage

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 10 August 1939 · page 2

DEBRIS AND WRECKAGE left by the explosion after a fire on the liner Narkunda at Colombo on July 16. Four of the crew were killed and 27 were injured…

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Steamer Ashore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 25 August 1939 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday: The coastal steamer Tyalgum went ashore at the Tweed River entrance this morning. Its position is understood to he…

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