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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1936

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Nine Lost? Air Liner Wrecked LONDON, January 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 5

The Imperial Airways liner, City of Khartoum, was wreeked in the Mediterranean yesterday afternoon. Nine persons are believed to have lost their…

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Hope Fades for Paringa Plank Washed Ashore

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 5

A 14ft. plank which was washed up at Seaspray, on the Ninety-mile Beach, Victoria, on Friday, was similar to a gang plank used by the Paringa, the…

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Imperial Airways Flying-boat Wrecked 12 Killed; One Survivor. London

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 3

Nine passengers and three members of the crew of Imperial Airways flyingboat, City of Khartoum, lost their lives when the machine crashed in the…

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Wreck of Airways Liner Pilot's Struggle for Life

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 4

Captain V. G. Wilson, the pilot and the only survivor of the wrecked Imperial Airways' liner, City of Khartoum, which crashed in the…

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Washed Ashore Wreckage from Trawler Hale Aftermath London, Jan. 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 1

The wreckage of a Lowestoffe fishing vessel, the "Shore Breeze" which left Plymouth last week and foundered in a gale off the Weish coast at the…

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Writ Against Dutch Boxer. Escorted from Steamer. Fight Promoter's £2000 CLAIM

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 8

Mr. Justice Nicholas in private chambers on Wednesday granted an application by Charles Lucas, boxing promoter, for a write of ca re…

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Another Steamer to Be Manned Duntroon to Sail Shortly. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 2

It is reported that the Duntroon will be the next passenger steamer to be manned for service. The stewards have been notified to…

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Sodden Mail Wrecked Air Liner P.O. Problem Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 5

Fans and radiators were called into commission to dry sodden letters which were recovered from the Imperial Airways liner City of Khartoum,…

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Brawl Aboard Steamer Firemen Later Walk Off Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 2

William White was stabbed during a brawl on the steamer Port Bowen today. When the vessel was due to sail four hours later the firemen walked off…

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Wrecked Air Liner to Be Salvaged

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 January 1936 · page 2

Holymans Airways Pty. Ltd. have engaged the Matthews Aviation Co. to salvage the air liner which was damaged when it made a forced…

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WRECKAGE Possibly from Parings SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 10

The Sydney trawler Bar-ea-mul brought to Melbourne wreckage which had been part of the upper structure of a ship's bridge…

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Washed Ashore Lifeboat Wreckage From Paringa Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 3

The wreckage of a lifeboat, with the name Parings on it, was found on Rocky Beach, near the Bluff, at Torquay by two Melbourne visitors…

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Baby's Arm Washed Ashore Was Severed From Body

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 2

The arm of a newly born baby, believed to have been murdered, was found by a life-saver patrolling the beach at Bronte yesterday.' It is…

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"Arrest" Ordered Offending Steamer LONDON, February, 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 2

As a result of the collision in the Channel between the Italian steamer Fedora and the Russian steamer Pravda, the Admiralty Court has ordered…

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Evaded Arrest Italian Steamer Fedora LONDON, February 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 1

The Italian steamer Fedora, the arrest of which was ordered by the Admiralty Court as the result of a collision between it and the Russian…

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Lusitania Found End of Long Search Wreck Identified

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 2

According to the "Manchester Guardian" the wreck recently located off the Old Head of Kinsale by the salvage steamer Orphir has been…

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Air Liner Wrecked JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 1

The Imperial Airways liner, Artemas, hit a plantation while taking off from Pietersburg to-day, and was…

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Steamer Evades 'Arrest'

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 1

The Italian steamer Feodora, the 'arrest of which had been ordered by the Admiralty in consequence of a collision in the Channel with the Russian steamer…

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New Steamer Newcastle—Sydney NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 5

A new steamer for the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company Ltd. is being built in British shipyards. A representative of the…

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Ancient Curse Venereal Disease Wrecked Lives

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 5

"Venereal, disease has flourished for thousands of years, and may be regarded as civilisation's greatest and most ancient curse. It has been…

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