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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1934

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Exploding Boiler Wrecks Fruit Works

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 November 1934 · page 2

Early yesterday morning a boiler, weighing one ton, exploded at the works of the Mildura Co-operative Fruit Co. Great damage was done, the…

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Shocking Air Tragedy Mail Plane Wrecked Near Longreach Four Occupants Killed

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 November 1934 · page 1

The second of the De Havilland 86 four-engined air liners, specially built for the British-Singapore service crashed near Longreach yesterday morning. The four occupants were killed. The victims were:—Lieutenant…

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Lost Plane Search for' Wreckage CANBERRA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 November 1934 · page 9

If the weather is favourable, the Royal Australian Air Force Southampton flying boats will search the Victorian coast this week for wreckage of…

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Fatality on Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 December 1934 · page 3

Falling down the hold of the Japanese cargo steamer Sekiho Maru at Sydney, Joe See An, 27, a Chinese cook, struck his head on the bottom…

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Victoria Swept by Terrific Gale Coastal Steamer Missing with Crew of 17 Thousands of People Homeless

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 December 1934 · page 1

The costal steamer Coramba, of 531 tons, is missing, and its crew of 17 is believed to have perished in the terrific gale which swept Victoria on Thursday and Friday. On Saturday night the bodies of two members of the crew, and a…

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Wrecked Coramba Another Body Found. Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 December 1934 · page 2

A third body from the steamer Caramba was found this afternoon by a farmer at Phillip Island. The body has not yet been identified…

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The Coramba Wreck. Melbourne

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 December 1934 · page 2

The fourth body from the wreek of the Coramba was seen floating in the sea off Phillip Island and will probably be washed up on the…

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Towns Wrecked Severe Earthquake Meagre Details Honduras, Dec, 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 December 1934 · page 1

Three towns, with a total population of 6500, are reported to have probably been destroyed by an earthquake in Acatepeque Department, according…

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Iron Monarch Steamer's Grounding Marine Inquiry Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 December 1934 · page 7

The grounding of the steamer iron Monarch on Cape Three Points October 23, was the subject of a Court of Marine inquiry…

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Steamer Iron Monarch Master's Certificate Suspended

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 December 1934 · page 1

The Marine Court, after hearing the details of the grounding of the steamer Iron Monarch off Cape Three Points, on October 23, found the-charge of…

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Steamer Launched by Wireless Duke of Gloucester Performs Ceremony

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 December 1934 · page 1

The Duke of Gloucester, by pressing a button at a function arranged by the Returned. Soldiers' Association, at the City Hall,…

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Ten Lives Lost Lifeboat Capsized Heavy Seas New York, December 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 December 1934 · page 1

Ten members of a lifeboat from the Belgian steamer Jean Jadot were lost to-day. The boat capsized in mountainous seas when attempting to…

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Mrs Ulm Entertains Hopes Schooner Chartered to Search Islands. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 December 1934 · page 2

Believing that Mr [?]. T. P. Uln and his companions are still alive, Mrs Ulm to-day chartered a motor schooner through the Consul at Honolulu, to…

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Sea Tragedy Seventeen Lives Lost. Steamer Founders in Atlantic New York, Dec. 15

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 December 1934 · page 2

Captain J. G. P. Bissett, master of the Ascania, to-day sent by wireless to "New York Times" the first detailed account of the foundering of…

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Norwegian Steamer in Distress Six Vessels Race to Assistance. London

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 December 1934 · page 1

Six ships of three nations, four of them great liners, to-day raced through a violent Atlantic gale to the help of the Norwegian steamer Sisco, which…

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In a Gale Steamer in Distress Race to Help London, Dec. 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 December 1934 · page 1

Six ships of three nations, more often great rivals, to-day raced through a violent Atlantic gale to the help of the Norwegian…

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Search for Ulm Schooner Ready SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 December 1934 · page 1

Mrs. Uim received a cablegram to-day from the British Consul at Honolulu Intimating that the schooner Lanakal had been fully equipped for…

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WRECKAGE Pieces of Aeroplane Ulm's Fate Honolulu, December 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 December 1934 · page 1

Two pieces of aeroplane wreckage, possibly belonging to the illfated Star of Australia, were found this morning on the beach…

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Norwegian Steamer Sisto Dramatic Rescue of Crew. London

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 December 1934 · page 9

Eearly this morning all 16 members of the crew of the small Norwegian steamer Siste, to whose help the German British, and American vessels…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle FRIDAY, 21st. DECEMBER, 1934. Late Cables and Telegrams Not From Ulm's 'Plane? Aircraft Wreckage. Honolulu

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 December 1934 · page 2

Naval officials believe that the aircraft pieces found at Niihau Island are parts of a condemned navy 'plane, as the strut is of…

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