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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1935

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Steamer Ashore Near Suva Timber Cargo Being Jettisoned. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) SUVA

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 July 1935 · page 1

The Norwegian steamer Hoegh Trader of 4732 tons register, bound from Los Angeles Adelaide with a cargo of timber, was stranded to-day on…

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REFLOATED Stranded Steamer SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 August 1935 · page 1

Information was received in Sydney to-day that the motor ship, Hoegh Trader, was refleated from Horseshoe Shoal, Fiji, to-day, The…

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Falling Crate of Bricks Wrecks Building GENEVA "League of Mischief" Press Attack London, Aug. 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 August 1935 · page 1

"Events at Geneva have blown sky high any doubts entertained by Britons re-garding the League…

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Four Killed Italian Plane Wrecked Desert Tragedy Cairo, August 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 August 1935 · page 1

An Italian 'piano with a crew of four, in which Captain Luigi Razza, Minister of Public Works, was flying to Eritrea on a visit of inspection,…

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Body Washed Ashore

Singleton Argus · Friday 30 August 1935 · page 1

The body of Ronald Laman, aged 22, of Nelson's Bay, who was drowned on Thursday of last week while on a fishing expedition with Oscar Shepherd,…

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Stowaways Make 11,000 Mile Journey Stepped Ashore and Strods Off

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 September 1935 · page 1

Five stowaways, after an 11,000 mile journey from Australia to Liverpool on the steamer Tower Crown, made a spectacular escape the other…

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On Reef Steamer in Danger High Seas. New York, September 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 September 1935 · page 1

Distress calls were received early to-day from the passenger steamer Dixie, bound from New Orleans to New York, which has…

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Steamer in Peril 250 Passengers Aboard. (Australian Press Assn. Message) MIAMI, Florida

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 September 1935 · page 1

The steamer Dixie, with 250 passengers on board, grounded on a reef in heavy weather. Reports state that the vessel is in…

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Passengers Removed From Stricken Steamer Florida Death Roll Over 1000. (Australian Press Assn. Messags:.) MIAMI

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 September 1935 · page 1

The remaining passengers who were aboard the steamer Dixie, which grounded on a reef during the Florida hurricane, have now been safely taken…

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The Children 's Corner A Section of Interest and Entertainment for Young Folk. (All Rights Reserved) a Toy Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 September 1935 · page 3

This smart little, boat can easily be made from a -few 'odd pieces of wood. When placed on pond and pulled along with string the paddle wheels…

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Seals Ashore On Sydney Beaches Freed Again Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 September 1935 · page 5

Apparently exhausted in the rough seas, two seals came ashore yesterday on Maroabra and Cronulla beaches. A sea lion at Maroubra fought…

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Goodwin Sands Accumulation of Wrecks Buried Wealth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 September 1935 · page 4

Now that salvage operations are about to begin off the Old Head Kinsale, Southern Ireland, where the Lusitania lies in her watery gave it…

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Two Killed Factory Explosion Building Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 September 1935 · page 10

As briefly reported in our late edition yesterday, two men were killed yesterday afternoon in an explosion at the explosives factory…

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Lost 'Plane Wreckage Found Search Continues Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 October 1935 · page 1

The search for possible survivors of the air liner' Loins, which disappeared over Baas Strait yesterday, is being continued to-day…

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Blown Ashore Harbour Ferry SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 October 1935 · page 2

The ferry steamer Kiamala was blown on to the rocks at Greenwich Point this morning by a strong wind as she was leaving for the city…

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Missing Mr Liner Wreckage Washed Up on Island Identified

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 October 1935 · page 5

Wreckage washed up on Flinders Island on Wednesday afternoon was identified as belonging to the air liner Loina, which disappeared…

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Lost 'Plane Wreckage Sighted Salvage Likely Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 October 1935 · page 10

The wreckage of the air [?] Loina, which crashed into the sea near Flinders Island on Wednesday, has been slighted from the air. The…

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Fire Explosion in Produce Factory Building Wrecked. Chicago

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 October 1935 · page 2

Between seven and 13 persons were killed and at least 60 injured as the result of an explosion and fire which wrecked the Gilden Soya products…

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Held Up Steamer Niagara Job Control Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 October 1935 · page 3

The Union Royal Mall steamer Niagara, which was to have sailed from Sydney yesterday afternoon for Vancouver, via ports, was hold up because…

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Pigeon's Long Flight Refuge Taken on Steamer

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 October 1935 · page 2

On Sunday, September 22, when the Wanganena was about 150 miles out from Sydney on her voyage to New Zealand, a pigeon alighted on the deck…

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