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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1932

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Ten Lives Lost Steamer Founders Five Missing Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 July 1932 · page 2

When the coastal steamer, Casino, foundered in Apollo Bay yesterday, ten lives wore lost, including the master of the ship…

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Steamer Founders Ten Lives Lost. Melbourne

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1932 · page 2

When the coastal steamer, Casino, foundered in Apollo Bay yesterday, ten lives were lost, including the master of the ship. A woman passenger and…

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Aeroplane Wrecked Pilot's Miraculous Escape

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 July 1932 · page 3

Mr H. D. Walsh, a member of the Queensland Aero Club, had a remarkable escape, yesterday afternoon when the 'plane he was piloting crashed from…

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"Casino" Wreck Captain Criticised at Inquest Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 July 1932 · page 5

The inquest into the deaths of the 10 victims of the recent wreck of the Casino, in Apollo Bay was held yesterday…

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Casino Wreck Seventh Body Found MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 August 1932 · page 1

The body of the seventh victim of the wreck of the steamer Casino in Opollo Bay has been found wedged between the rocks at Stony Creek,…

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Wrecked Casino. Seven Bodies Found. Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 August 1932 · page 2

Seven bodies have been found not far from the wreck of the steamer Casino. Three other bodies are still missing…

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AGROUND Steamer Tolken SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 August 1932 · page 2

A wire from Adolalde states that the cargo steamer Tolken, 4000 tons, which left Adolaide in [?] for Thevehard, to load wheat, went…

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Search for Gold Police on Steamer False Alarm Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 August 1932 · page 5

Passengers who arrive from New Zealand by the steamer Zealandia to-day witnessed the unusual spectacle of a party of police boarding…

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Plane Wrecked Forced Landing Engineer Hurt Rockhampton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 August 1932 · page 1

While making a forced landing near Fairly Bower, a plane. piloted by Captain Harold Fraser, was wrecked. The machine struck a rough…

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Gar Wrecked On Way to Wedding Occupants Hurt Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 August 1932 · page 1

While Leslie Bateman, of Lakemba, was conveying guests to a locat wedding last night the steering gear of the car failed…

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Wreck Recalled Death of Sole Survivor Long Drift London. August 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 August 1932 · page 1

The death [?] in London today of Robert Pontine ms, a ship's cook, who was the Bole survivor of the Wrock of the Alert, in which 1[?]…

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Heavy Fog Steamer Strikes Point SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 August 1932 · page 1

During the heavy fog which enveloped Sydney Harbour early this morning, the French Island steamer, St. Vincent de Paul, from Noumea,…

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Steamer Strikes Point a Fortunate Escape. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 August 1932 · page 2

During a heavy fog which enveloped Sydney Harbour this morning the French island steamer, St. Vincent de Paul, from Noumea, struck Kirribilli…

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Smart Arrest Man on Steamer Alleged Theft Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 August 1932 · page 1

When the steamer Gwydir was about to leave Newcastle for Sydney last night, detectives boarded her and arrested a man who it is stated…

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Man Disappears From Steamer Alleged Worry Over Business Troubles. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 August 1932 · page 2

During the voyage of the steamer Marella from the East, a New Zealander named F. Baber, who had been a prominent rubber planter, was…

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Wreck of Casino Finding of Marine Court

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 August 1932 · page 1

A finding that the wreck of the coastal steamer Casino in Apollo Bay on July 10, when ten lives were lost, was caused through the fouling of the…

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Hike Off Steamer Unavailable

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 August 1932 · page 6

Owing to the boat still before unavailable the promoters of the hike by steamer from Morpeth next Sunday have been reluctantly compelled [?]…

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CRASHED! Fliers Forced Down 'Plane Wrecked' St. John's (N'f'land), Aug. 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 August 1932 · page 1

Airmen Thee Solberg, a radio expert, and Carl Peterson, who was radio man with Commander Byrd in "Antarctica," crashed at Darling Harbour at…

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Struck Reef Steamer Damaged Pumps Save Her Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 August 1932 · page 5

While bound for Port Kembla yesterday, the interstate freighter, Iron Muster, struck a reef at Martin Island, in the Five Island Group…

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Search for Gold Steamer Boarded SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 August 1932 · page 1

Detectives this morning boarded the liner Maunganal, on arrival from New Zealand, and questioned two men and a woman who they believed…

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